Multiple problems with laptop

Hi. I have a windows 7 ASUS laptop less than a year old.

Recently a couple of strange things have happened on my laptop. not huge problems but rather annoying. Firstly, every time I click on a link on the internet it opens it up in a new link and don't want that. Secondly, every now and again the screen goes blank only seconds after I have stopped using the mouse like it would if I had left it for 5 minutes or so which needs me to wiggle the mouse again.

If someone could help me I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Matt

Oh. Another thing i forgot to mention. sometimes when i click on link it opens up another tab to "www.uwavou.com" which i have no clue what it is. please someone help

matthewthebrave said:

Oh. Another thing i forgot to mention. sometimes when i click on link it opens up another tab to "www.uwavou.com" which i have no clue what it is. please someone help

I'm pretty sure you are infected, try a full scan with the free version of malwarebytes.

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Virus and spyware, malware is my guess. When you have spyware, malware or a virus, this is typical behavior of such an infection of a computer system.

Could possibly also be corruption from using the preinstalled OS which is larded with sponsored crapware and useless duplicate utiltiies which have better versions built into Win7. THis is why most tech enthusiasts choose to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

At the minimum after doing the Malware scan I'd Clean Up Factory Bloatware

Thanks guys. I'm going to do a scan when I get back this afternoon. I'l then post the results. So if I'm infected, what does this mean happening to my PC? I know that may seem basic but I have never had a virus before.

Here is a screenshot of the results from the malware bites scan.

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