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Started by Dimocritus, March 22, 2010, 05:41:48 PM

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Dimocritus

March 22, 2010, 05:41:48 PM
Sooooo, I have a visitor, Antivirus soft. I was able to find a tutorial on how to remove this bitch, but in order to do so, I need to reboot my computer into safe mode. The instructions provided at the site I was at do not work. This is pissing me off, and is probably my own fault. Any help would be appreciated.
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Dimocritus

#1
March 22, 2010, 06:00:22 PM
Fuck it. It's going in the trash.
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Freeky

#2
March 22, 2010, 06:00:31 PM
Turn your computer off wrong, and when it starts up, there should be a black screen that gives you three options or so, safe mode being one of them. This is if you have a Windows system.

Dimocritus

#3
March 22, 2010, 06:02:18 PM
Quote from: Professor Freeky on March 22, 2010, 06:00:31 PM
Turn your computer off wrong, and when it starts up, there should be a black screen that gives you three options or so, safe mode being one of them. This is if you have a Windows system.

Thanks. I actually got it into safemode, but can't get it to download the thing I need to remove it. I'm trying to save it to a flash drive on my folks' desk top, but for some reason I can't get it to download.... This is frustrating...
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Freeky

#4
March 22, 2010, 06:06:17 PM
I hate when that happens. Did you try right clicking on the download button/link and selecting "Save target as"?

Dimocritus

#5
March 22, 2010, 06:09:28 PM
Quote from: Professor Freeky on March 22, 2010, 06:06:17 PM
I hate when that happens. Did you try right clicking on the download button/link and selecting "Save target as"?

That worked. Thanks.
Episkopos of GABCab ~ "caecus plumbum caecus"

Freeky

#6
March 22, 2010, 06:10:06 PM
I'm always glad to help. :D

Triple Zero

#7
March 22, 2010, 06:50:40 PM
safe mode is usually activated by hitting F8 a couple of times during the first bit of booting. then you get a menu. but I see you already figured that out.
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Dimocritus

#8
March 22, 2010, 06:58:12 PM
Well, I'm on the home stretch. Let's hope this works. Thanks guys for your help.

I have learned something in all this: I am a dick.
Episkopos of GABCab ~ "caecus plumbum caecus"

Triple Zero

#9
March 22, 2010, 07:00:23 PM
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

INFORMATION SO POWERFUL, YOU ACTUALLY NEED LESS.

Dimocritus

#10
March 22, 2010, 07:01:52 PM
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Dimocritus

#11
March 22, 2010, 07:37:11 PM
Fail. I go smash my head in now.
Episkopos of GABCab ~ "caecus plumbum caecus"

Triple Zero

#12
March 22, 2010, 08:16:27 PM
Quote from: dimo on March 22, 2010, 07:01:52 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on March 22, 2010, 07:00:23 PM
A USB DICK ? :D

I don gettit

It's a song. And since you (almost) saved the computer with a USB stick, and came to the conclusion you;re a dick ---> USB DICK

haha
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

INFORMATION SO POWERFUL, YOU ACTUALLY NEED LESS.

Dimocritus

#13
March 22, 2010, 08:21:25 PM
Goddamnit. If I had spent all those years ignoring technology learning it instead, I'd have this fixed by now. I AM A DICK. I've come to the conclusion that I now own a fucking brick. I will choke a motherfucker.
Episkopos of GABCab ~ "caecus plumbum caecus"

Remington

#14
March 22, 2010, 08:26:29 PM
It didn't work in Safe Mode?

Are you sure the instructions you followed are recent? (Check the dates on the article)
Is it plugged in?
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