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    Check to see if McAfee has a site based virus / malware check and removal tool. These things are smart enough to change programs on your computer. This is the usual method recommended when you get an infection.

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    Going to an online scan should be the last resort as you could get another virus while connected . Better to try a scan and other fixes isolated to the computer first and if that don't work then maybe go online . A virus can work online in the background while you are scanning online .
    I would shut down my internet connection while doing a full scan and if that don't remove it then maybe online scan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Retromilling View Post
    Going to an online scan should be the last resort as you could get another virus while connected . Better to try a scan and other fixes isolated to the computer first and if that don't work then maybe go online . A virus can work online in the background while you are scanning online .
    I would shut down my internet connection while doing a full scan and if that don't remove it then maybe online scan.
    That is not the recommended method. If you have a virus then it is going to be operating along with the anti virus and as I said, they are smart enough to instigate themselves into anti virus program which negates any effort to remove them. They can let the anti virus pretend to do a scan and clean while they are in the background pulling the strings. You will never know whether your anti virus has worked or not. A few week later and it pops up again and most people think they have caught it again. It is how they are designed to work.

    A reputable anti virus vendor will have the means to counteract the virus (if it has been around long enough) and the virus cannot affect the application online because it is not on that computer and it has the virus signature.

    you could get another virus while connected .
    If you have updated anti virus software you should not get another virus unless it is very very similar, as the anti virus should stop them.

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    good advice

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    Never had a virus take over the antivirus software . You can do it a lot of ways but if you are connected to the internet and scanning then the virus software can be downloading again in the back ground as you scan and re install in system files that have already been scanned . So it comes up looking clean . They make all kinds of recommendations mainly pointed at you using their service .
    My first scan is always with my antivirus , updated and the internet disconnected . Then if I still have a problem then I might go online scan just in case they are holding back some virus definitions to make their online service necessary .
    That's just the way I have found that works for me .
    The volume of a pizza of thickness 'a' and radius 'z' is given by pi z z a.

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    You can do it a lot of ways but if you are connected to the internet and scanning then the virus software can be downloading again in the back ground as you scan and re install in system files that have already been scanned .
    If that happens then I suggest that you give the anti virus the flick. You will be connected to the very latest anti virus signatures available from that vendor and it is part of the job of that anti virus software to handle all the things you are saying will happen. If it doesn't prevent and fix that as it goes along it is not doing its job. Your anti virus may not have the latest update and what if it a new virus?

    My first scan is always with my antivirus , updated and the internet disconnected .
    Nothing wrong with doing that, but viruses can infect any part of the computer software, including anti virus software. Can you explain why they wouldn't be able to? Don't you think someone writing a virus would want to enable it to do that. To make it almost invincible. The vast majority of viruses are toys put up by people just having a bit of fun. It is the few real serious ones you need to worry about.

    They make all kinds of recommendations mainly pointed at you using their service
    Preferably you already have a subscription with the vendor in which case they are providing a service as part of that subscription. I am tight with money, but internet security is one thing I always try to get the best.

    just in case they are holding back some virus definitions to make their online service necessary .
    That is ridiculus. Sorry, but it is. Do you have any idea just how many labs there are out there just watching performance and doing comparisons of various wares. Where do you think my research information comes from. Any action like that would put a vendor out of business quicker than you can blink, quite besides the fact that if proven it will leave them wide open for litigation.

    Dean

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry72 View Post
    Dam it its still hyjacking my clicks... just wasted my money yet again on a paid subscription

    Although it is blocking them from getting any further past the 1st hyjack page(its weevah2)... and I added the Ublock app... does SFA
    Its not opening a new page now just hyjacking the current tab and wont let me go back unless I hold on the back button to bring up the drop down box.
    Oh and Im using FF as my browser
    Harry please note:

    Do a Google search for weevah2 it is a virus that can keep reinstalling itself multiple times if you don't remove its core files and may require thraking down dozens of files from different locations

    There are a lot of fixes for this virus in the search and you should fix it asap.


    It did not come from these forums, but members need to be aware that the Google ads shown on the forum are contextual.... IE: Google will show ads pertinent to recent sites you have visited or searched for. So if you see ads for solar panels that will be because you or someone else has visited a solar energy site. Same goes for girly sites, etc, etc, etc.

    However that has nothing to do with the problem you currently have with weevah2.

    Hope this sorts your problem for you.

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    Thanks Neil(Hey long time no see!), yes I've been through and got rid of the weevah2 virus and then gone days with nothing then as soon as I logged on here it started again(a couple times).
    It may well have been shear coincidence that It reinfected when visiting here, I've downloaded and installed malwarebytes as suggested above its seems to have worked so far
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    have you managed to sort it now or do you still have problems?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ubeaut View Post
    Harry please note:

    Do a Google search for weevah2 it is a virus that can keep reinstalling itself multiple times if you don't remove its core files and may require thraking down dozens of files from different locations



    Cheers - Neil
    This is a common problem that a lot of people dont expect and realise that and infected file can replicate it self and create a virus even if you think your addaware/antivirus program says its deleted.
    Says a lot for some of antivirus programs....but in their defense the virus programmers are creating new stuff all the time.

    do scans in safe mode if your really having trouble.
    And as someone has said above DO NOT do online scans..most deposit a virus/malware...and even be aware that so called programs such as "Win Antivirus" (not sure if its still around) is a virus in itself.

    Anyway a good source of info on how to get rid of this stuff is Major Geeks.

    and keep away from from those pormn...i mean girly sites

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldneweng View Post










    That is ridiculus. Sorry, but it is. Do you have any idea just how many labs there are out there just watching performance and doing comparisons of various wares. Where do you think my research information comes from. Any action like that would put a vendor out of business quicker than you can blink, quite besides the fact that if proven it will leave them wide open for litigation.

    Dean
    If they are all equal then explain to me why one antivirus can find a virus or malware but another can't . Do your really believe profits are driven by fairness ? Come on the computer and software industry is riddled with unfairness and darn right criminal behaviour . Do you really believe that some pimply teenage hacker writes a virus that can bring down servers protected by the top industry antivirus software . Companies with a vested interest write the viruses so we are forced to buy their antivirus products. Then they can quickly apply the fix they wrote at the same time .
    It makes them huge profits not put them out of business . No one can prove where the virus come from so how is it going to put anyone out of business ? If there were no viruses and no malware there would be No Norton , No ESET , No Trend Micro companies etc. etc . Think about it .
    The volume of a pizza of thickness 'a' and radius 'z' is given by pi z z a.

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    Its seems to be sorted so far
    And no too pawn sites on this family computer... yes Im not talking about a chess piece

    Just like to say thanks for the help fella's much appreciated!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Retromilling View Post
    If they are all equal then explain to me why one antivirus can find a virus or malware but another can't . Do your really believe profits are driven by fairness ? Come on the computer and software industry is riddled with unfairness and darn right criminal behaviour . Do you really believe that some pimply teenage hacker writes a virus that can bring down servers protected by the top industry antivirus software . Companies with a vested interest write the viruses so we are forced to buy their antivirus products. Then they can quickly apply the fix they wrote at the same time .
    It makes them huge profits not put them out of business . No one can prove where the virus come from so how is it going to put anyone out of business ? If there were no viruses and no malware there would be No Norton , No ESET , No Trend Micro companies etc. etc . Think about it .

    just in case they are holding back some virus definitions to make their online service necessary .
    This was the point I was replying to. No mention of being equal. I have no idea where the "all equal" came from.

    Do you really believe that some pimply teenage hacker writes a virus that can bring down servers protected by the top industry antivirus software .
    They don't have to. You can buy virus creating software online. Put out a new virus and it will affect a lot of servers just because it is new.


    Companies with a vested interest write the viruses so we are forced to buy their antivirus products. Then they can quickly apply the fix they wrote at the same time .
    I am not going to buy into the conspiracy argument. It is a lose/lose situation that is pointless. I will say that virus labs around the world can track the source of most viruses and monitor the work of the antivirus vendors. Yes there are unscrupulus activities going on, but there are honest activities as well. My whole point is research to find the best.

    Dean

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    You can get an infection anywhere , p*rn sites are bad for sure and so are news papers and media sites . It's a lottery .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Retromilling View Post
    You can get an infection anywhere , p*rn sites are bad for sure and so are news papers and media sites . It's a lottery .
    The entire internet is a lottery for sure.

    Dean

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