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Trojan in My Registry
I have an older 15 inch HP with W10 that I recently updated.
I have always had McAfee on the computer, it has never lapsed.
I have also run Spybot, Malwarebytes, Google Ghostery and ABP Adblock Popup.
When I recently bought a new printer it would not sync up with the laptop. I believe it was a driver issue as a result of the new upgrade.
But I called HP (the manufacturer of my printer) and they said I had a Trojan embedded in my Registry.
When I was online with him we went through various links and steps and yep ! There it was !
When I went to the Event Viewer it indicated that about 35 -50 ? programs have crashed/failed.
HP said they wanted to charge me 249 to fix it because it was not a printer issue.
I went to Best Buy and they said they would have to have my computer for a week and it would cost 199.
I bought a new computer, the one I have now for 239. Yeah me.
But the computer is still good ......minus the nasty trojan.......it runs slow, it takes forever to do anything and I will never use it for personal information.
I have transfered my files and links manually from the old computer to the new one...this one.
Previously, when I have had a trojan or virus, it was always right click and delete.
Not this time. Is there an easy way for a novice.......step by step........to delete it ?
The computer itself is only 14 months old. It has a lot of life in it if I can get rid of the trojan.
Can I fix it myself or should I trash it ?
Thanks.