My computer recently had the malware Antivirus 2009 on it, which I thought I had got rid of after following several guides, but apparently not, even though I have deleted the program.
It still redirects me to strange sites when I go to certain websites that may help get rid of it (eg. bleepingcomputer, majorgeeks, safernetworking), also my computer and browser are running extremely slowly.
None of the anti-malware programs (eg. Spybot,Spydoctor) will run or install when I click on them, even when I copy them from another computer onto this one & try to install them that way. They work fine on the other computer.
I am at a loss of what to do - I was supposed to spend today doing important coursework but have spent it all trying to get rid of this infection! Thank you so much to anyone who could help.
I have also tried to download malwarebytes, double-clicked it when it was downloaded and nothing appeared to happen, same as when I try to start up Spybot. However it seems to work on my other computer. Thank you for your suggestion.
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1 Dunbar Pappy // Nov 18, 2008
Antivirus (2009. et al) and variants;
Don’t feel lonesome, hundreds of thousands of Internet Explorer users are getting this virus (masked as a ‘Security’ tool). It is prevalent on the ‘My Space’ site.
It is an especially nasty one, and must be removed with one (of several) specialized utilities.
I’ve not tried them all, but I have prescribed ‘Malwarebytes’ & it worked.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
The reason people get it is they allow “3rd Party Cookies” and ‘Active ‘X’, which in this case displays some type of icon, or pop-up warning, which in reality is a ‘Click-jacking’ whereby the real action you perform is hidden behind the visible display; so when you tick anything, the malware installs itself.
Unlike typical pop-up advertising (stopped with available blockers) 3rd party cookies are entirely different critters.
Turn off “3rd Party Cookies”, and always leave them off.
INTERNET EXPLORER: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced: here check ‘Override automatic….’; ‘Allow session cookies’; ‘Allow 1st party cookies’; & ‘Block 3rd Party Cookies’.
FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy: here UN-CHECK ‘Accept 3rd Party cookies’
OPERA, et al: not sure, check under ‘options’ for this.
Because architecture of the Internet (notably ‘Flash’ scripting), vulnerabilities are readily exploited in Internet Explorer, & it is now urgent that you use
Firefox with current ‘NoScript’ add-on, which will prevent “Click-jacking’.
NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
2 Koos N // Nov 18, 2008
http://tv.jubii.nl/video/iLyROoafYbou.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/uninstall-antivirus-2009
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus-2009.html
I hope that you succeed to get rid of it with one of those programs
3 Ooops // Nov 18, 2008
Go to this site for details. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-antivirus-xp-2008 You don’t have to do it on the affected computer if it won’t let you. Print off the instructions and download he required software on another computer. Save it to a memory stick and transfer it to the infected one and follow the instructions. Good luck
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