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malware or virus (or both)
June 12, 2015 at 9:39 am
I have something on my pc it's making everything run slow, don't know if it's malware a virus or if the two are mutually exclusive or what.

Basically my situation is that everything is running slow and jittery, and when I close down my pc I see a flash of a website that I didn't even have up, like I'll close all internet explorer windows, then shut down, but I'll still see windows of internet explorer or something closing down when it shuts down, it's such a quick flash I can't see what it is that's closing down.

Anyone able to explain what this might be?  Or the difference between malware and viruses?
I'm on youtube now looking at videos on how to get rid of whatever it is, I just downloaded malwarebites, it's called something like that.


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malware or virus (or both) - by paulpablo - June 12, 2015 at 9:39 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Jackalope - June 12, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by abaris - June 12, 2015 at 9:47 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Chad32 - June 12, 2015 at 10:13 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by vorlon13 - June 12, 2015 at 10:30 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by downbeatplumb - June 12, 2015 at 11:03 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by paulpablo - June 12, 2015 at 1:00 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by downbeatplumb - June 12, 2015 at 1:06 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Jackalope - June 12, 2015 at 1:17 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Minimalist - June 12, 2015 at 1:15 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by LastPoet - June 12, 2015 at 1:48 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by paulpablo - June 13, 2015 at 8:38 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Chad32 - June 12, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 12:18 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Minimalist - June 12, 2015 at 2:13 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Jackalope - June 12, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Longhorn - June 12, 2015 at 2:43 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by ignoramus - June 12, 2015 at 9:15 pm
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Thumpalumpacus - June 13, 2015 at 2:37 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by LastPoet - June 13, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by bennyboy - June 14, 2015 at 12:19 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by I_am_not_mafia - June 13, 2015 at 9:12 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by ignoramus - June 14, 2015 at 3:11 am
RE: malware or virus (or both) - by Thumpalumpacus - June 14, 2015 at 4:23 am

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