PC Questions for PFC, an unrelated Tech-support thread
I was hoping that one of the kind, computer literate souls might take mercy on me...
My kid downloaded something that came complete with Omiga-plus-- an unwanted browser hijack, doing God knows what else. I deleted just about everything in the free world and still it taunts me.
I've spent the last two hours googling the shit outta this, but I'm not getting anywhere, despite following the steps listed..Omiga is still my homepage.
Any insights/places to check for solutions? Please explain in small words...I really don't do "computer maintenance".
My general plan of attack is to slam my computer on to the nest of an endangered bird species every two years while screaming, "SCREW YOU FUTURE GRANDCHILDREN, AND YOUR STINKIN' ENVIRONMENT". Then I get into a rented gas-guzzler and drive to the store, careful to leave it running while I just buy a damn new one.
I'm thinking this may be an unnecessary step because my home page sucks.
THE POT SWEETENER: I am prepared to offer a no-mouse, MSpaint of your choosing as payment.
My kid downloaded something that came complete with Omiga-plus-- an unwanted browser hijack, doing God knows what else. I deleted just about everything in the free world and still it taunts me.
I've spent the last two hours googling the shit outta this, but I'm not getting anywhere, despite following the steps listed..Omiga is still my homepage.
Any insights/places to check for solutions? Please explain in small words...I really don't do "computer maintenance".
My general plan of attack is to slam my computer on to the nest of an endangered bird species every two years while screaming, "SCREW YOU FUTURE GRANDCHILDREN, AND YOUR STINKIN' ENVIRONMENT". Then I get into a rented gas-guzzler and drive to the store, careful to leave it running while I just buy a damn new one.
I'm thinking this may be an unnecessary step because my home page sucks.
THE POT SWEETENER: I am prepared to offer a no-mouse, MSpaint of your choosing as payment.
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Something I whipped up to help you fully understand the high caliber of my work.
A guy can hope can't he?
Wow Jeff! I'm seriously sensible of how generous that offer is. Before I ask you to do that thing you usually get paid for-for free. I'm gonna put GW on the job when he gets up (which may be a bit...he was at a bachelor party last night, and we all know stripper glitter takes forever to scrub off). Plus that'll give me time to move the damning evidence to an external hard drive..
This thread made me realize how dirty talking about computers is.
No love?!? I giggled for like 20 mins when I made this last night.
Gotta admit, I had to look that up.. That always makes a joke lose some of it's luster.. And ok, I'm not always with it.
I'm up and around, not going anywhere for a while, let me know when you want me to give it a try. And I promise to keep my eyes closed through the whole process. You can even watch and see what I do. I'll keep a wordpad window open as well where we can communicate back and forth during the process.
I had to look it up too Comp. Internet slang dictionary is gonna get bookmarked this weekend if this keeps up. Ine gettin' old.
This feels like a LMGTFY for real life...
Jeff will have it done by the time you've gone through your 4th search return. Don't waste your time when you could be posting.
I'm sure he also wants to be able to say he was deep in the bowels of Kristy's puter.
PS Finally something I didn't have to look up! Figgered it out all on my own!
Bwahahaha, A+ work.
Ps. Congrats on going green while I was away!
PM me the teamviewer codes and I'll get to it... Trip report to follow...
Man Bill, your last comment almost scared me off..:p
backup your documents, music, etc with an external HD, then start from scratch with a fresh OS install. yeah it's a minor pain in the ass but your PC will feel like new again and more importantly you can be confident that the adware will be gone for good.
small words version:
1. bak up yer shit
2. turn off yer shit
3. put in the disc that came with yer shit
4. turn yer shit on
5. look for words like "clean install" and "format drive"
6. keep clicking OK until you see a desktop
then
7. post back here so we can point you to the drivers you will need.
Depending on make/model may be an option for F11 and reload.
So, you're done with the computer? What was wrong with Kristy?
Waiting for her to get the pc back on teamviewer... lol, I expect Kristy would be a much tougher "fix" than the computer and I'm not touching that one with a 10 ft pole..
I feel soo old school!
see you on Paradise Poker
The only other thing it says is "HP 2000 Notebook PC"
COMPUEASE FOR ADMIN!
However I fear I may not be long for this mod thing... Fixing networks, servers pc's, people problems is a piece of cake compared to modding.
You may not leave me alone here. I'm not asking.
Cleaned up quite a bit of malware, likely mostly as a result of clicking on things one shouldn't..
One item that Kristy was posting about, Omiga, is a pretty nasty browser hijacker that would really slow your pc down as well as throw all sorts of adverts at you, took me a while to get that one as I hadn't seen it before, must be a yankee thing.
For anyone else that needs help like this, feel free to ask. I don't get all that much time to practice my detective techie skills these days as the corporate world generally doesn't have these issues. I actually enjoy the change of pace.