LostHawaiian wrote:
Using phone because it's the only way to get online.I plan to try ComboFix or CCCleaner to eliminate malware problem,then install Malwarebytes which many people have said will hunt down malware/virus and set to scan as often as possible.I'll then install Kaspersky or AVG or Avast as my anti-spyware.Leaning toward AVG.Most people don't have my money problems sotthey can suggest whatever they want but I can afford only so much.
Aloha L H
My suggestions were ALL FREE. I am frugal but demanding and that threesome that I suggested is the same one most of my clients use, and it keeps computers clean as anything I have ever used.
One of the things that causes constant hardware/software conflict is jumping from product to product, using some products without taking others off. One of the biggest conflicts is caused by two antivirus programs battling for viruses in the same territory (computer).
On that list you rolled out I see two that I have tried and ruled out as troublemakers.
The three I listed work for free and are reliable and efficient.
Furthermore, two of the products you listed infiltrate your computer so heavily on installation that you can't simply remove them in the Control Panel.
Three that I know of where you need their own "removal tool" downloaded from their web site are:
McAfee
Norton
Kapersky
There are others. If you try to remove those three products just using the removal in Control Panel, they will leave remnants that will fight most new products you try to install. I have even had to use the downloaded Kapersky "removal tool" to remove the installed Kapersky product before a new Kapersky product can be upgraded.
That occasionally happens with Norton, and McAffee is documented to kill your internet connectivity with some of their updates. They usually catch/fix it in about a week, after you've been OFF the internet until it's fixed.
Been there and seen/dealt with all of these problems folks.
That's one reason why the geeks and nerds usually spend one weekend a year downloading all their personal files, and reformatting and reloading their OS and all programs.
Your stable can only get so full of cowshit before you have to bring in a tractor and haul all that crap out. Same with your computer. :mrgreen: