My computer's been taken over...
May 19th 2010, 4:03 pm
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Hit 16's
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My computer's been taken over...
... by a rectangular picture with 2 photos of the same topless women, script that is garbbled, and a countdown clock starting at 13:00:00 which resets every time I re-start. The picture is always on top. Can't use the internet, but Outlook works. Can't use Task Manager. Clicking on the picture does nothing, and can't remove it.
Using my computer now in Administrator mode, and doing a scan but nothing coming up. Have looked for any new programs using Control Panel in Admin mode, but nothing there.
Any suggestions?
Using my computer now in Administrator mode, and doing a scan but nothing coming up. Have looked for any new programs using Control Panel in Admin mode, but nothing there.
Any suggestions?
May 19th 2010, 4:07 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
... by a rectangular picture with 2 photos of the same topless women, script that is garbbled, and a countdown clock starting at 13:00:00 which resets every time I re-start. The picture is always on top. Can't use the internet, but Outlook works. Can't use Task Manager. Clicking on the picture does nothing, and can't remove it.
Using my computer now in Administrator mode, and doing a scan but nothing coming up. Have looked for any new programs using Control Panel in Admin mode, but nothing there.
Any suggestions?
Using my computer now in Administrator mode, and doing a scan but nothing coming up. Have looked for any new programs using Control Panel in Admin mode, but nothing there.
Any suggestions?
May 19th 2010, 4:10 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
... by a rectangular picture with 2 photos of the same topless women, script that is garbbled, and a countdown clock starting at 13:00:00 which resets every time I re-start. The picture is always on top. Can't use the internet, but Outlook works. Can't use Task Manager. Clicking on the picture does nothing, and can't remove it.
Using my computer now in Administrator mode, and doing a scan but nothing coming up. Have looked for any new programs using Control Panel in Admin mode, but nothing there.
Any suggestions?
Using my computer now in Administrator mode, and doing a scan but nothing coming up. Have looked for any new programs using Control Panel in Admin mode, but nothing there.
Any suggestions?
May 19th 2010, 4:11 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
Thanks Millhouse.
I'll need to do the restore from Admin mode--will that fix the problem which only appears when I'm logged in as myself?
I'll need to do the restore from Admin mode--will that fix the problem which only appears when I'm logged in as myself?
May 19th 2010, 4:14 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
Can we see the topless women?
May 19th 2010, 4:39 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
I've had these things before where I couldn't do the system restore as that was 'locked out'. I think then I was able to create a boot CD that did the restore for me.
can you run anything? e.g click 'start' 'run' then type in 'msconfig' - you can then take the process out of the startup list, reboot, then restore
May 19th 2010, 4:41 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
Did you click on that "sexiest video ever" clip on facebook by any chance?
May 19th 2010, 4:43 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
humm... I think so. Can you not boot it in 'safe mode' : log in as yourself then do the restore?
I've had these things before where I couldn't do the system restore as that was 'locked out'. I think then I was able to create a boot CD that did the restore for me.
can you run anything?
I've had these things before where I couldn't do the system restore as that was 'locked out'. I think then I was able to create a boot CD that did the restore for me.
can you run anything?
May 19th 2010, 4:44 pm
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May 19th 2010, 4:47 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
Restart your computer and start tapping the F8 key on your keyboard while it reboots
May 19th 2010, 4:48 pm
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May 19th 2010, 4:49 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
May 19th 2010, 4:55 pm
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Re: My computer's been taken over...
Whatever it is, its disabling the Task Manager, and there's nothing suspicious in the add/remove software which I can access from Admin mode.