spyware help: could someone please end this nightmare!

l.tor

could someone please end this nightmare!

i dont know how…but somehow i came into contact with some kind of internet supervirus! its hijacked my desktop background, disabled my windows task manager, wont allow me to run programs like skype, and has planted a little icon in my toolbar that keeps alerting me to download this spyware removal thing (which is obviously fake, they dont even use proper english!)
another wierd thing it does is it keeps opening my documents…which is concerning. and i have used several options to get rid of this thing but neither i, nor any antiviral software ive used can even find the thing!

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Stoli 27 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (6 minutes after post)

Reformat your comp or restore it.

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l.tor 4 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (7 minutes after post)

lol the problem is….how do i do that? ive never known how th reform a comp…and when i tried to use the system restore thing its unresponsive…it gets to the last step and then just….stops.

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omgBUNNY 0 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (9 minutes after post)

if you have a windows installation disc simply boot into it, you can do set it to do this in bios

Help me with: im customizing my desktop, and i want to resize my desktop icons to different sizes, which i know can be done because my

Sasha101 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

Give “The Clue” a shout hon, hes good at computers, Ill invite him for you, keep coming back here for his response.

Help me with: READ, LEARN AND BE AWARE !

l.tor 4 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (11 minutes after post)

ok i have the disk….so i just put it in and..lol what? (sorry i dont speak computer :’(, i know this is gunna be frustrating!)

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l.tor 4 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (11 minutes after post)

o and thanks sasha! id really apreciate all the help i can get!

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omgBUNNY 0 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (12 minutes after post)

to boot into bios, when you turn on your pc hold F8 i think (it is on my comp, it may be del on yours) and you’ll open the bios control panel, go into boot settings and change the primary boot drive to your cd drive, then you simply insert the disc and reboot.

Help me with: im customizing my desktop, and i want to resize my desktop icons to different sizes, which i know can be done because my

l.tor 4 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (14 minutes after post)

okay that seems easy, now will i always have to boot to the cd? or will this fix my problem?

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Sasha101 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (14 minutes after post)

Ive left him the link in his shout box, and asked him to either shout you or reply on here, so keep coming back, I think you’ve picked up some spyware,but not sure.

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Sasha101 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (16 minutes after post)

http://help.com/user/2102-the-clue

This is his profile hon, you can try leaving a shout for him yourself and explaining the problem.:-)

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l.tor 4 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (17 minutes after post)

o thanks!

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Sasha101 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (17 minutes after post)

No problem, good luck :-)

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l.tor 4 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (13 hours, 21 minutes after post)

okay…problem still not solved! gah! i wish i knew more about this kinda thing!

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