True Colors
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Hello. I am trying to fix a friend's laptop computer that has Windows 7 installed.
When he gave it to me it was infected with some assorted malware(trojans, etc.). At first, I could not open any applications whatsoever. Every time I would try it would ask me if I wanted to use internet explorer to open it.
I created a few rescue CD's(dr web, avira, avg, etc) and ran those. They cleaned up most of the problems.
Also, I installed AVG free edition and malware bytes. I ran both of those. That removed several more pieces of malware.
At that point, things were mostly good. But I noticed that almost all of the files on the computer had been marked as hidden(the desktop images were all faint, etc). So I went through and manually removed the "hidden" setting from all the PC files.
It seems like I am 99% good. However, when I open firefox browser and enter a google search, and click on a link in the search results, it sometimes redirects me to some other unwanted site. So I guess that there is still some malware lingering in the background that could not be found by AVG and malware bytes.
Any recommendations to fix this?
Thanks!
TC
When he gave it to me it was infected with some assorted malware(trojans, etc.). At first, I could not open any applications whatsoever. Every time I would try it would ask me if I wanted to use internet explorer to open it.
I created a few rescue CD's(dr web, avira, avg, etc) and ran those. They cleaned up most of the problems.
Also, I installed AVG free edition and malware bytes. I ran both of those. That removed several more pieces of malware.
At that point, things were mostly good. But I noticed that almost all of the files on the computer had been marked as hidden(the desktop images were all faint, etc). So I went through and manually removed the "hidden" setting from all the PC files.
It seems like I am 99% good. However, when I open firefox browser and enter a google search, and click on a link in the search results, it sometimes redirects me to some other unwanted site. So I guess that there is still some malware lingering in the background that could not be found by AVG and malware bytes.
Any recommendations to fix this?
Thanks!
TC