I just got my laptop back from the shop.
My foster daughter had managed to get it infected with a really annoying virus, and I had to take it in to be cleaned up.
Based on how much it cost me, I don't think they had to wipe the drive, because I was only billed for a "disinfect".
The computer came loaded with McAfee. I had intended to remove it and put something else on. The guy at the shop asked if I minded him putting something else on.
The product he installed was Avira Antivir Free. I'm not familiar with it.
My problem is that, every time I do a Google search, I get redirected when I click on the links in the results. I have to click on the links several times before I actually get to what I'm looking for, and what Google says the site is.
It will open several times to a page with some type of ad based search site, or I will get a 404 error. Finally, after about the 3rd or 4th try, I actually get what I was looking for in the actual link.
Is it possible I still have something on the computer, or is it possible that, in the time I've had it back, another of the girls has managed to infect it again?
I ran Lavasoft AdAware, and I did an online scan at TrendMicro.
It found a few cookies, but that was all, and they were removed, but I'm still having the issue.
Any ideas?
My foster daughter had managed to get it infected with a really annoying virus, and I had to take it in to be cleaned up.
Based on how much it cost me, I don't think they had to wipe the drive, because I was only billed for a "disinfect".
The computer came loaded with McAfee. I had intended to remove it and put something else on. The guy at the shop asked if I minded him putting something else on.
The product he installed was Avira Antivir Free. I'm not familiar with it.
My problem is that, every time I do a Google search, I get redirected when I click on the links in the results. I have to click on the links several times before I actually get to what I'm looking for, and what Google says the site is.
It will open several times to a page with some type of ad based search site, or I will get a 404 error. Finally, after about the 3rd or 4th try, I actually get what I was looking for in the actual link.
Is it possible I still have something on the computer, or is it possible that, in the time I've had it back, another of the girls has managed to infect it again?
I ran Lavasoft AdAware, and I did an online scan at TrendMicro.
It found a few cookies, but that was all, and they were removed, but I'm still having the issue.
Any ideas?
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