Need help with what I think is a computer virus

[samsonlonghair]

Malwarebytes is a great software; %100 better than norton, BUT if this virus has damaged your registry, it's better to simply reformat now. You'll save yourself headaches later.

[joker-kun]

Yes, Norton fails. Only reason I got it is cause it came with my laptop.

I will try the malware thing, and see if it finds anything. And to avoid a headache like samson said I will back up everything and just format if stuff starts screwing up.

Do you think this is more of a 'backdoor.bot', trojan, or was there a possibility someone took control of my computer through remote access?? I am completely illiterate when it comes to stuff like this, lol.

[Buffalobiian]

Yes, Norton fails. Only reason I got it is cause it came with my laptop.

I will try the malware thing, and see if it finds anything. And to avoid a headache like samson said I will back up everything and just format if stuff starts screwing up.

Do you think this is more of a 'backdoor.bot', trojan, or was there a possibility someone took control of my computer through remote access?? I am completely illiterate when it comes to stuff like this, lol.

If you feel like playing around with it a bit more, you can turn remote access off and see if there are any more changes. That'll rule out a hack via remote access, but not necessarily a trojan or some installed service that allows similar remote control.

Not that it really matters since you're pretty set on reformatting anyway. What's funny is that despite the abundant anecdotal reports of Norton being crap, they still do pretty well in detection tests.