For the past few days, when I open up my Firefox browser, which is set to http://www.yahoo.com a WARNING pops up on the bottom right of my computer screen.
This WARNING is from Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security. It tells me "You have attempted to open a dangerous Web site."
ADDRESS: http://beacon.securestudies.com
CREDIBILITY: Dangerous
CATEGORY: Spyware
What's up with THAT? It never happened before, but now it happens every time I go to http://www.yahoo.com
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1 Soccer Dave // Dec 12, 2008
I'm sure exactly sure whats causing this but sounds very much like adware/spyware run the software below to make sure your PC is clean.
How to remove Fake Software (pop-ups), Spyware, Trojans and Viruses:
Download, install, update and scan your computer with both Malwarebytes and SuperantiSpyware, delete what ever they find, if this fails to completely remove the virus/spyware download then update Avast and run a boot scan (click schedule boot-time scan and restart your PC), all the software below is free and safe to use.
Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SuperantiSpyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
Avast Anti-Virus: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
To protect your PC in the future you'll need to install anti-virus software and a firewall, id recommend using Avast and Comodo Pro firewall both are very effective and completely free, you should also switch to Firefox 3 if you are browsing with IE as its much safer and a lot easier to use. (links on my profile)
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