I am not tech-savvy, so I apologize in advance for my ignorance. Avast! started picking up a lot of my .exe files (even minesweeper being on of the unfortunate files) and flagging them as a virus with “Polipos” in the description for the virus. I can’t open my task manager, my open windows aren’t showing up on my taskbar, the usual blue logon screen is gone, I can’t change access my user account preferences at all, my laptop is running very slow, and at this point I really don’t have a problem completely wiping my laptop. I’m just that desperate right now. If anyone can explain how to fix this, that would be lovely and greatly appreciated.
go here and download and install Malwarebytes it will remove this virus, http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756 it is listed at number 3109 currently on their list of malware it can remove, http://www.malwarebytes.org/malwarenet.php
I’m afraid you’ll have to format and do a clean reinstall because Win32:Polipos (alias Win32:Polip) is a very dangerous file infector.
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You can use Dr. Web LiveCD.