Ok, I have had it with this bastard. I have tried everything free you can get a hold of but I can't get rid of it.
I know the best way to get rid of it would be to format the computer, but!
A) My mind is dang set on removing it without doing that.
B) At this point it's reasonable to worry that the mo-fo will be backed up with everything else, so if possible I'd rather not wipe my computer.
The symptoms of the virus: Whenever I've been idling a litte, if browser is closed, it will open the browser (firefox) and open a new tab, if browser is open it only opens a new tab, and this tab searches for words like "brother" or "camera" (all innocent random words) that then re-directs to a scam site that usually has to do with Tune-up pro, but "you're the winner! Click me to claim your price" sites have also appeared.
OS: Win 7 (64x)
What I've done:
- Run my anti-virus program a bunchload of times, with the most recent updates and the thuroughest search-options
- Run spybot search and destroy
- Run other safe spyware/virus removal programs
- Removed all addons in firefox
- Reinstalled firefox
- Uninstalled all programs I don't know what they do through the control panels's uninstall option.
As far as I know, I've done everything I could find on google yet the bugger persist, and just now opened up my browser to show me its stupid ads.
Is there anything else I could do without re-installing windows?