Clean up laptop

[twiglet59]

Can anyone help me? We bought a VAIO computer a few months ago with Windows on it. The virus protection ran out on it a few weeks ago and stupidly did not add anything. The last few days I have been getting very annoying pop ups and it running slowly. I went onto Mumsnet yesterday to look at what other Mum's recommend for protection a lot of you recommended the free AVG. It is still running slowly and still pop ups. When I run it again it says there are viruses to clean up and that I should buy the AVG advanced. I'm not great with PC's (as you can probably tell). Is there something I can get to clean it up.

[Deux]

Sometimes the pop ups are caused by a piece of software called theseaapp. Check your program files and if it's there delete it.

[AllThreeWays]

try this I use it. You shouldn't need to pay to remove viruses with free programs.

[twiglet59]

Thanks. I'll try that.

[CruelAndUnusualParenting]

Note that you should have uninstalled the original antivirus before installing AVG and if you are trying Avast you should uninstall AVG first. It's never a good idea to have 2 antivirus programs on the same PC.

Also try MalwareBytes. MalwareBytes is unlikely to conflict with your antivirus.

[niceguy2]

Another vote for malwarebytes