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kiela asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

How do you get rif of the IE Antivirus popup?

I keep on getting this popup it says:

"Your system is infected with dangerous virus

Note: Strongly recommend to install antispyware proggram to clean your system and avoid total crash of your computer!

Click OK to download the antispyware (Recommended)."

I already downloaded it but I have to pay to delete the virus.

All I wanna get rid off is the stupid popup because it popsup every single page I try to go.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    IE AntiVirus is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same developers as Files Secure and Malware Bell. IE AntiVirus is advertised on your computer through the use of a Trojan installed on your computer as an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object. This Trojan manipulates search engine queries to show their own ads or to insert results into the search results of popular search engines like Google and Yahoo.

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  • 5 years ago

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    Source(s): Perfect Antivirus Protection Suite : http://moveantivirus.com/?KtXN
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    that is a scam!you should only have one antivirus program, but you should always have at least 2 spyware/adware scanners to remove things. certain programs detect certain things that others bypass. i have a few cleanup and program suggestions. choose whichever you like. your computer safety programs might not be the safest depending on what they are. but i can guarentee my suggestions are safe. cleaning up your computer can make it run faster. also go to the start menu, then go to RUN, then type msconfig and choose the startup and you can enable or disable certain programs from starting when you boot your computer. but here are my suggestions:

    *AVG is not as reliable as AVAST go to http://download.com/ and download it (search for Avast home) dont register it and when the demo is up, just uninstall it and reinstall it. it also helps because if you download a bad file from limewire or the internet, it alerts you immediately so you can delete it right away. certain AVG programs will be charging for updates soon and thats not good if you cant pay for them you ushould always keep your antivirus up to date. keep Avast home edition open in your toolbar at all times. it moniters alot of potentially harmful things its really great. if you dont have firewall i suggest downloading Zonealarm (which is free) and if you need antispyware, download Spybot search and destroy and superantispyware free edition

    you might also want to download ccleaner to keep your computer cleaner make sure you keep any programs you download (that i suggested) updated

    as for cleanup tips i

    suggest the following; here are a few things to clean up your computer:first go to the start panel and click RUN then type %temp% then delete EVERYTHING in that file but not the file itself.(this will help you clean up your computer a little bit)

    Also go to Mycomputer, Click drive C, then click the Windows Folder, then find the Prefetch Folder Open that (dont delete the folder itself) and delete all the items in that.

    http://safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/

    http://download.com/

    http://superantispyware.com/

    http://ccleaner.com/

    i use all of these and my computer has been virus free and running faster then ever

  • 1 decade ago

    yeah bad bad stuff never click on a pop that comes up randomly

    this is an infection..I have been cleaning it off peoples computers for weeks now.....get an antivirus and run a scan should take it off since it is very well known about now..or you can google XP antivirus and it will give you all kinds of helpful sites and removers

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  • 1 decade ago

    Biggest scam going , if you ever get apop up like that never click on it., then your infected, its called the XP anti-virus, and its difficult to get rid of., reboot your computer into safe mode., then go to add remove programs uninstall it there., then run your anti-virus, and anti-spyware in safe mode also., If that doesnt work, your going to have to reformatt, Thats what I did about two weeks ago., Good luck.,

    Source(s): from experience
  • 1 decade ago

    I got the same message, but the thing is I'm using a mac and i shouldn't get pc virus, i think. did it say you have trojans and other harmful viruses too? I think it's bogus.

    good luck. I hope you solve your problem.

  • 1 decade ago
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    1 decade ago
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