[+rep] How do I remove bettersmurf ads?

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

A lot of people say if you get a virus of any sort than you probably should no longer trust that installation of the operating system. Hence what Chippiewill was saying.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

as @xxMATTGxx; said, you can't trust that OS install anymore, there could be any number of other changes it's made.

Reinstall Windows.

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I apologise, I've never really seen it that way before!

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Originally Posted by lRhyss

I apologise, I've never really seen it that way before!

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The issue is, even if you got rid of the virus you don't know what backdoors it has opened. I actually remember one virus which did the opposite, it used an exploit to get into a system and then patched the exploit so it was harder to detect and remove and also harder for other viruses (e.g. botnet competition) to take control of the system.