stumbled on a site by mistake.?

Hopefully you did not click on the pop up message... but it sounds like you may have.

Usually, what happens is you will mistype the site name and will be redirected to one of these similar yet fake sites... then the pop up will come up and the idea is to trick you into clicking on it... you think you are cleaning your computer but what you are doing is installing a program that is infecting your computer.

Hopefully you are running an antivirus / firewall combo from a reliable vendor like McAfee and have it set to automatically update and have it properly configured..

You can go to the mcafee website or any top vendor and run a web based scan to see if you are infected. You can also download a program called Spybot Search & Destroy from here: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

this will remove spyware if that's what you installed.

You will want to clear your browser cache and check that your homepage has not been changed. If you're using IE (internet explorer)... click on Tools > Internet Options > where it says homepage make sure it says something safe like www.google.com and then below that where it says Browsing History click on Delete > then delete temporary files

run spybot and you should be OK but double check that your antivirus is all ok too.

next time you get a pop up like that... if you aren't sure how to get out of it without clicking on it hit alt+F4 which closes the open window.

good luck :)

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The shop probably uses this general method:

1) Install antivirus software if none; update antivirus software

2) Install and/or update Spybot S&D

3) Install and/or update Ad-Aware

4) Reboot into safe mode

5) Remove all restore points

6 ) Run AV software, Spybot and Ad-aware scans

7 ) Reboot

8) Turn restore points back on

If your computer is sending you to a scam site, using alert balloons, pop-ups, a browser toolbar, or a hijack of your browser or your desktop screen, then you need to clean your computer with REAL antispyware software.

SUPERAntiSpyware spyware-removal software:

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Spybot Search & Destroy spyware-removal software:

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Hi there, don't worry. You can get rid of your Infection really easy. Go to this site: http://top-rated-pc-security.com/ and do a 5 minute scan. I can just about guarantee that this software will get rid of your Infection.

look @ top of screen if you r using Internet xplorer click on yahoo anti spy,they have a really good anti spy program download it in computer, then run a quick scan and after the scan it should let you know what,s in computer.then look for remove all.

that will fix the problem.

Scan your computer with Spybot Search & Destroy because you probably have spyware or a virus.

If you don't want to argue with various spycatcher programs and other security, then take your computer to a shop and pay a professional to run them for you.

This is one of fhe reasons you should have a security program subscription running - besides e-mails, hitting a place by accident can dump on you.

Two things can keep giving you pop ups, smitfraud & vundo:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic17258....

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic18610....

sounds like you will have to take it to a shop. :( I'm sorry, that's really really bad luck. Take it to the shop and the ppl should be able to fix it, they have some really hi powered stuff that will clean out your hard-drive.