Most random virus. / New browser suggestions?

[MegaScientifical]

I've finally given up on Firefox. I went to take a stuff while loading pages, came back, and everything but some fake anti-virus was running. It was instantly closing any program I attempted to open, so I restarted in Safe Mode. I ran virus checks, which none identified it. Then I moved to HiJackThis, which found its entry in the registry and alerted me to it's location. I permanently deleted the file, cleared it from the registry, cleared out my caches and so many other entries usnig CCleaner, and then ran extra checks upon restarting. It was found at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\defender.exe I've found an occurrence of it here: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/301298-spyware-protection-2010-bogus-av/ There's images and such of it there. I'm fearful I haven't completely cleared it. Anyone know if I've killed it so easily?

On another note, considering the only way this could have happened would be Firefox, I am requesting a new browser and additions to secure said browser. Yes, I've heard Google Chrome is good, but everything has flaws. I'd like to have it as secure as possible. Also, I would extremely appreciate a way to transfer over many of my Firefox perks. This is mainly my Sessions from Firefox's Session Manager. Others being saved passwords and such. Help?

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[Stocking]

[battlebrain]

ftw

[Trymos]

Internet Explorer
Opera will block all bad pop ups.
Google chrome blocks bad websites.
 Opera sounds the most like firefox to me.
Use malwarebytes to see if you removed it forever.

[MegaScientifical]

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Trymos couldn't see some image I could on Firefox using that. Also, I still need to convert things over from Firefox to that as painlessly as possible.

Use malwarebytes to see if you removed it forever.

I hear about that a lot, but I didn't consider it because... it sounded too mainstream. The more mainstream it is, the wiser virus makers are to preventing its use.

[DracoSoul]

chrome is the best

[Stocking]

Trymos couldn't see some image I could on Firefox using that. Also, I still need to convert things over from Firefox to that as painlessly as possible.

Clear the cache. That happens on all browsers.

I hear about that a lot, but I didn't consider it because... it sounded too mainstream.

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[Packer]

You can't blame your browser for your own incompetence. You probably have a cloud virus eating your bandwidth as well. Firefox works perfectly fine, I have Google Chrome on the side for emails/Google related bs like youtube uploading. Though Chrome has none of the add-ons I need with Firefox.

[otto-san]

opera has plugins to stop youtube video ads

[MegaScientifical]

Clear the cache. That happens on all browsers.

Didn't he clear it and... Meh.

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I have an honestly good reason for this. I had a virus a few years back which prevented anti-virus programs from working. It even stopped HiJackThis. AVG wouldn't work, other ones wouldn't. Spybot. But back then, Trojan Remover was pretty unknown, so not only was it able to open, it actually tore it out. That's why I like Trojan Remover. Sadly, they've ruined it the past few months to a year. I'm just saying: some viruses literally go after the mainstream ones simply because they're known and known to stop them.

Again, I have situational context. Not like I won't use it if I'm directly advised.

You can't blame your browser for your own incompetence. You probably have a cloud virus eating your bandwidth as well. Firefox works perfectly fine, I have Google Chrome on the side for emails/Google related bs like youtube uploading. Though Chrome has none of the add-ons I need with Firefox.

I was looking for higher definition versions of recently released BioShock Infinite images. I probably do have that, though. I thought Firefox was fine, too, but this randomness happened during page loading. I could blame Google for it.

opera has plugins to stop youtube video ads

AdblockPlus. Isn't Adblock for Chrome, too?

[Sulfate]

Didn't he clear it and... Meh.

I have an honestly good reason for this. I had a virus a few years back which prevented anti-virus programs from working. It even stopped HiJackThis. AVG wouldn't work, other ones wouldn't. Spybot. But back then, Trojan Remover was pretty unknown, so not only was it able to open, it actually tore it out. That's why I like Trojan Remover. Sadly, they've ruined it the past few months to a year. I'm just saying: some viruses literally go after the mainstream ones simply because they're known and known to stop them.

Again, I have situational context. Not like I won't use it if I'm directly advised.

I was looking for higher definition versions of recently released BioShock Infinite images. I probably do have that, though. I thought Firefox was fine, too, but this randomness happened during page loading. I could blame Google for it.

AdblockPlus. Isn't Adblock for Chrome, too?

when does bioshock 3 come out anyway lol

[MegaScientifical]

when does bioshock 3 come out anyway lol

BioShock 3 isn't conceptualized yet, at least not in developmental way. BioShock Infinite is coming out next year. Again, as I've said before, a developer specifically said in an interview that this isn't BioShock 3. That title is still open. This game doesn't follow the settings and such of the other games, but might be in the same universe. In all likelihood, BioShock 3 will be a Rapturian game. But Infinite follows its own line in the BioShock realm.

[Stocking]

BioShock 3 isn't conceptualized yet, at least not in developmental way. BioShock Infinite is coming out next year. Again, as I've said before, a developer specifically said in an interview that this isn't BioShock 3. That title is still open. This game doesn't follow the settings and such of the other games, but might be in the same universe. In all likelihood, BioShock 3 will be a Rapturian game. But Infinite follows its own line in the BioShock realm.

I don't get why it'd be so difficult to escape from the flying city. I mean, it's nowhere near as much of a bind as being under the ocean is.

[Tyler66]

opera has plugins to stop youtube video ads

So does any adblock.

Kaspersky blocks YouTube ads with a anti-banner.

[MegaScientifical]

I don't get why it'd be so difficult to escape from the flying city. I mean, it's nowhere near as much of a bind as being under the ocean is.

After watching videos, I can safely say it's so many times higher up than you'd ever survive. Not only that, the whole city is kept flying together since it disappeared, so it might be safe to say they have a system to keep parts of it from simply floating away. Elizabeth loves Songbird, her jailer, so they probably must keep track of it. It will track her down wherever she goes, anyway. Also, The Founders and Vox Populi bring you into their battle over Elizabeth, which is a deadly situation in itself.

But there isn't THAT much to say as of yet.