I went trying to get photoshop and had to get somethings online from adobe but now after everything, random pop ups come up and random pages come up and then all the sudden after a amount of time my PC starts freezing slowly and then completely freezes... Any way what im here for is if i restore my PC will I have to reinstall drivers for my graphics card and etc... This is a custom built PC so please help and tell me about the drivers and etc.
I Messed UP! HELP
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tiny voices
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You tried to pirate Photoshop? Don't do that.
You probably need to reinstall Windows due to viruses and malware you now have. Yes, you will have to reinstall EVERYTHING.
You probably need to reinstall Windows due to viruses and malware you now have. Yes, you will have to reinstall EVERYTHING.
Soooooo........ when you were trying to "get" photoshop, did it involve downloading it with a crack from a torrent site? I'm guessing yes.
You now have a virus, or several, or a trojan, or several.
You can 1) spend a lot of time trying to dig it (them) out with various malware programs.
2) Reformat your hard drive, and re-install windows from scratch, thus making sure you no longer have any malware left over.
Option 2 usually winds up being faster in the end.
You now have a virus, or several, or a trojan, or several.
You can 1) spend a lot of time trying to dig it (them) out with various malware programs.
2) Reformat your hard drive, and re-install windows from scratch, thus making sure you no longer have any malware left over.
Option 2 usually winds up being faster in the end.
kunthakenthe
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You could try booting into safe mode then using your anti virus to clear it out. If it doesnt work then they got into the rootkits or something and now you need a fresh install. Dont download cracked windows,photshop,etc
tiny voices
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kunthakenthe
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basically yeah you could try the safe mode thing but its not a sure thing it would work but if it does you dont have to lose everything if you fresh install then you will lose everything
kunthakenthe
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ok just be safe you dictate what happens. Make sure you have a Antivirus aswell. You never no though they could come up with a new virus that Anti virus cant detect yet so be safe. Select Best answer when your done.
kunthakenthe
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tiny voices
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Norton isn't terrible, but if you got a virus from pirating something you probably also got a bad A** root-kit that is tearing you OS apart right now. Just wipe it and reinstall.
kunthakenthe
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Norton cant stop this now its entered into the main frame which means its not just a program you delete its like if you get chickenpox you can cure the pox but then the shingles is still there but this time the shingles is active after the chickenpox dies.
kunthakenthe
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actually i forgot you could try a system restore or putting your system back to a date before you installed the program.
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