vista guardian 2010

[ebergg]

Hello . i am having a big problem. i had norton 360 and malwarebytes installed on my laptop (64 bit vista) . both programs that i had paid for yet somehow this above mentioned "rogueware?' had gotten into my system . i knew right away that it was not a legit anti-virus/malware program. i did not install any new files that i knew of that would allow this piece of sh%@t onto my laptop.

malwarebytes and norton 360 could not be run while this system was "hyjacked" and i had to buy "spyware doctor" to get rid of this "vista guardian 2010" .

now of course i am not happy with this as you can imagine. i am not an inexperienced computer user . i am the guy that usually helps friends and co-workers with these things.

i had just bought and installed malwarebytes last week and it was up to date.

i assume that this thing has done damage to my registry. if i try to run a program i am asked what file its associated with.

internet explorer works but firefox does not.

i am sending this from a macintosh at work.

any ideas on getting my computer back to normal. registry repair?

[mountaintree16]

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