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Help I'm infected with CloudScout!

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by yoonitee, Jan 26, 2015.

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  1. yoonitee

    yoonitee

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    Anyone know how to get rid of this? It is popping up ads all over Chrome on all my machines!

    I think it must have jumped on board through public wifi or something!
     
  2. wbakunis

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    I think this might be the wrong area to be asking. CloudScout is just malware so its' relatively easy to remove.

    1) Press control - alt - delete. Check process list for CloudScout or unusual executables. If nothing go to #2.
    2) Download & run MalwareBytes
    3) Restart PC.
    4) If still occurring, download & use Spybot Search & Destroy. As far as I know, this is the strongest virus / malware remover available.
    5) Restart again.
    6) Should definitely be removed now.
    7) Download Avast & get Adblock Plus. I personally recommend Avast because its' much quieter than most other programs. Sadly Avast is really CPU & RAM heavy.
    8) Don't download or click on weird links. If you got it from looking at pron, you need to start using safer sites lol. I have a list if you need it :cool:
     
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  3. yoonitee

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    I don't think I downloaded anything weird. Although I did have my extensions in Chrome set to developer mode. I reckon it jumped on board from some public WiFi as other people using the same WiFi have said they got the same thing. But it's still there when I use other WiFi. :( I just uninstalled Chrome and am using different browsers. Stupid Chrome. Used to be good before Google turned evil.

    I saw all these sites about how to remove it... just download this or that. But then those sites are probably made by CloudScout to put even more viruses on our computers and steal our bank accounts!
     
  4. Aurore

    Aurore

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    Sorry you're having issues with this but the Unity forums isn't really the place to get help with this.
     
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