Remove Windows XP Antivirus 2008 and 2009 with Spyware Doctor
Ms. Ducktoes is still in a flap due Windows Xp Anti-virus 2008/2009. Too many people are losing everything on their computers and having to reformat their hard drives. People are losing irreplaceable...
View ArticleHow to Fix Trojan.Vundo in Safe Mode (and other Malware too)
(Added later: This method is good for removing all kinds of spyware not just Vundo.) I’ve been fixing a few Vundo-infected computers this week among all the Windows XP Antivirus 2008/2009 infections....
View ArticleBe Careful on "Hallmark and Postcard.exe virus removal" Searches
I’m concerned. Today while researching the Hallmark card and postcard.exe virus, I got these results on Google. Image of Google Results The highlighted result in the middle leads to a download site...
View ArticleDid you get Koobfaced on Facebook?
Yes, it’s true, there’s a virus from Facebook called Koobface. If you haven’t noticed, Koob is “book” backwards. If let to run it’s course, Koobface will turn your Facebook account backwards too, or...
View ArticleHow to Prevent the USB Worm
There’s a new USB worm about. It loads on your computer when you stick an infected USB drive (Flash memory drive) into a USB port or an infected CD into the CD drive. Since it installs through the...
View ArticleSpying on Spouses or Lovers with Keyloggers
Sometimes computer repair jobs turn into something else. Sometimes Ms. Ducktoes is sitting quietly, concentrating on a computer and the client starts to talk, and before Ms. Ducktoes can say, “I think...
View ArticleDownandup or Conficker USB Worm Prevention and Removal
Ms. Ducktoes is really busy removing spyware and replacing power supplies today, but I’ve noticed an influx of this new worm. So I thought I should warn you. It’s called the Downandup/Conficker worm....
View ArticleHow to Remove Gaopdx
Hey the other night, I was at a house in Northeast Calgary that had a huge tv on the wall right in front of the computer. So I got to watch the Flames game while I fixed the computer which had the...
View ArticleHow to Remove Starware
I removed Starware from a photographer’s computer this week. The computer was oppressively slow and Outlook was crashing a lot. My client couldn’t work efficiently, since the interruptions slowed down...
View ArticleTrojan Horse Clicker – No My Friend Flicka.
I just cleaned up a computer, an Acer laptop, that had tons of spyware and among them was Trojan Horse Clicker. To get rid of it and the rest of the spyware I did the usual: 1.First I ran Combofix. (I...
View ArticleFix the "Open With" Virus
I just fixed an odd virus: the “Open With” Virus. Everything I tried to open including my usual anti-virus programs prompted a dialog box asking what I wanted to open the AVG with. Of course that’s...
View ArticleHow to remove the hdd virus
This is what the HDD Virus (Malware) looks like The HDD virus advertises itself as a legitimate program, a hard drive defragmenter, but it’s really malware. If you fall for their ploy while trying to...
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