First, I came on and I saw 2 things: 1, a fake PC scanner program, and 2 something called 'Yontoo.'
I did a quick search on Yontoo and found it was malicious. I asked my Dad if he installed anything, and he said Adobe popped up, saying he had to install the latest software. He believed it since it was Adobe, and his only options were 'OK.' I did a scan with Webroot and found no threats, but when I tried deleting Yontoo Webroot continuously popped up about security. Then I decided to turn off the computer and boot it into Safe Mode. I restored the computer to 05/10/13. As I left Safe Mode I discovered another adware program on our desktop about "Best FaceBook Messenger." I deleted that with no problems afterwards. I guess I never really noticed it, but when we opened Firefox it lead us to start.conduit.com, another malicious toolbar. I deleted it on Firefox and a 'Java Script' that I found when I searched conduit in the Start Menu. Anyways, since Webroot wouldn't do anything, I installed Malwarebytes and did a quick scan with that. I had 26 threats, including lots of adware, atleast 1 malware and spyware. Another was Browser Hijacker. Obviously I removed those. Now today, I went to Internet Explorer which we rarely use since it never responds. I guess I found out why. That one lead me to start.sweetpacks.com, yet ANOTHER malicious toolbar. It wasn't really installed, but it was set to our homepage which I believe adware does sometimes. I never knew our computer was so infected. I did switch both homepages to Yahoo. And with all these infections, I just want to know how I can remove and find all the threats. I keep finding more, as I've said, and I just don't know if we're safe right now. Any advice on this? How can I find all the infections if there are so many? How do I know I'm safe...? :8
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