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Need help with virus warning!
Former Fetus

Posted on 01/02/2010 7:51:53 AM PST by Former Fetus

I'm no computer expert, but I have Trend Micro Internet Security installed in my PC (renewed subscription yesterday) and scan the whole thing once a day (it takes over an hour, but I think it is worth). This morning, when I turned on my PC I got a warning from "website" that my PC is infected with a trojan and asking me to click and install some program. I did a quick scan of my PC, and Trend Micro says it is clean. When I tried to X out of the warning, it refused to go away, it kept demanding that I install that "program". I think it's all very suspicious, it only made me more determined NOT to install it. Why would it try to push it like that? Is that a way to get me to download a real trojan? Why else would Trend Micro say that my PC is clean?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: antivirus; trojan
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To: Former Fetus
VUNDO"

nasty piece of work.
61 posted on 01/02/2010 9:12:45 AM PST by stylin19a
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To: Former Fetus

I find it happens more often on foreign web sites, too. Happens a lot when you are looking for drivers or support from a Chinese manufacturer, or you somehow end up on a Russian web site.


62 posted on 01/02/2010 9:15:18 AM PST by Defiant (The absence of bias appears to be bias to those who are biased.)
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To: enviros_kill

I also went from AVG to Avast, and liked it better. About 6 months ago, I moved to Microsoft Security Essentials. It seems to be working just fine, and no annoying renewals.


63 posted on 01/02/2010 9:16:59 AM PST by Defiant (The absence of bias appears to be bias to those who are biased.)
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To: Former Fetus

SUPER ANTISPYWARE


64 posted on 01/02/2010 9:25:51 AM PST by navysealdad (http://drdavehouseoffun.com/)
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To: rightly_dividing
Last week I downloaded Malwarebytes on the advice of some freepers. It found a trojan on my machine no other virus program I have detected, I highly recommend it. I am curious about your nic as I too am a right divider and we are a very rare breed indeed in this religious world.
65 posted on 01/02/2010 9:37:13 AM PST by PoloSec (Note to Princess B H Obama: May PISS be Upon Mohammads Head...You Pervert)
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To: enviros_kill

I’ve used AVAST free addition for several years and haven’t had a problem.
Before that...I had Symantec and was re-installing windows every 6 or so months. Drove me nuts!

We have AVAST on 4 home computers now and they all, are doing well. And I do use FIREFOX.
But I even used that during the Symantec mess.
Anyway... we had to have Norton Symantec un-installed on my husband’s laptop at the store where we purchased it, simply because we couldn’t.


66 posted on 01/02/2010 9:37:24 AM PST by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: Former Fetus

It’s a scam. You browsed a website that’s running a script that is trying to trick you into downloading a malicious program. (Note that you may not have gone to the site deliberately; it could have been passed to your computer via an ad on an otherwise legitimate page you browsed.)

Press ctl-alt-del and click the Task Manager button. Find the browser on the Applications tab and close it from there. Also, go to the Processes tab and check that the browser isn’t shown as running there. If it is, kill it there as well. If you still have problems, reboot the machine.


67 posted on 01/02/2010 9:52:24 AM PST by Redcloak ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: library user

Tried it and it screwed my computer up. Had to restore!


68 posted on 01/02/2010 9:58:08 AM PST by sig229 (The loonie left "FLUNKED" human nature 101)
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To: library user

Oh great, I’ve got to call my 84 year old mother?


69 posted on 01/02/2010 10:05:53 AM PST by sig229 (The loonie left "FLUNKED" human nature 101)
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To: Former Fetus

Sounds exactly like a problem I had, esp the Shield and popup warnings. I did a search on the “Windows Security Center Alert” (the wording in the pop-up) and finally fixed the problem with Smitfraudfix, following the directions from this helpful post: http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/489632-solved-windows-security-center-alert.html

The key was to run the cleaner in Windows Safe Mode.

2 weeks later I am still running fine.

Good luck!
Papa Joe
Minneapolis


70 posted on 01/02/2010 10:29:19 AM PST by NDpapajoe ("Our Country isn't what it once was" -- --Hopey Changerton 8-2008 speaking to a 7-yr-old little girl)
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To: EggsAckley
I had that problem a month or so ago. It would block any site I tried to view and would not even let me shut down the computer. Had to spend $100 to have it scoured out of there. It was everywhere. This weekend I’m getting some new questionable “warnings.” There’s got to be a special place in hell for the people who do this. Whatever you do, DON’T click on anything. If you do you will find a page that want’s your credit card number. Nasty virus, that one.

I had a similar virus that prevented running already installed anti-spyware, prevented use of Google or installing a new browser, and when offending processes deleted from task manager; would re-execute withing a few minutes. System restore was disabled.

In all probability, someone clicked "OK" on some not clearly worded installation dialog box. So the offending company is in the clear theoretically.

Only solution was to re-image Windows XP. Then download SP2/SP3. Then restore applications such as Word/Excel, then restore the MyDocuments folder from an external drive.

Many hours of my time wasted on this.

71 posted on 01/02/2010 11:39:07 AM PST by cicero2k
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To: Former Fetus

Malware bytes will fix it.

But you want something that will prevent such viruses from attaching themeselves to your computer rather than fixing it later.

I’ve been using a free program called Threatfire from PCTools for several years. It uses a heuristic approach to analyze anything that enters your computer to see if it begins to change your registry or any other foul deeds. It stops them and asks if you want the program deleted or left alone to install itself.

So far I’ve been clean and I surf a lot.


72 posted on 01/02/2010 11:42:49 AM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: library user

Is it possible to download that to a thumbdrive? If so, how do I do that? I also have a laptop that could use some help!


73 posted on 01/02/2010 12:31:49 PM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: Former Fetus

I just fixed one a few days ago on a friend’s kids computer. She got it from Face Book.

In the Task Manager there was a program running called settdebugx.exe. I found and deleted the registry key and the file. When the computer was rebooted the problem went away.


74 posted on 01/02/2010 1:36:29 PM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: sig229

Did you have it actually remove any items it found? It shouldn’t screw anything up. That would be a first. How much memory do you have?


75 posted on 01/03/2010 5:09:18 AM PST by library user
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Save it to your desktop. Plug in your thumbdrive and then drag and drop the Malwarebytes icon into your thumbdrive. That’s it.


76 posted on 01/03/2010 6:25:55 AM PST by library user
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To: stylin19a

Vundo is nothing compared to more recent infections, such as Virut - a polymorphic file-infector - which compromises/patches your executable/system files and usually they can’t properly be cured, so the only solution is to reformat/reinstall Windows. Vundo is bad, but it can be fixed without having to reformat.


77 posted on 01/03/2010 6:30:45 AM PST by library user
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To: library user

Thanks much. :~) I was finally able to copy Malwarebyte’s to the laptop. I’ve run it twice and found a bunch of crap. Next step after a third run is to try to do a system restore.


78 posted on 01/03/2010 7:52:36 AM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Make sure to push the REMOVE SELECTED button in the bottom right-hand corner, after the scan completes. Otherwise, the program won’t remove any bad stuff it finds.

I wouldn’t do a system restore. You run the risk of putting the malware back on your computer that way.


79 posted on 01/03/2010 9:21:28 AM PST by library user
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To: library user

Too late. Already did it. Whatever I did seems to be working. I at least have all the icons back on my desktop along with the start tab. Avast is running in what seems to be a safe mode right now and cleaning more stuff. Going to run Malwarebyte’s again afterward.


80 posted on 01/03/2010 10:36:18 AM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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