any free virus removal sites. my antivirus says my comp has some on it. help please. it says i have 33 infections

Try AVG .. it's a free program and removes viruses and spyware as well from http://free.avg.com/download?prd=afe

OMG. Quit having that kind of fun

Yes...

I use Spybot Search and Destroy.
I use Glary's Utilities.
I use Ccleaner.

I sometimes use Adaware by Lavasoft but most of it is covered by Spybot.

All are free and have good reviews.

Alternitively if you don't want to use a program, but insist on online versions ..

Virus Scanners: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Scanners.htm


Spyware: Ewido - http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
Trendmicro - http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Clam AV is good too.

what are the links

www.google.com
www.download.com Wasn't expecting it but Adaware and Spybot were both on the main page under most popular downloads.

im not very used to using computer software but does avg take care of the infections
i installed avg and adaware. should this fix my problem

I'd grab spybot as well .. between those 3 .. you're really close to full infection cleaning (nothing is 100%)

THANKS ALL!!!!! YOU GUYS WERE REALLY HELPFUL

I've recommended this before, but 'Spyware doctor' seems to be one of the most reliable spyware softwares I've used for detection and removal. It's free, and the url is http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

Use CCleaner prior to running any scans, as it will thoroughly delete/shred non essential data files.

Some viruses are simply difficult to remove, as they attach a registry value to winlogin.exe that points to a malicious file. Winlogon.exe is a system file that 'contains' the system services that explorer.exe is both dependent on and not dependent on. Also, The virus will usually load a registry value into explorer.exe that points to a trojan file to ensure the registry value under winlogon.exe is present. It will load this registry value into an area of explorer that has full access of your system. BHOs, or Browser Helper Objects, are common areas to place this registry in.

(I don't want to get too technical with registry directory paths/locations)

It's a vicious cycle, and although there are multible ways to deal with this issue, the easiest solution, and most reassuring method, is to have an anti-virus/spyware software that can detect and remove registries and files prior to winlogon.exe and explorer.exe being loaded into memory. winlogon.exe is loaded before you see, or would expect to see, the user logon screen. Explorer.exe begins loading after you logon with your user. So the removal of registries and files must be before the user logon screen appears.

ad-aware and, possibiliy, AVG have this feature, if I'm not mistaken.

Booting to safemode will not keep a file associted to winlogon.exe from being loaded. It will, however, prevent a lot of other system services from being loaded.

Other free programs/utilities to try:

sysinternal - Autoruns
sysinternal - Process Explorer
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

neuber - Security Task Manager (trial by limited features)
www.neuber.com/taskmanager/index.html

Hijackthis (rename this .exe file after you download it... anyname will work)
www.download.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html

Microsoft - Windows Defender (worth checking out)
www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

malwarebytes anti malware did it for me after all these days. i highly recommend this to anybody with a trojan horse virus. worked on first try too. avg, ccleaner also. spybot s&d did nothing as far as the virus goes. said it removed it but was still active. thanks all who helped in this process.

avast and avg work well

avg also has anti spyware in it

but would suggest both