SOLVED AVG created this virus - HELP!!!

moondog99 said:

Hello everyone, I'm new.

I uninstalled AVG 2011 Free in favour of MS Essentials a couple of months ago and, although I spent the better part of two days uninstalling and removing it, one component persists - the Safe Search IE add-on. I realized through trial and error that it was the culprit that was significantly affecting my browser performance.

The problem is that when I disable it, it actually re-enables itself - with no apparent cause or pattern. I can't delete it, because the traditional add-on function is greyed out.

So, I tried to get rid of it by installing AVG without the component(s), uninstalling it and running the AVG removal tool. I have done this three separate times now, to no avail. Finally totally aggravated, I deleted the AVG folder containing the dll file to which the add-on points (yes, it still existed after the last uninstall/removal). Somehow though, it's still running.

I have tried using chrome, but prefer IE8. I have a reasonably new lenovo laptop running windows 7.

As the Beatles would say: Help Me!!! Please...

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theELVISCERATOR said:

go into IE add ons, and disable it there.

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ratbuddy said:

I'd try IE's built in 'reset' feature if you won't lose anything important. It's at the bottom of the advanced tab in internet options.

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ratbuddy said:

I'd try IE's built in 'reset' feature if you won't lose anything important. It's at the bottom of the advanced tab in internet options.

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