jamie1992 wrote:For some reason, restore points are turned off. :S
That's
very bad I have to say, I'm afraid. And in this regard, I agree with
rockingmtranch, you most certainly have a malware of any possible kind. Virus, trojan? Or a mixture of them in fact. Many programs that are readily available through the internet do carry this risk unfortunately. You should (and
Must) use a very good AV and Firewall. And asa rule: they should never be cracked.
Let me put it this way in general terms without suggesting that you or anyone else may be doing it (though I would not shout a moral opposition to it in general in most of the cases as the software companies do rip off customers in great many cases, -real developers/creators of those software are always paid with peanuts in comparison to what the companies do earn out of those software- anyway, but, hey, we are tied down with laws that keep an eye on sites), it's always recommended that even those who download and crack any software should never crack an AV or Firewall, because they are
thedefence against any eventuality that may bite you in the wrong place
Well, do please check the site that
rockingmtranch recommends. I believe that in a situation like you have, I think you would be advised to perform a system recovery (reinstalling OS and core software on your PC disk) this time, if you really want to feel safe. However it's quite painful in a a rapidly escalating scale, depending on how many (and how complicated) programs you've installed that you'd need to reinstall.