So I'm not sure where to start, I'm exausted! My computers been acting really funny the last couple days! It started yesterday when I was looking up porn online (I'm an adult, I'm not going to lie, people do it) My browser ended up being unresponsive after I opened a few too many tabs so I just closed them all. When it closed I could see there was a "Homegroup" icon on my desktop with 4 blue globes. I couldn't budge it & I knew I had all sharing blocked so I suspiciously searched online & was instructed to simply leave the homegroup & then stop running productlistner & something else (think thats what it was called) so i stopped those 2 things but it wouldn't let me leave the homegroup. It said "unable to remove you from the homegroup" eventually i found a link that instructed me to do something simple, don't remember what & then refresh to see if the icon was gone from my desktop and it was! Only problem is now I can't find the homegroup settings anywhere to see if i can leave it or if im still sharing. I looked in the windows search & the folder where it's supposed to be but nothing! I fear somebody has hacked my computer & has access to my personal info.
Anyway, everything was fine until today when I opened IE & couldn't access webpages. I can get to google & even get search results in Google but when I try to open a search result it says "cannot display webpage" Not sure if it matters but for a while my home search engine was stuck as "NationZoom" but that won't even display so I don't know if its that or if its the homegroup thing or if im being hacked!!! ..It feels like a hack but maybe im just parinoid!!
Also when I was instructed on how to remove the homegroup icon i was told to download a registry called "take ownership" & in following these instructions I may or may not have changed some permissions because I'm not sure how they work or what i'm doing!!! This is all just a big mess & I want my computer safe & working again.
Also just so you're aware I've already used MalWarebytes, kaspersy, super anti bug & avast all seperately of course.
Can anybody out there at all help me fix this mess??
🙁 I've tried everything.....
please be patient with me as i don't really know what im doing....thanks!!!
Anyway, everything was fine until today when I opened IE & couldn't access webpages. I can get to google & even get search results in Google but when I try to open a search result it says "cannot display webpage" Not sure if it matters but for a while my home search engine was stuck as "NationZoom" but that won't even display so I don't know if its that or if its the homegroup thing or if im being hacked!!! ..It feels like a hack but maybe im just parinoid!!
Also when I was instructed on how to remove the homegroup icon i was told to download a registry called "take ownership" & in following these instructions I may or may not have changed some permissions because I'm not sure how they work or what i'm doing!!! This is all just a big mess & I want my computer safe & working again.
Also just so you're aware I've already used MalWarebytes, kaspersy, super anti bug & avast all seperately of course.
Can anybody out there at all help me fix this mess??
🙁 I've tried everything.....
please be patient with me as i don't really know what im doing....thanks!!!
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