Malwarebytes - Cleans Computer, Destroys Internet

[RyanJF]

Hi,

I've used Malwarebytes on and off for the past few years, and have generally had no problems with the product. Lately, however, I've acquired a new sort of virus that's been wreaking absolute havoc on my computer and operating system. The fact that I know virtually nothing about computers other than the bare basics isn't helping me in the slightest. Google can only provide so many answers, I guess.

I got one of those fake "Windows Security 2011" bugs some number of weeks ago, and it's all been downhill from there. The original issue seems to be fixed (I no longer get those popups, and I can get online without having to deal with any sorts of restricted access), but, in the meantime, I've obtained a host of new problems.

For one, every time I try to access a website from Google Search, I'll be redirected to an advertising page. It typically takes me over half a dozen tries to get onto the desired website without being first redirected to some spammy nonsense. This happens to me from time to time while following external links off of Wikipedia or trying to click my way into, say, a subforum or an "Account Management" space. Maybe I'm fooling myself, but it seems like I'm much more brutally redirected (in terms of how long it takes to get onto a website) when trying to get onto MicroSoft or antivirus websites.

Also, it's gotten to the point where I can't download any files, pictures, or programs off of the Internet without having to first end a whole bunch of processes or run RKill. I did a System Restore in the past, as that seemed to be the logical thing to do, but to no avail. Worse yet, I can't even try that again - I go to "Control Panel" (or Search, or Run, or any other number of places) and try to select "System Restore", and the window won't even open. If I try to open up my hard-drive to look at usage or mess around with some programs, I get the message "C:\ is not accessible - Access is denied", as if I were on a high school computer or something.

This is getting to be a major pain in the ass, and any help would be much appreciated.

As I said, when I run Malwarebytes, it always seems to get rid of the problem for a while, but then I can't get online and have to use another user account, where the virus or malware seems to have relocated itself to. Many of my infected files seem to lie within my computer's registry, which I'm no expert at navigating.

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