Virus?

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Kit

Help please.
I keep getting a message saying:

"System Error
Attention Kit! Some dangerous trojan horses detected in your system.
Microsoft windows XP files corrupted.
This may lead to the destruction of important files in C:\Windows.
Download protection software now.
Click ok to download the antispyware (Recommended)".

Needless to say I do not do this. But it still opens the browser and
goes to http://free-virusscan.com

How do I get rid of this please?

I have AVG Anti-virus but even though it is updated it does not detect
it. I just did a complete scan and AVG did not pick anything up.

Thanks

Kit
 
Kit said:
Help please.
I keep getting a message saying:

"System Error
Attention Kit! Some dangerous trojan horses detected in your system.
Microsoft windows XP files corrupted.
This may lead to the destruction of important files in C:\Windows.
Download protection software now.
Click ok to download the antispyware (Recommended)".

Needless to say I do not do this. But it still opens the browser and
goes to http://free-virusscan.com

How do I get rid of this please?

I have AVG Anti-virus but even though it is updated it does not detect
it. I just did a complete scan and AVG did not pick anything up.

Thanks

Kit
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Try this:

http://superantispyware.com/

There's a free version for Home Users.
 
Kit said:
Help please.
I keep getting a message saying:

"System Error
Attention Kit! Some dangerous trojan horses detected in your system.
Microsoft windows XP files corrupted.
This may lead to the destruction of important files in C:\Windows.
Download protection software now.
Click ok to download the antispyware (Recommended)".

Needless to say I do not do this. But it still opens the browser and
goes to http://free-virusscan.com

How do I get rid of this please?

I have AVG Anti-virus but even though it is updated it does not detect
it. I just did a complete scan and AVG did not pick anything up.

Thanks

Kit
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Unexplained computer behaviour may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

2.... And also for malware from here:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Run a scan from here on-line:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
Download Avast Cleaner from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine:
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/
http://free.grisoft.com/

=How to perform a clean boot procedure to prevent background programs from
interfering with a game or a program that you currently use
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796
Download the FileMon to see the Running Processes in realtime from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/filemon.mspx
Or Process Explorer :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Processesandthreadsutilities.mspx


Download the Hijackthis and send the report to one of
many
forums for analysis and troubleshooting:
(http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php) is
the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. Post
your log to:
http://www.spywareinfo.com
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html
http://www.security-forums.com/viewforum.php?f=48
http://www.virusvault.co.uk/fusionbb/showforum.php?fid/15/
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showforum=36
http://forums.techguy.org/54-malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/
Or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.
HTH.
nass
 
Kit said:
Help please.
I keep getting a message saying:

"System Error
Attention Kit! Some dangerous trojan horses detected in your system.
Microsoft windows XP files corrupted.
This may lead to the destruction of important files in C:\Windows.
Download protection software now.
Click ok to download the antispyware (Recommended)".

Needless to say I do not do this. But it still opens the browser and
goes to http://free-virusscan.com

How do I get rid of this please?

I have AVG Anti-virus but even though it is updated it does not detect
it. I just did a complete scan and AVG did not pick anything up.

Thanks

Kit
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Many thanks to all for your advise and time. Spybot seems to have done
the trick. Now I can open Explorer to browse files without that dreaded
message!
Didn't seem to affect 'Nexusfile' the alternative to windows explorer.
Again thanks from a very grateful victim.

Regards

Kit
 
I still advise you to download the superantispyware recomeneded by Joe and
scan with live scanner to be sure all clean.
HTH.
nass
 
You sick f$ck, I did that to prove a point. You lied when you told everyone
you would stop stalking me if I took your name out of my sig and email. I
did that against my better judgment after initially refusing to do so even
after all the emails I got telling me to try it and see. As a favor to
Microsoft, because your sick a$$ was disrupting their groups, I changed it.
They also told me that if I change it and you continue to stalk me they will
ban you. Your sorry a$$ name is nowhere in my sig or email address now leave
me the f$ck alone you sick bastard.


--
Stalking is a Crime
Stalking charges are serious and
almost every state now has a strict stalking law.
 
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