Spyware, Adware, Virus? Popup Pages Keep Opening?

You have a virus! & here’s how to remove it

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Also, turn off System Restore to evict any copies of bad stuff that might be lurking there.

May not be required (Depending on severity & if so DO NOT) Once removed do so!

If Fails to remove do it in safe mode here’s how

1. Log out and reboot your machine.

2. When the machine starts the reboot sequence, press the F8 key repeatedly.

3. Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking from the resulting menu.

4. When the login screen comes up, log in as Administrator. By default, Administrator has no password.

5. The machine will continue booting, but the Windows desktop will look different.

6. When you're finished doing what you need to do, log out and reboot back into normal mode.

Your computer will be running at top performance when follow steps

For Vista http://www.tweakhound.com/vista/tweakguide/index.h...

PC Tuneup step by step guide

For XP http://tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm

PC Tune-up step by step guide

When finished removing malware schedule a CHECK DISK by going to My Computer Local C Properties Tools and Check Disk Restart Computer let it scan and done!

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You probably have Adware

This will Help

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If that fails do this

If you are getting internet popup still try resetting IE7 by going to Settings Options Advanced and click RESET(Sometimes when malware is removed some parts stay behind that still has configured IE7 differently this undo’s everything)

still getting pop-ups download this

Firefox 3

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

& AD Block Plus

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

With No Script very hard for drive by download attacks to run. (The download of malicious code without user knowledge pop-up, link, & just visiting a website)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

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There are a few different Fake antivirus programs One was written by a guy in Russia who made over 5 million dollars a few years back by people actually shelling out money! ( The fake antivirus actually says it can remove the "viruses" by paying a certain amount of money). Of the fake viruses, there is one that is just a browser popup and is actually just a screen ( no payload at all). You may have run into this one. Otherwise you can check on the web for cleaning instructions Malwarebytes is one of the leaders in cleaning, Along with Eset and SuperAntiSpyware utilities.

Try To Download and Scan Use Malwarebytes http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/... and

Download and Scan Use SuperAntispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/

Loads of malware in the wild utilize Windows vulnerabilities to produce misbehavior in browsers and systems. Defending Windows OS's isn't a single step, or a single application: it's layers of protection and procedures that must be done.

When PC's (personal confusers) misbehave (POP-UP's; going to weird, unrequested sites; goofy warnings; etc.), & apart from removing any malware already installed on your system, one step (of several) that should be done is this:

you must TURN OFF 3rd PARTY COOKIES. This helps reduce un-requested cookies ( = pop-ups & websites) from being displayed on your machine.

INTERNET EXPLORER: go to Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced: here check 'Override automatic....'; 'Allow session cookies'; 'Allow 1st party cookies'; & 'BLOCK 3rd Party Cookies'.

FIREFOX: go to Tools> Options> Privacy: here UN-CHECK 'Accept 3rd Party cookies'

OPERA, et al: not sure, check under 'options' for this.

Then, you'll have to EXTRACT MALWARE with Spybot, Ad Aware, and all available trusted cleaners & Anti-virus software, and suggested tools for specific malware threats.

Find the bulk of free security tools here:

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwsecur...

Have nearly ad-free pages when surfing; get Firefox with these add-ons:

NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

Flashblock: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

Add block plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/186...

If you already have an anti-virus program do not install another even if its free trial.

Sounds like you are using internet explorer, clear your cookies and history also but most importantly switch to firefox.

I used to remove viruses and fix pc's but switch to mac 2 years ago and all those problems went away, let me know how it goes....

mostliky u got one of the nasty ones i have come across ones that are smart enoughe to stop u from downloding anti spys and updates so u will probaly need to get it from another comp and put it on cd and install it from ther hope it helps and ull need to unistall the others cuz the spyware or virus killed it but disconect from the internet while ur running the check

first download malwarebyets anti-malware

http://malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

then boot into safe mode and run a full system scan.then enter the serial keys below to enables its real time protection to prevent those stuff from coming back

ID: 3UK56

Key: ARXH-A4RB-KJ56-HEDC

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