or I will have to reformat and Ive done thart not too long ago. however I did do the dds stuff and have it included here. it said that the file could not be found. so what was left I did the scan and it said it did not find anything. ![]() I tried to do the gmer diagnostic tool and some of the features were not activated adn greyed out. so I uninstalled yahoo messenger and reinstalled it with yet another password and it sent the link out again. then I changed my yahoo password and tried again it sent the link out again. I have never had a problem with my antivirus before. I have avast free version and ran it and it found six viruses but would not put them in quarantine or delete them saying I had unaughtorized ability to do this. I noticed that my yahoo messenger froze up and blinked before the link was sent. I later got messages from all of my freinds that my messenger was sending them the same link. it took me to myspace and downloaded something on my computer. I see posts where people have had remnants of AVAST left in their system which causes problems.I clicked on a link in yahoo messenger from a freind telling me to verify a picture if it was me on facebook. How do I completely and totally remove AVAST! from my computer. Presumably other than Yahoo you could browse other web sites ? No other problems with other web sites, that I know of.ĭid you try terminating the web shield ? I do not know what a "Web Shield" is. So other than spyblocker, which I presume is an anti-spyware rather than an anti-virus, did you have any anti-virus installed on this system ? No - except for a one year free use of Norton years ago (+/- 3 years ago) SpyBlocker is a Spyware but I have uninstalled it. I had never heard of SpyBlocker before this and the windows XP firewall even if On doesn't monitor outbound connections so shouldn't be getting in the way. No problems what so ever with those decisions. Windows Firewall conflicted with a program I used and I disconnected it last year. I had Norton years ago but it conflicted with programs so I uninstalled it. So what are you using as a firewall (an essential part of your security) ? I am not using a FireWall. Presumably other than Yahoo you could browse other web sites ? ![]() So other than spyblocker, which I presume is an anti-spyware rather than an anti-virus, did you have any anti-virus installed on this system ?Įven after an uninstall many leave remnants and these can cause conflicts. So what are you using as a firewall (an essential part of your security) ? ![]() I have SPYBlocker, which I uninstalled after installing AVAST! I used the Windows UNINSTALL feature. Try terminating the Web Shield and see if that helps. Have (or did) you another AV installed in this system, if so what was it and how did you get rid of it ? I installed AVAST! and immediately, I lost my sign on ability with Yahoo Messenger. Conflicts with Yahoo after Installing AVAST!Ĭonsumer Products > Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier)
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