Need Some Laptop Help

[Rees Guide]

I opened a link a little while ago, I normally don't open any but I did. It never opened and some virus scan thing popped up and told me my laptop was infected and I needed to register in order to clear it up. Well I ain't registering to anything I know nuttin about and it wwon't let me open anything, not even a document.

[Speck]

Go back to your setting and do a system restore. Restore it to an earlier date.

[KDAVID1]

ctrl alt delete 0r if it's just stuck--turn computer off then turn it back on.
If you think something may have been downloaded--do the system restore.

[duckhunter]

john, download this anti malware free software and scan your computer.........I had to do that, and it is an excellent tool. Totally free and safe.use it to scan your computer periodically for malware and viruses. It quarantined mine, and I deleted them.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/free/

[ducker]

Most of the time that's a virus in itself! Restore it

["G"]

What duckhunter said.......I deleted that thread too

["G"]

Just talked to Slab......he said the link opened for him and no problems.....I am not gonna try it.

[Slab]

That link was to a Field and Stream article. It worked fine for me. But it did throw up an Ad in a pop up. I closed the ad and could read the article fine. No virus received, no virus detected. But that don't mean their Ad could not ever send a virus. It's rare, and ad servers screen for them, but sometimes those ads can have a bad script (a virus) in them. So even thought it was fine for me, I'm not saying it could not happen. Better safe than sorry.

[windstone]

[DonDon]

Like Speck said. System restore. I do it in Safe mode.