virus - suggesting to send a SMS somewhere to get e removal code

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Got that virus which inserts a window into my browsers (Opera and Firefox),
suggesting to send a SMS somewhere to get e removal code - how is this virus
called and what are the remedies?
 
From: "aa" <[email protected]>

| Got that virus which inserts a window into my browsers (Opera and Firefox),
| suggesting to send a SMS somewhere to get e removal code - how is this virus
| called and what are the remedies?


Who said it is a virus ?
It sounds like YOU assumed it is a 'virus'.
 
Got that virus which inserts a window into my browsers (Opera and Firefox),
suggesting to send a SMS somewhere to get e removal code - how is this virus
called and what are the remedies?
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If you want to know for sure what is going on, provide more details of
exactly what the message says. It must say something more that send a
SMS message somewhere.

If you think it is malicious software, then start here:

Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining
issues:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

They can be uninstalled later if desired.

When the scans run clean, if you still have the message and provide
the exact text of the message, we can figure out what it is all about
and fix it.
 
Windows is infected, not your browsers.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?
 
I am not an infectionist. For me a virus is a loos definition - something
which I got from outside and which should not be there.
 
From: "aa" <[email protected]>

| I am not an infectionist. For me a virus is a loos definition - something
| which I got from outside and which should not be there.

Just like with a human you you can't call a bacterial or parasitical infection a virus,
the same goes with computers.

Its not what YOU think it is, it is what is based upon a declaration made by an authority.

In the case of a human, that authority wold be a doctor declaring you are infected with
_____.

The authority in a computer is a reuptable software which will scan the machine and made a
declaration. In the case of a computer you can say you *may* be infected with malware.
Just like you a human may walk into a doctor's office and say you think you have an
infection.

Now, what software have you used to determine what is going on with your sick PC ?
 
I am not an infectionist. For me a virus is a loos definition - something
which I got from outside and which should not be there.



From: "aa" <[email protected]>
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| Got that virus which inserts a window into my browsers (Opera and Firefox),
| suggesting to send a SMS somewhere to get e removal code - how is this virus
| called and what are the remedies?
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Who said it is a virus ?
It sounds like YOU assumed it is a 'virus'.
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If you don't like my other idea about MBAM and SAS or don't want to or
can't type in the exact message you see so we don't have to imagine
what it says, then post a screenshot of what you see and some other
person might give you some other ideas:

To create and post a screenshot:

Press the Print Scrn button to copy your entire screen to the Windows
clipboard.

Press Alt Print Scrn to copy just the active window to the Windows
clipboard.

Open MS Paint:

Start, Program Accessories, Paint

When Paint opens, press CTRL-V to paste the clipboard, save the new
Paint file to your desktop or someplace you can remember. JPG files
take up less hard disk space than BMP files and just as readable.

Make as many screenshots as you need. Practice makes perfect. Be
careful your screenshot does not contain any personal information.
Practice viewing your images before you upload them to be sure they
are okay.

Some sites let you upload screenshots into your post. You cannot
upload screenshots here.

If there is no such function in your message board to upload files,
then use a free third party image hosting WWW site.

Create a free account on some free picture hosting web site. You can
always remove your account later if you want. Here are some free
image hosting sites:

http://www.imageshack.us/
http://photobucket.com/

Using your free account, upload your screenshot(s) (the JPG or BMP
files) to the site and it will return to you a URL web address (a
Direct Link) for your new image(s) which you can paste the Direct Link
in a message post, email, etc.

When you are done, what you post for others to use should look
something like these:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6428/taskmanagerr.jpg <- Task
Manager
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6969/ccleanerstartup.jpg <-
CCleaner Startup
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9074/processexplorer.jpg <--
Process Explorer
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/705/bsodconfiguration.png <-- BSOD
Configuration
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4613/devicemanager.png <-- Device
Manager

Post that Direct Link web address back here in your response and we
can click on the link address and see your screenshot. Post as many
as you need - the sites are free.
 
ur spiel chukkers broke two
I am not an infectionist. For me a virus is a loos definition - something
which I got from outside and which should not be there.
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