internet popups very annoying

Gekko

I'm using AVG Free which does its best but I'm wondering if there's any other way I can get rid of some of these.

One seems to be for PartyPoker and there's more annoying ones for an antivirus package

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

gibo_ie

you need to clean your machine down from the infestation of malware you probably have. You an do a few things.
1. Delete temporary files in c:\temp -- c:\windows\temp and in c:\documents and settings\USERNAME\local settings\temp
2. Now download something like ADAWARE and run a full scan and it will/should clean any remaining problematic issues
3. Get something like google toolbar which will block most popups

Others here will tell you not to use Internet Explorer but if you do the above its not necessary...

good luck
M

numbnuts

Ad-aware is crap do this Please ...

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop.

• Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
• At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
• If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
• Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
• When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
• Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
• When completed, a log will open in Notepad. Please save it to a convenient location. The log can also be found here: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
• Please post contents of that file in your next reply.

Paddy....

Gekko

Thanks Paddy, looks like this found something that AVG hadn't.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.36
Database version: 1959
Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3

10/04/2009 02:42:11
mbam-log-2009-04-10 (02-42-11).txt

Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|D:\|)
Objects scanned: 138432
Time elapsed: 37 minute(s), 17 second(s)

Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 1
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 2
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 5

Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys Infected:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\__c00602b9 (Trojan.Vundo) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data Items Infected:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify (Disabled.SecurityCenter) -> Bad: (1) Good: (0) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify (Disabled.SecurityCenter) -> Bad: (1) Good: (0) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Files Infected:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\__c00602B9.dat (Trojan.Vundo) -> Delete on reboot.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\__c004B3EA.exe (Trojan.Vundo) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\__c008FAC9.exe (Trojan.Vundo) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\__c0098F4C.exe (Trojan.Vundo) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\__c00E6AAE.exe (Trojan.Vundo) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

ActorSeeksJob

hello

Download ComboFix from one of these locations:

Link 1
Link 2


* IMPORTANT !!! Save ComboFix.exe to your Desktop

• Disable your AntiVirus and AntiSpyware applications, usually via a right click on the System Tray icon. They may otherwise interfere with our tools. If you don't know how to disable them then just continue on.
  
  
• Double click on ComboFix.exe & follow the prompts.
  
  
• As part of it's process, ComboFix will check to see if the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console is installed. With malware infections being as they are today, it's strongly recommended to have this pre-installed on your machine before doing any malware removal. It will allow you to boot up into a special recovery/repair mode that will allow us to more easily help you should your computer have a problem after an attempted removal of malware.
  
  
• Follow the prompts to allow ComboFix to download and install the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console, and when prompted, agree to the End-User License Agreement to install the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console.

**Please note: If the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console is already installed, ComboFix will continue it's malware removal procedures.

Once the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console is installed using ComboFix, you should see the following message:




Click on Yes, to continue scanning for malware.

When finished, it shall produce a log for you. Please include the C:\ComboFix.txt log in your next reply.