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  • 31-01-2008 09:48AM
    #1
    Serpentine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭


    Last night a security warning started flashing on my computer that there was spyware installed on my computer & it kept linking to a virus Protect website to download anti-trojan software, I performed the McAfee Virus Scan & it found no suspicious files but the warning keeps appearing & every time I go into Internet Explorer it warns that this malware steals passwords & to download software for this. Just before all this happened I signed up for a Master Password.

    Does anyone have any clue about this please? Sorry I don't have the names of these I'm at work & not using the laptop (which is by Dell by the way)


Comments

  • #2
    Kenjd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 607 ✭✭✭Kenjd


    Get Spybot - Search and Destroy, or Ad-Aware, both free and have helped me in the past! Dont know if they'll solve your problem though! Oh yeah and "Hijack This" is good.


  • #3
    ActorSeeksJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭ActorSeeksJob


    Do this

    Please download Deckard's System Scanner (DSS) and save it to your Desktop.
    • Close all other windows before proceeding.
    • Double-click on dss.exe and follow the prompts.
    • If your anti-virus or firewall complains, please allow this script to run as it is not malicious.
    • When it has finished, dss will open two Notepads main.txt and extra.txt -- please copy (CTRL+A and then CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) the contents of main.txt and extra.txt in your next reply.


  • #4
    Serpentine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭Serpentine


    Hi again, I got Ad Aware & it seemed to fix the prob, my toolbar & homepage went back to normal after it picked up on the Trojan & it is no longer sending me critical alerts to buy this software, but now everytime I google something the link keeps sending me to this webcry kinda porn page is this spyware still active & how can I get rid of it? I keep scanning with McAfee & AdAware & although they're picking up infections & I'm deleting them my whole laptop has slowed down please help!!


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