How to get rid of anti virus checkers on my pc?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at
11:06 am
Whenever I use the internet this REALLY annoying message comes up. BLOCKED! Warning! This website may harm your computer! Then at the bottom there are two buttons: continue unprotected and get security software. Whenever I click continue unprotected the message comes up again on the next website. When I click get security software its trying to get me to buy some anti virus thing!
uninstall Norton Anvitvirus 360
and MCafee it’s the most annoying one ever!
First get some downloads from:
They have a anti-virus, malware etc. soup for you to install that seems to work well.
http://www.freeantivirushelp.com/
Then get rid of the old one.
Step 1
I downloaded Norton’s free virus checker and ran McAfee and Norton side by side to scan my computer for viruses. McAfee found one. Norton found 98. But Norton was the free version and wouldn’t remove them, just find them. McAfee removed the one it found but since my computer was still acting strangely, I figured it must’ve been one of the other 97 viruses, worms, and PUPs on my system causing the peculiar behavior.
Step 2
I tried to get someone from McAfee to talk with me but apparently if the software doesn’t clean your system, they don’t want to discuss it, they recommend you hire an expert to do it for you remotely to the tune of about $80 to $100.
Step 3
I went to Download.com, a trusted site, and looked at a bunch of different free virus checkers and antivirus software. I also looked at some discussion bulletin boards and saw what others were using. I ended up downloading Trojan Remover – link below – and within one minute it had found and disabled "search hijacker." The problem is solved!
Step 4
Trojan Remover allows you 30 days to try the product and if you like it, they ask for $34 to register the program. Registration will work on up to 4 computers which is ideal for my household.
Hope it helps you.