# help with virus

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**Created:** [June 6, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-virus/252507 "2010-06-06T11:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gendy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gendy/32/6456_2.png) [@Gendy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gendy)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-virus/252507/9 "2010-06-06T12:21:11Z")

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> [@My Father's hott little DIY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-fathers-hott-little-diy/32409/23):
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> Reboot your computer, press the f8 key a few times to get the Windows Boot menu to pop up. Select Safe-Mod W/ Networking.
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> Open up Control Panel -\> Internet Options -\> Connections -\> Lan Settings and make sure none of the boxes in that window are checked, more specificaly in the Prox server area. Many virus’s will have this set to a Malicious proxy that will send you to bogus AV sites when trying to go to any legit site.

^^ That may have been the ticket right there. I did that, rebooted and redownloaded my AV. Finally got the AV engine to dl and run, and its scanning now. Found 4 bad files already.

Thanks for all the help fella’s, i’ll check back in once i run the anti spyware / vrius and see if that took car of it.

shift:thumbup

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