# computer people   help  pop ups  virus?

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**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-people-help-pop-ups-virus/19938 "2006-11-09T05:09:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-people-help-pop-ups-virus/19938/6 "2006-11-09T08:35:09Z")

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> [@BikerFry](#):
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> Unfortunately, once you actually get a virus the best thing to do is to back up your data and reformat.

for the most part… there are lots of removal FAQ’s but most of the time virus software just will identify the virus

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