Virus / Malware: Star Search
My fault - looking for a football stream - computer has picked up 'star search' virus that tries to change the home page to a search engine which redirects searches to advertisements / other nasty sites.
I'm going through all the usual with Spybot scans / Anti Virus scans etc. But - any one had this before and / or any recommendations? |
This has been around for a while.
Try THIS for a fix. PS. Microsoft Security Essentials, SpyBot Search and Destroy, Malwarebytes and CCleaner. That's what keeps me 'clean' ! |
Thanks, I use AVG, CCleaner & Spybot already - running Stopzilla now so we'll see if it sorts it.
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But - any one had this before and / or any recommendations? |
Yes & it would have helped if I hadn't been web surfin' drunk too.
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I have Online-Armor on my laptop and I find it excellent. There's 3 varieties to choose from - O-A free, O-A Premium and O-A ++, which is the equivalent of a Fort Knox gold vault.
It's pretty good to use, doesn't want to take over your computer, and it gives you a number of options when it discovers something that it doesn't like or recognise. It rates 5 cows, and it's got a number of other awards and kudos as well. I'm very happy with it, it's certainly amongst the better AV setups. |
Yes & it would have helped if I hadn't been web surfin' drunk too. Get a decent Anti Virus product that protects your machine proactively. No decent AV product should let a virus through. I run Kaspersky and have never had a virus land on my machines. You get what you pay for and AV is one product I will happily pay. An AV product that releases virus signature updates days or weeks after a virus becomes known is useless. You need updates within hours. |
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