Complete reinstall or virus removal

Two questions:
1) How can I get rid of this virus (tr/dlbr.tracur.b.43
2) Or I need to do a complete sysyem reinstall, but I dont have the disk,
Model A75

Hi
This virus not known to me but before you try reinstalling thw whole notebook I would try removing the virus firstly.
Which antivirus software you are using at the moment? I can recommend the freeware program AntiVir. You should test it with it!!
Furthermore there are some other good tools to remove such viruses and malware, like Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and ComboFix.
Check this!!!

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nachX00 wrote:
HD is almost empty. 10 GB out of 320 used.
Retail SL
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Can't check the FW ports, as I don't have a FW cable (they are somewhat hard to find on my city)
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