I’ll begin by saying that I have zero technical knowledge when it comes to computers.
I have a laptop at home that I use for very limited surfing, plus a load of podcast downloads from iTunes. I *may* also use PirateBay from time to time…
Somehow my machine’s picked up a virus; I had McAfee on the machine, but not the newest version. Anyway, the virus is obviously trying to get me to purchase some form of security software (it keeps popping up a screen saying “You must buy this software”), and has helpfully disabled my McAfee program. It’s also shutting down the machine after 10 minutes of use.
What’s the best/easiest way to resolve this? Buy a new CD of whatever the latest/best security software is and run it? Or will the machine need a rebuild and thus a trip to the dreaded PC World or the like?
All suggestions welcomed.