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Smart Internet Protection 2011

  • 30-01-2011 8:47pm
    #1
    Goodne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 382 ✭✭


    Hi, can anyone help me out with this - when I turned on my pc today I had an icon for Smart internet Protection 2011, I have no idea what it is or how it got there. It keeps alerting me to various viruses that I supposedly have, I scanned with the avast anti virus program that I have & nothing came up. How do I get rid of this thing?


Comments

  • #2
    boatbuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭boatbuilder


    Download Malwarebytes anti malware and do a scan.
    http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756

    If that doesn't fix it, you may have to do some more work.


  • #3
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,285 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    If you didn't knowingly install it I'd try and remove it. Maybe its scareware ? There are plenty off reputable free AV/anti-spyware progs around, try a few. Maybe keep away from entering banking details etc until you know ....


  • #4
    Opinicus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Opinicus


    You may have to boot into safe mode to run malwarebytes as some fake anti-viruses will prevent your own from running/updating.

    Out of interest just check if you can go to norton.com or symantec.com etc.


  • #5
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    just fixed this one yesterday, just boot normally, open task manager and you'll find a process named SIP_(somethingsomething).exe, right click and select open process location, then kill the process and delete the files in the folder that opened. then go ahead and remove any shortcuts from desktop/start menu.


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