Damn Adware.Purityscane! Any solutions???
Recently i was so into piloting that i was starting to look for piloting jobs and ive still got my spm to come.Anyway,due to my sudden interest,i decided to download the Microsoft Flight Simulator using Limewire….Due to previous experiences downloading pragrames using limewire,i was confident there will not be any infected files….I was so wrong!!!
I downloaded a zipped file and scanned the file if there were any viruses.The scan showed the file was virus free and so i extracted all the contains within the microsoft flight simulator.When the extraction was done,i realized there was only one file present and it contained a windows media player logo.I clicked on it and soon i discovered i have done the biggest mistake.All my songs were gone and the auto virus scan keeps popping up and shows adware purityscane .Even i when delete the virus,it comes back each time i on the computer.
If any of u have any previous experiences,please guide me…..
My simple and best advice… Format your computer and don’t ever do the same mistake again…
[thanx for the advice man!!!....very helpful]
Comment by Andrew Raj — June 18, 2007 @ 8:32 pm
i assume ur on XP. try to restore ur pc to an earlier date b4 u installed. eg, 1 month ago. tat’s if u dun wan a full reformat.
or u can try removin it manually. more info on this site:
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-purityscan.html
good luck! and never trust limewire. try torrents instead lol. altho they’re not 100% safe either.
Comment by Alex — June 18, 2007 @ 8:58 pm
haha….i came back for holz…n i did something almost similar to u….i searched for photoshop cs2 keygen at some crack websites….i’m smart enuff not to do it on my new laptop but at my sis’ comp at home…..gosh….it contained adware n some trojan…the thing din work….
my sis was furious…tried all kind of antivirus to clear it but fail….so the simplest way to settle the prob, i just reformatted the comp….
Comment by bobby — June 18, 2007 @ 9:09 pm