Laptop has lots of viruses, and pc is slugging along.

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#1 RiseAgainst12
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Any programs or easy ways to remove all the viruses? it is a old laptop, but can still be useful for checking the web.

Also my Grans Pc is incredibly slow and chugs along is there anyway to speed it up? again very old computer but it is only used for the internet.

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how old?

Anyway, install avast! for the viruses. Do a fresh install of the os on the other one and install just a browser like firefox...that should speed up your browsing

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how old?

Anyway, install avast! for the viruses. Do a fresh install of the os on the other one and install just a browser like firefox...that should speed up your browsing

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4-5 years i think. and kk i'll give it ago, thoe i don't think she still has the original OS disk or the codes etc.
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[QUOTE="powerslide67"]

how old?

Anyway, install avast! for the viruses. Do a fresh install of the os on the other one and install just a browser like firefox...that should speed up your browsing

RiseAgainst12
4-5 years i think. and kk i'll give it ago, thoe i don't think she still has the original OS disk or the codes etc.

I hate people who lose their OS discs that came with their laptops/desktops... that includes every person who doesn't give a crap about their laptop and then whine when it's broken... Anyway, can you just install avast and lavasoft's ad-adware? Though that won't speed it much tbh, once Windows is bloated, you can almost never repair it.
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#5 enriK233
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buy a windows xp home edition for 50 bucks and reformat

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#6 Moon1ightShadow
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Use a bootable cd to reinstall the OS(reformat not needed). Just do a clean install. In the future you need a decent firewall like outpost, and stop downloading random torrents. And if you DO keep downloading them, run them in Sandboxie first. If they crash for no reason, it's probably malware. But Sandboxie won't let it harm your system :)
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buy a windows xp home edition for 50 bucks and reformat

enriK233

Better yet - install Linux. Its free, good for old hardware, good for Internet surfing, and less likely to pick up a virus is the process.

How long has the laptop been infected? After a few days you just can't trust to ever trust it to be truly 'clean' anymore - Reformat.

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#8 RiseAgainst12
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[QUOTE="RiseAgainst12"][QUOTE="powerslide67"]

how old?

Anyway, install avast! for the viruses. Do a fresh install of the os on the other one and install just a browser like firefox...that should speed up your browsing

JigglyWiggly_
4-5 years i think. and kk i'll give it ago, thoe i don't think she still has the original OS disk or the codes etc.

I hate people who lose their OS discs that came with their laptops/desktops... that includes every person who doesn't give a crap about their laptop and then whine when it's broken... Anyway, can you just install avast and lavasoft's ad-adware? Though that won't speed it much tbh, once Windows is bloated, you can almost never repair it.

Hey woah, woah.. it is my Grans computer.. she was given it a couple years ago by a friend who bought a new one. My grans computer is just really slow.. She know's nothing about computers so she wouldn't be keeping it running smoothly, i am asking quick ways to try and improve it's speed, It literally takes 5 minutes to open up something at the worst of times. The laptop just has alot of viruses.. looking for a good program to remove them all.
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#9 RiseAgainst12
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buy a windows xp home edition for 50 bucks and reformat

enriK233
I am not willing to pay money towards it.. it is a piece of junk i was hoping to get running again so my sis would stop hastling my brother and myself for our computer and laptop.
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#10 RiseAgainst12
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[QUOTE="enriK233"]

buy a windows xp home edition for 50 bucks and reformat

chefkw

Better yet - install Linux. Its free, good for old hardware, good for Internet surfing, and less likely to pick up a virus is the process.

How long has the laptop been infected? After a few days you just can't trust to ever trust it to be truly 'clean' anymore - Reformat.

A year.
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#11 RiseAgainst12
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[QUOTE="Moon1ightShadow"]Use a bootable cd to reinstall the OS(reformat not needed). Just do a clean install. In the future you need a decent firewall like outpost, and stop downloading random torrents. And if you DO keep downloading them, run them in Sandboxie first. If they crash for no reason, it's probably malware. But Sandboxie won't let it harm your system :)

I'm not stupid i know how to avoid viruses.. Was actually upload by my sister.. she saved what she believed to be a picture but it was an .exe file. so when she opened it the computer was riddled with viruses.
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research the laptops, many have factory reset features which just require you to hit a key during startup.
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#13 duderino_23
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Try these programs

http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition?cmpid=fr_bn_free_670

http://www.adware-2010.com/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

They are free and trustworthy. Hope that helps:)

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