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Allen Need Some Comp Assistance:... 02-24-2010, 05:47 PM
freyguy It's been a while since I've... 02-24-2010, 06:05 PM
commiecat Can you open notepad? If you... 02-24-2010, 08:18 PM
Allen Thanks! I was able to do it,... 02-24-2010, 09:00 PM
commiecat Hmm, well that's the one... 02-24-2010, 09:23 PM
Slartibartfast I hate to be "that guy"...... 02-24-2010, 09:24 PM
Bruno And you installed that... 02-24-2010, 09:53 PM
Allen Firstly, thanks, Bruno. ... 02-25-2010, 04:33 AM
GadgetGeek any copy of windows home will... 02-25-2010, 07:11 AM
northpaw Been a while since I used... 02-25-2010, 08:24 AM
Bruno No I meant the Antivirus 2010... 02-25-2010, 01:15 PM
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Allen Thanks again, guys. Bruno:... 02-25-2010, 11:35 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Allen View Post
    This comp has run absolutely flawlessly until I contracted the "Antivirus 2010 XP" virus just a couple days ago. Just in case you aren't familiar, it's malware that pretends it's a legit antivirus and shows exaggerated results to con someone into buying the product. When you have it, you can hardly open any program without the "antivirus" starting up. Hugely annoying, but finally got rid of it via Malwarebytes in Safe Mode.
    And you installed that software... why?


    If restore points were enabled, you could use them to go back to an earlier restore point, depending on how hosed your system is. It's too late to write out in full, but google XP restore point.
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