I think I have a virus on my comp. Can anybody offer advice?

[tishaLA]

It might be a trojan. Who knows?

Somehow, something got access to my yahoo contacts and sent out a slew of emails, some of which bounced back. The emails contained links to websites I don't recognize (http://ex-motif.com/mariejose.html, http://inijewels.com/Zubeda.html, http://medikaldetay.com/isabel.html, etc) and won't go to because I don't know what they are and I'm afraid I'll get a virus if I go there.

I've run a thorough search with both my Sophos anti-virus (UCLA's anti-virus software of choice) and Spybot Search and Destroy. The only thing they found was a cookie from Right Media, which I then got rid of. I also went into my yahoo account and changed my password in case this happened because of phishing.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

[kayakjohnny]

1. You might try 'hijackthis' but be very careful and read up first. They hit hard.

Also CCCleaner, and again they are brutal if you're not careful.

Sometimes, brutal is what's needed though.

I always type my probs into a google search and see if others have had it and possibly solved it.

Hope that does some good.

[SoxFan]

2. Rest, drink lots of fluids, take valacyclovir

Hey, it's worth a shot...

[progressoid]

3. Are you sure they didn't just get access to your Yahoo account?

Maybe you don't have a virus. Perhaps someone managed to get your password or even have physical access to your computer?



But back to the virus thing
I like AVIRA. It's free and catches a lot of stuff.

http://www.free-av.com/

Also heard good things about Malwarebytes.