i think i am infected

[slingingshot15]

hey there i recently noticed that when i am connected to the internet and i am using my browser flock, well internet exlplorer just starts to keep opening new windows over and over again. this might be spyware. how do i get rid of this. can someone help me and suggest programs. thanks!!!

Download the free version of malwarebytes, boot to safe mode a run a scan.

[slingingshot15]

Originally Posted by usnavyretired Download the free version of malwarebytes, boot to safe mode a run a scan.

is there a reason for going into safe mode and also do you always go to safe mode when u are scanning for a virus or spyware etc?

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by slingingshot15 is there a reason for going into safe mode and also do you always go to safe mode when u are scanning for a virus or spyware etc?

Running Mbam in Safe mode (with networking so you can update it) prevents some of the nasties from running in normal startup. Some folks prefer to run all Anti-products in Safe mode but others of us only do it with Mbam, then reboot and run the latest version of Spybot-Search and Destroy and another scan with your Anti virus (I use AVG Free v. 8.5).

[slingingshot15]

okay i was able to solve the problem by running spyweeper but i now have another problem. whenever i start my machine is get a run dll error msg that says that some file in C:/windows/System is missing. How do i solve this. I think i was using registry mechanic and then after i got this msg!!!

First you can try a system restore, if that doesn't work, you can download the dll file you need from here and place it in the system32 folder. http://www.dll-files.com/

[slingingshot15]

Originally Posted by usnavyretired First you can try a system restore, if that doesn't work, you can download the dll file you need from here and place it in the system32 folder. http://www.dll-files.com/

dont worry i was able to rid the msg by going into the registry and deleting it. thanks