Recently, some malware found its way onto my computer and I don't have any idea how to get rid of it. It has slowed down my computer considerably to the point where I can't watch any videos from this or any other site. Whereas a video would normally download in 3 to 4 minutes, it would now take about 2 hrs. Even streaming video doesn't work. Also, if a model posts any photos on the forums, it loads very slowly.
This malware suddenly made it's appearance as a popup advertisement. While viewing a web page, I was suddenly knocked out of the internet and back to my desktop, with a popup message telling me that if my computer is running slow (it wasn't at that point), I may be infected with viruses, adware or spyware and telling me that MalwareAlarm will perform a quick and completely free scan. It asked me to download MalwareAlarm, which of course, I didn't do. This popup happened one more time, a couple of days later, and since then, my computer is very slow.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this and can anyone give me any ideas on how to rid myself of this malware? I ran scans with two different spyware detectors which I've had and also my McAfee protection, but they didn't find anything other than the normal cookies.
This malware suddenly made it's appearance as a popup advertisement. While viewing a web page, I was suddenly knocked out of the internet and back to my desktop, with a popup message telling me that if my computer is running slow (it wasn't at that point), I may be infected with viruses, adware or spyware and telling me that MalwareAlarm will perform a quick and completely free scan. It asked me to download MalwareAlarm, which of course, I didn't do. This popup happened one more time, a couple of days later, and since then, my computer is very slow.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like this and can anyone give me any ideas on how to rid myself of this malware? I ran scans with two different spyware detectors which I've had and also my McAfee protection, but they didn't find anything other than the normal cookies.
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