thenewguy

This is my personal preference on removal or spyware and what I found to work the best. If you have a difference of opinion please keep it civil and don't post (while having a heartattack) to tell me how wrong I am. These are steps that I've done daily, for many years, while working in computer repair shops.
 
These are also great steps for those of us that are more computer savvy, because the junk files still accumulate up on our computers even if were extra cautious.
 
Step #1 -
I prefer a clean boot into Windows NORMAL mode.
You only need to boot into Safe Mode if there are things you want to avoid from opening at startup.
Disable your anti virus to make sure no conflicts happen.
 
Step #2 -
Program time. I run a few different programs depending on what I need. They are all small programs and live on my flash drive.
 
#0 RKill - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/ - Mainly optional. It runs real quick and kills processes.
#1 AdwCleaner - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ - Run this, it's a pretty fast scan that will restart your computer.
#2 Hitman Pro - http://www.surfright.nl/en/downloads - Choose the 32 or 64 bit option. I run this as the second scan, it finds most of the things were searching for. I always enter a fake email for the 30 day trial version. Normally in a shop, I won't need to use it again.
#3 JRT - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/ - It's a basic command prompt tool, it's found things others have not and it made it's way into my tool kit.
#4 TDSSKiller - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/tdsskiller/ - Normal and quick rootkit scanner.
#5 Combofix - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/ - This is my last scan. It normally finds the rest and all of it. It's the longest scan and will also sometimes restart your computer. After it's done, press Windows Key + R and type combofix /uninstall
 
Not badly infected? Do just steps #1, 2 and run CCleaner
 
Ad Block Plus! This is a great browser extension that stops a lot of the ads, etc that lead to malware.
For Chrome > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb?hl=en-US
For Fireox > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/
For Internet Explorer > http://www.google.com/chrome Just install chrome already...
 
Step #3 -
Malwarebytes & Kapersky Rescue Disc @ Stubborn infections
This is a great step if you have a USB dock or able to hook up a drive as a secondary drive.
 
Malwarebytes Anti Malware
Thisis where Malwarebytes shines in my book.
Program can be found here > http://www.malwarebytes.org
Being one of the few programs able to scan a chosen drive makes Malwarebytes a go to program when a drive is way to infected to even get into Safe Mode on.
 
By clicking "Perform Full Scan" it gives you the option to choose which drive. So if you have a drive hooked up as G: by usb, you can elect to scan only that drive. 
This scan does take a decent length of time, but it's worth the wait when you need access to the drive.
 
Kapersky Rescue Disc
This is another great program to have, and since it's a bootable enviroment, it's a great CD to have in your arsenal.
ISO can be found here > http://support.kaspersky.com/us/viruses/rescuedisk
 
This boots into a comfortable setting where you can scan the drive without having to boot into Windows. All you need to do is down the 500MB or so ISO and burn it to a CD.
 
Simply press F12 or your designated Boot select key, and boot to the CD.
Wait for it to boot into a friendly UI. 
Open up the program "Kaspersky Rescue Disc" on the Desktop and hit Scan Computer
 
Step #4 -
Clean up time. This is the fun part of removing junk programs, temp files and the such.
 
CCleaner - https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner - Great basic file system cleaner. Removes the junk temp files.
Revo Uninstaller - http://www.revouninstaller.com - Program uninstaller. Pretty self explanatory.
PCDecrapifier - http://pcdecrapifier.com - Great and fast tool to remove trash programs.
 
 
 
Honorable mentions:
 
Autoruns (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx) is another great tool to check the system auto runs as the name mentions. Lets you see some goodies Please do read up on how to use it before going and clicking on stuff.
Web of Trust (https://www.mywot.com) Recommended by brownninja97 - WOT is a browser extension based on a review system for bad websites that will give informed decisions about whether to trust a website
D7 (http://www.foolishit.com/d7/) is an all in one Windows malware/tweak tool that I've used like 3 times but it's still cool.
 
That's it. Nice and simple malware removal for the every day person. There really isn't much to the process, takes a whole 10 minutes, maybe more depending on the speed of the system and how much Combofix finds. 

It looks good. It needs more video quality options - HD or Auto, what's that supposed to mean? I also agree that it needs an Android app. >50% of my YouTube viewing is on my Android Phone. It needs a better way to show new content (like My Subscriptions on YouTube, except that that isn't very good either as I'm sure many know).
 
Good start, but a long way ahead to improve. I think most importantly it needs to listen to viewers, unlike YouTube, which just does whatever the f*ck it wants to.

It looks good. It needs more video quality options - HD or Auto, what's that supposed to mean? I also agree that it needs an Android app. >50% of my YouTube viewing is on my Android Phone. It needs a better way to show new content (like My Subscriptions on YouTube, except that that isn't very good either as I'm sure many know).
 
Good start, but a long way ahead to improve. I think most importantly it needs to listen to viewers, unlike YouTube, which just does whatever the f*ck it wants to.

It looks good. It needs more video quality options - HD or Auto, what's that supposed to mean? I also agree that it needs an Android app. >50% of my YouTube viewing is on my Android Phone. It needs a better way to show new content (like My Subscriptions on YouTube, except that that isn't very good either as I'm sure many know).
 
Good start, but a long way ahead to improve. I think most importantly it needs to listen to viewers, unlike YouTube, which just does whatever the f*ck it wants to.

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It looks good. It needs more video quality options - HD or Auto, what's that supposed to mean? I also agree that it needs an Android app. >50% of my YouTube viewing is on my Android Phone. It needs a better way to show new content (like My Subscriptions on YouTube, except that that isn't very good either as I'm sure many know).
 
Good start, but a long way ahead to improve. I think most importantly it needs to listen to viewers, unlike YouTube, which just does whatever the f*ck it wants to.

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Our new gold wall plaque from YouTube is bananas! Check that out and get the inside scoop on the state of Linus Tech Tips in early 2015.
 

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"We tech things seriously"

'You are now manually breathing.'

It be what it do.

"Now shipped in closed cell foam" 

"Everybody is fired" 

Can I suggest something to make this thread more readable?
Please include:
 
1. The name of the game
2. Spoiler tags. To do this, type 
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Another iRacing shot, this time in real 4K!
 

iRacing 
 

Yes. We are actually working with another tech site to give them a cut and have them serve ads to us letting them bid on bigger deals. Will probably announce something once it's up and running.

In the stunning conclusion to scrapyard wars episode 1, Linus beats Luke.. or Luke beats Linus.. I guess you'll just need to watch the bloody video.
 
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Hi 
 
just downloaded the software and started folding.
I have a 2600K and a 7970. Im just wondering: do these stats look good? Is it normal that the GPU is significantly slower at folding than the CPU?
Edit: I actually just realized that I looked at the wrong number   It's saying around 150000 pts per day estimated. Realistic?
 
Thanks in advance 

Kyle probably did the best unboxing in history as well:
 

They brought it up on the WAN show I believe, and he was just joking around

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I lol'ed

So i was just going through YouTube about R9 290 VS. GTX 780 and I found this:

linus's spech at 6:45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5_f_gsxJw

this guy's speach at 1:55



Just watch it! 
I laughed so hard!!!

It doesn't face the window. You don't even see it when the panel is on, haha