I have an e machines computer with internet explorer 7 as well as safari. i started getting a pop up a few days ago that said CRITICAL ERROR your computer is infected….I knew it was a rouge antivirus site but my younger sister fell for it. She downloaded it so now I have to use safari and i want ie antivirus off my computer before there is any damage. How do i remove it WITHOUT DOWNLOADING ANY SWEEPER SITES FOR FREE. I have norton and spysweeper which i bought from best buy. How do i get rid of the ie antivirus completly. Also i will not format my computer. Whenever i open internet explorer the critical error pop up comes up the the internet automatically closes. HELP MEE
i have firefox and i do not really like it
the main part of my question is how do i remove this virus
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Sam S // Jul 23, 2008
Why you choosing IE?
Choose FireFox, its the worlds fassest browser and its very popular and SAFE. When I say SAFE it is safe, it blocks bad websites and cleans websites for free. Theres add-ons and so on just let yourself explore the net safly and fastly.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Just look at it and then you will change browsers
2 Darren0901 // Jul 23, 2008
It is a rogue anti-spyware program similar to the well known XP Antivirus rogue application.
Download and install SmitfraudFix
http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php
After you download and install restart your PC in safe mode with networking
http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml
Double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon then follow the screen instructions. Option #2 should be selected in this case.
When you are prompted with “Do you want to clean the registry ?”, simply answer “Y”.
While in safe mode you should download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes
http://www.malwarebytes.org
Reboot.
3 Harrisonie // Jul 23, 2008
Alright bud, lucky for you I am a Computer Securities specialist. I've been working for 3 years now and I assure I have the perfect solution.
To get rid of the program it requires 2 steps.
1. Download Smitfraud Fix, and follow the steps to use it.
2. Download Spybot search and destroy and that will remove the popups from your computer.
Or if you want it gone in 1 step,
Download Spy Hunter… it sounds rogue but its not! I give you my word it is not… if you don't belive me watch this video on youtube! Shows it in action against a real Rogue anti virus!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6pDMYL9D7c
Enjoy! Hope that helped!
4 Mudit Goyal // Jul 23, 2008
This is one of the common spywares infecting systems around the world. When people reach these websites, they are made to believe that there systems are full of viruses, trojans & spywares and therefore they need to delete these viruses. Reading this people download and install the fake SPYWARE antivirus program and are thus infected with this spyware.
Removal Steps
1. Open windows task manager(Ctrl+Alt+Del). Go to Processes Tab. Find the image name antivir.exe and highlight it. Next kill the process by clicking end process. Click yes on task manager warning.
2. Next go to control panel and Open Add remove programs. Find IE Antivirus and remove it. It will say the program looks to be already uninstalled but its not so.
3. Now go to C:\Program Files(assuming that you have windows in C drive) and delete the folder named IEAntiVirus.
You have deleted the spyware except that its to be removed from registry.
(Registry editing is dangerous and improper editing could lead to system crash) Please follow the following instructions very carefully otherwise can lead to system instability.
4. Go start menu-> Run-> type 'regedit' without commas-> press enter
5.Now in the left menu go to the following key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\
Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run
On the right side spot antispy and delete it
6. Now go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IEAntiVirus
And delete the key 'IEAntivirus' by right clicking on it and selecting delete.
You have cleaned the Spyware from your system
5 malware_expert // Jul 23, 2008
try manual removal instructions
http://fix-computer-problem.com/rogue-antispyware/ieantivirus/ieantivirus.html
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