Need anti v irus help. My laptop seems to be in a grip of some malware

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Sep 8th 2013, 2:48 am

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shiva

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Re: Need anti v irus help. My laptop seems to be in a grip of some malware

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Originally Posted by Boomhauer

Need a little computer help. How do I run my comp. as Administrator? I have Windows 7 Pro.

Control panel
Users
User settings
Select your user name and change to admin

That's from memory so may be wrong. Ill check properly later

Sep 8th 2013, 3:16 am

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Re: Need anti v irus help. My laptop seems to be in a grip of some malware

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Originally Posted by shiva

Control panel
Users
User settings
Select your user name and change to admin

That's from memory so may be wrong. Ill check properly later

Didn't work but I got it fixed now; googled it. Now why didn't I just do that in the first place you ask; I was feelin lazy

Thanks for trying to help

Administrator is disabled by default in Windows 7 so the solution to enable it is :

Start Menu > Right Click Computer > Manage > Local Users & Groups > Users > Administrator > Uncheck " Account is Disabled "

I needed Admin rights as I ran SpyBot S & D and it wouldn't let me fix some Spyware/Malware unless I had Admin rights.

Sep 8th 2013, 4:37 am

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shiva

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Re: Need anti v irus help. My laptop seems to be in a grip of some malware

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Originally Posted by Boomhauer

Didn't work but I got it fixed now; googled it. Now why didn't I just do that in the first place you ask; I was feelin lazy

Thanks for trying to help

sorry
correct path to change to admin as default is
start
control panel
user accounts and family safety
user accounts
change your account type
select admin
change account type

you will then run everything as admin at all times