--- title: Northampton Computer Repair | Q&A | Fake Antivirus description: Fake Antivirus | Ask-A-Techi will answer all of your PC or Computer questions. Our aim is to demystify and simplify computer technology for the lay person… --- ## [Northampton Computer Repair](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/) 413-341-3571 12 Main St, Northampton, MA 01060 # Ask-A-Techie, Where you can have all of your questions answered. ## [Ask-A-Techie: Virus Alert](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140854/Ask-A-Techie-Virus-Alert) Posted by [Serges LaRiviere](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/author/serges-lariviere) on Sat, Jan 28, 2012 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/hs-fs/file-18376551-png/images/askatechieicon-150x150.png) ](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140854/Ask-A-Techie-Virus-Alert) Hi Techie, My computer started doing some strange things in the past few days and I think I have a virus.  I was online and an error message came up saying I had a virus infection, so I clicked the button and it started to scan my computer.  It says I have over 9000 viruses on my computer.  How did this happen?   I have an antivirus program, isn’t that supposed to stop the viruses?  The program that detected the viruses isn’t even my normal anti-virus, I don’t know how it got there, but at least it was able to detect those viruses.  It wants me to enter a credit card number to pay for a full version of the software.  Only then will it remove all the viruses.  What should I do? Panicked and Infected *Panicked,* [Read More](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140854/Ask-A-Techie-Virus-Alert) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140854/Ask-A-Techie-Virus-Alert#comments-listing) Tags: [Virus removal](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/virus-removal), [Viruses](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/viruses), [Scams](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/scams), [PC Fix](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/pc-fix), [Fake Antivirus](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/fake-antivirus), [Ask-a-techie](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/ask-a-techie), [PC tips](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/pc-tips), [Security](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/security) ## [Ask-A-Techie: Pop-up Madness](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140859/Ask-A-Techie-Pop-up-Madness) Posted by [Serges LaRiviere](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/author/serges-lariviere) on Fri, Jan 06, 2012 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/hs-fs/file-18376551-png/images/askatechieicon-150x150.png) ](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140859/Ask-A-Techie-Pop-up-Madness) Dear Techie, I switched over from using Internet Explorer about a few years ago to Mozilla Firefox hearing that Firefox has less pop-ups.  As time went on, I started to notice that pop-ups were still happening, and they have gotten worse.  How can I stop this from happening? [Read More](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140859/Ask-A-Techie-Pop-up-Madness) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/bid/140859/Ask-A-Techie-Pop-up-Madness#comments-listing) Tags: [Stop Pop-ups](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/stop-pop-ups), [AdBlockPlus](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/adblockplus), [Pop-up Ads](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/pop-up-ads), [Scams](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/scams), [PC Fix](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/pc-fix), [Fake Antivirus](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/fake-antivirus), [Ask-a-techie](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/ask-a-techie), [PC tips](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/pc-tips), [Security](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/topic/security) [All posts](https://www.northamptoncomputerrepair.com/ask-a-techie/all) # Ask-A-Techie ## your question here ## Our Most Popular Posts © 2016 Northampton Computer Repair