Any help to remove the virus startnow? Im running Windows 7.

Hello

I am running Windows 7 and it seems that I am infected by the bug "startnow.  I get redirected to their page without asking for confirmation.  I was able to remove the program file, but it does not solve the problem.  I found a bit about it on the net, but no corrective measures.  I ran the Windows Security Scanner with no result.  Found a step by step, recommend deleting the [random] .exe in the menu of the process in the Task Manager.  I have not found any such process.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance
Don.

Get your updated antivirus program and boot into Safe Mode. Note that some viruses can hide from your normal antivirus program, so you really need to scan in Safe Mode. To enter in Safe Mode when you turn on first, press F8 on every seconds until you get the menu, and then select Safe Mode. Then run a complete system scan.

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Microsoft has suggestions and offerings to

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-a-computer-virus

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Moderator Forum Keith has a few suggestions along this line to

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-performance/Windows-Explorer-has-stopped-working/6ab02526-5071-4DCC-895F-d90202bad8b3

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If that suits him fine. If this is not the case, use system restore to go back to an earlier date at the beginning of the problem. To run system restore, click Start-> programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> system restore. Click on the box that says show more restore points.

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You can check the corrupted system files. Open an administrator command prompt and run SFC if the above does not help. Click START, and then type CMD in the search box, right-click on CMD. EXE and click run as administrator. Then, from the command prompt type sfc/scannow.

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Finally if all else fails, you can look at the rather cryptic system event log. To do that click on start-> Control Panel-> administration-> event viewer tools. Once in Event Viewer system log-click and scroll entries looking for these "error" with indicator see if you can find guidance on where the problem may be.

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When you get your system in good working condition, I invite you to back up your system up to an external hard drive and make it regular periodic updates.

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I hope this helps. Good luck.

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