I went to a website it poped up. It would let me close out of the box. So i restarted my computer and now its on my computer saying i now have 37 threats. To delete them i have to buy Antivirus 2009 because i dont have it! And theres a little icon on the bottom of the screen where the time is and stuff. I cant get rid of it and it keeps poping up!!!
-Annoyed.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 rizyq // Nov 19, 2008
If it is Xp antivirus, it is adware… download the malware bytes program (google it) and it will get it off your computer
2 Ooops // Nov 19, 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
3 tonyinspain // Nov 19, 2008
download avg i have used it for many years now and never had a virus prob its excellent software and unlike a lot of the others norton avast and kerspersky it does not slow your machine down
download from here
http://free.avg.com/
4 MrKnowItAll // Nov 19, 2008
You have a virus. NOT an anti-virus. And a real annoying one too. It is better to complete re-format your hard drive and re-install Windows. Removing it is nearly impossible.
5 Be Glamorous101 // Nov 19, 2008
I wouldnt trust anything else other than SUPERAntiSpyware. Its free but if you purchase it its constantly updating and so would your purchased version. The good thing is that they offer LIFETIME updates and its your to keep forever. Unlike some other ones that you pay 80 bucks for only one year.
6 Dunbar Pappy // Nov 19, 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’s prevalent on the ‘My Space’ site, & an especially nasty one, that can 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 is an “opacity-based attack” 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 “opacity-based attacks”.
NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
reference: http://hackademix.net/2008/09/27/clickjacking-and-noscript/
7 Don // Nov 19, 2008
here is a list of online virus scans safety.live.com (that was microsoft’s) housecall.trendmicro.com symantec.com sophos.com comodo.com…comodo.com offers a complete security suite free their firewall is easy to operate and the rest is install and forget and it works for vista all of this from the oldest computer security company
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