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help me guys! my computer is running really slow, it appears to be using up virtual memory like a nothing i've ever seen, and i've been forced to return to using my other computer (which isn't all that great). I've tried scanning for viruses with Avast! and it doesn't come up with anything. blender, lugaru, toribash, and even windows explorer have great difficulty running. im also getting a "Attention! some dangerous viruses detected in WINDOWS, click here to download antispyware!" messages whenever i try to do anything. if anyone has any ideas or can offer help (maybe) i would greatly appreciate it.

well, i've never had this problem ( i take good care of my PCs) but (wait, i DID have this problem once...) i got this virus scanner/ attacker thing and i got rid of all my viruses. it was like, 30 bucks. i forgot the name of it

this probably didnt help. sorry.

yeah... i will be trying lots of things, but it will be hard... cause the PC is acting so slow... (and i take care of my computers as well, but sometimes it can't be helped...)

I would recommend just doing a clean reinstall, and being more careful about what you download!

ok, i must agree, i have been downloading a lot of stuff lately, but how am i sposed to reinstall windows?

...downloa— NO.

Lotus Wolf wrote:ok, i must agree, i have been downloading a lot of stuff lately, but how am i sposed to reinstall windows?

Its a button somewhere I think.

if you could find that button...

...there's a button that will reinstall windows?
Okay, either that's turkey's crap, or microsoft have REALLy gone down low.

I just heard that Windows checks for updates automatically and won't let you shut down the computer until it's finished updating, which it starts as soon as you try and shut down when it detects uninstalled updates.

Google it?

I dunno.

we had a problem sort of like that, our pc was running slower than normal (if thats even possible )and then after a few days we got the dreaded blue screen and it said something like "your computer has been invaded by a trojan horse, the virus will take effect in 10etc."then the pc crashed and wouldnt turn on for ages, then after a week or so it turned back on but we got loads of pop-ups saying "[annoyingly happy]win-fixer has saved your pc-click here to download win fixer ABSOLUTELY FREE!![/anoyingly happy]" im just like WTF YE RIGHT.

moral=your pc may have that same problem...or of course...its just plain buggered

sounds familiar...

im trying everything i can... nothing seems to work, i might have to wait it out like you did, then deal with the adware...

Lotus Wolf wrote:HELP!

I NEED SOMEBODY!

Renegade_Turner wrote:

Lotus Wolf wrote:HELP!

I NEED SOMEBODY!

NOT JUST ANYBODY!