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sshyman

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2012, 04:20:32 PM »
notepad from fix

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2012, 04:41:22 PM »
from what i can see, the computer seems to be running better, at least i can type without the cursor running where it wants to

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2012, 05:09:45 PM »
Thanks for all of your help on fixing the virus. Another question is how do I stop pages like http://www.abbeyblog.me/ from popping up on me?

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2012, 05:14:48 PM »
What browser do they popup in ?  And is it all pages or specific sites ?

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« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2012, 05:22:23 PM »
They pop up in firefox, other pages pop up occasionally, the one i mentioned pops up frequently

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2012, 03:50:31 PM »
Could you disable all addons in firefox please and see if the redirects persist

Do you have an addon called translator?

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2012, 06:44:52 PM »
1. I do not have an addon called translator and I disable the 4 add ons that were in there.  I will let you know if pop ups continue.
2. Since I fixed the virus with your help(thanks), the cursor still jumps around while typing, not as much as much as before, but it still is doing it and it is very annoying. What can I do about that?

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2012, 07:35:04 PM »
Do you use an optical or wireless mouse ?

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2012, 07:40:11 PM »
The only mouse I use is the mouse pad on the laptop

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2012, 07:46:18 PM »
Is it an optical one i.e. there is a red light underneath

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« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2012, 07:50:11 PM »
no red light, just the mouse pad that came installed with the laptop

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2012, 08:17:58 PM »
Can you remove the ball underneath and give it a quick clean out http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Mouse-Ball

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #27 on: August 02, 2012, 08:20:56 PM »
there is no ball, it is touch sensitive, it is built into the laptop, e is a touch sensitive square and two buttons to click

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2012, 08:36:48 PM »
OK not got a laptop so not to sure how that works, but it does not sound like a malware problem I am afraid

Apart from that how is the computer behaving

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Re: what to do with a virus
« Reply #29 on: August 02, 2012, 08:55:44 PM »
OK, but this did not happen before the virus that we just removed. Now it happens, like I said not as frequently, but 15% of the time.