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alpineglow
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02 Dec 2013, 11:23 am

Help, please?
Can scorpionsaver be taken off my pc myself or would it be better to take it in and pay for someone at a computer repair place to do it?
What will remove it? Got rid of all the folders but it is still hiding somewhere.



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02 Dec 2013, 12:18 pm

You should probably pay to remove it. Scorpion Saver looks like a royal pain based on what I read about it. If you try to remove it beforehand, then you'll probably make it harder for the tech people to remove, just so you know. Hope this helps.



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02 Dec 2013, 1:07 pm

I'm not sure what Scorpion Saver is. Having said this, have you tried running anti-malware programs, such as malwarebytes, which is free? Also, assuming you are on a Windows computer, you can try hitting ctrl + alt + del to see if you detect anything unusual running there.

Good luck.



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02 Dec 2013, 4:09 pm

Thank you honeyaureus and Thelibrarian. Gives me places to start.



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06 Dec 2013, 10:08 pm

here's an update: after a lot of work malwarebytes and a couple other programs finally scoured it out of there. Thanks! again.



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07 Dec 2013, 7:37 am

I was about to suggest that you use these instructions to remove it, but apparently you either have or you have sourced the info elsewhere.


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07 Dec 2013, 11:43 pm

^ yes. Thanks though. Advanced System Care 7, CCleaner, and Malwarebytes did the work. We also found out the free version of Avira was basically worthless.