- Feb 28, 2014
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Hi there. New in these forums.
Yesterday I downloaded an update for IObit Malware fighter. was clicking through until I realized that I should have chose "custom install" and deselected the yahoo toolbars, etc. I was very stupid and should have read ugh...
now my computer has a 14% increase in cpu usage- even when i'm doing absolutely nothing. Whenever I wasn't doing anything on my computer (i.e. just waiting on the desktop's wallpaper), the cpu usage was only 0-2%. now it's 14-17%. My internet explorer has been hijacked by yahoo and it becomes my homepage every time i start up my computer. google chrome was also controlled by yahoo but i managed to delete the folder "spigot" or something from program files x86 and it managed to heal chrome.
but IE is still corrupted by the damn yahoo homepage thingy. Plus, my computer seems to have gotten slower in general. It takes longer to load things and slower to surf the web.
not only that, but the fan in my laptop makes more noise even when i'm on the desktop doing nothing. the fan speeds up and slows down over the course of maybe 10 seconds. i'm not sure if this is related to the virus or just a reaction to the heating of my cpu.
I figured i have a virus so i ran malwarebytes antimalware in safemode but it didn't catch anything. that's the only thing i ran in safemode, though.
So, here I am asking for help lol. Please help me fix my computer. I will be very grateful. plus, i'll give you a free hug! :3 virtual though, i can't afford real hugs
some specs:
OS Name - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version - 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
System Manufacturer - LENOVO
System Model - Lonovo IdeaPad Y480
System Type - x64-based PC
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.3GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 core(s)...
HDD - 1 TB (my original HDD was about 650 GB but it died. My 1TB HDD replaced
that one)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) - 8.00 GB
Yesterday I downloaded an update for IObit Malware fighter. was clicking through until I realized that I should have chose "custom install" and deselected the yahoo toolbars, etc. I was very stupid and should have read ugh...
now my computer has a 14% increase in cpu usage- even when i'm doing absolutely nothing. Whenever I wasn't doing anything on my computer (i.e. just waiting on the desktop's wallpaper), the cpu usage was only 0-2%. now it's 14-17%. My internet explorer has been hijacked by yahoo and it becomes my homepage every time i start up my computer. google chrome was also controlled by yahoo but i managed to delete the folder "spigot" or something from program files x86 and it managed to heal chrome.
but IE is still corrupted by the damn yahoo homepage thingy. Plus, my computer seems to have gotten slower in general. It takes longer to load things and slower to surf the web.
not only that, but the fan in my laptop makes more noise even when i'm on the desktop doing nothing. the fan speeds up and slows down over the course of maybe 10 seconds. i'm not sure if this is related to the virus or just a reaction to the heating of my cpu.
I figured i have a virus so i ran malwarebytes antimalware in safemode but it didn't catch anything. that's the only thing i ran in safemode, though.
So, here I am asking for help lol. Please help me fix my computer. I will be very grateful. plus, i'll give you a free hug! :3 virtual though, i can't afford real hugs
some specs:
OS Name - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version - 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
System Manufacturer - LENOVO
System Model - Lonovo IdeaPad Y480
System Type - x64-based PC
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.3GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 core(s)...
HDD - 1 TB (my original HDD was about 650 GB but it died. My 1TB HDD replaced
that one)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) - 8.00 GB
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