Whenever I go to any antivirus site, I cannot download anything. My computer is very slow now and my Active X control is gone. I constantly receive the pop up regarding my registry.
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How can I clean up my computer & registry if it won’t allow me to download anything?
July 17, 2009
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Clean Registry and Optimize PC
It sounds like your computer is very infected. Since you can’t download anything, borrow a friend’s computer, or the library or work. You could also try booting to safe mode with network support and seeing if you can download from there. Get the programs below and put them on a CD or USB stick, then start cleaning.
Here is my standard cleaning procedure:
NOTE: on badly infected computers, you may have to install and run the scans from safe mode. Some programs will be actively disabled or damaged by the infections. When this happens, just pick another cleaning program until you find one which isn’t knocked out. Then reboot and try some of the others. Lather, rinse and repeat until you have a clean system.
Visit http://www.majorgeeks.com
Download, install and run the following:
(drive cleaner)
ccleaner slim (removes junk and temp files so that the scans have fewer files to look through)
(anti-virus) Pick one, some infections disable cleaning programs, so try another until you can start removing the infections.
AVG
AntiVIr
Avast
If your wallpaper has been changed (and you can’t change it back).
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Wallpaper_Hijack_Remover_d4816.html
(anti-spyware) (This first group will detect and remove the worst infections. The 2nd group will clean up the stragglers).
Superantispyware
Malwarebytes Rouge Remover
Malwarebytes anti-malware
Threatfire
spyware doctor starter edition
ad-aware 2008
spybot search and destroy
Counterspy
AVG anti-spyware
Download and run combofix
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
Once you get the infections cleaned off, you have to repair the damage.
Download, install and run
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4899.html
Dial-a-fix
Go through everything. This will fix a bunch of things that infections love to break. If you still have problems, (parts of windows is broken) you need to do an Windows repair install.
Good luck
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