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My Laptop got infected with a malicious virus(Red bio-hazard Background,New Desktop Icons, Pop-ups,..etc)?

I wanted to watch a video yesterday on sidereel.com, and I got this message that tells me to Update my flash player to a higher version in order to watch the video, and I clicked yes! Unfortunately, it turned out to be a malicious virus. The Virus does the following: 1-It changed my background into a red one with a bio-hazard sign and with something about security. 2- Next to the computer's clock, I have a "Virus Alert" Message! 3- I keep getting this pop-ups about detected threats from programs that I don't even have on my drive (MS Anti-virus, I guess) 4- When I click the "Start" button (XP Windows), I can only see a list of recently run programs! I can't even move to my programs or documents. 5- When I go to "My computer", I cannot see my listed drives which freaks me out! (Well, I can access them from the internet explorer, though) 6- I keep getting an error message about a possible system attack! 7- I got up to five or six new desktop icons including ones for porn sites! Guys, Please Help me! My laptop is still new, and I'm willing to lose everything I have on my hard disk in order to get rid of this virus! Would it go if I format the laptop and reinstall windows again? What extra suggestions do you guys have for this kind of Virus? Is it harmful to take a back-up copy of some files and folders that I need on a flash stick in a situation like that? Thanks in advance

Public Comments

1. uh oh .. thats not good................. heres what i did/do i got spyware doctor its the best! and i called lg and they sent me system restore discs very usefull ...
2. Put your windows boot CD in the CD drive format and reinstall windows. Then I suggest you get virus protection software after you reinstall BEFORE connecting to the internet. Then get all the latest windows patches and updates. Simple as that. Just do a fresh install.
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