"Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

[Guest Campion67]

After X-number of years, I have encountered the above-referenced annoyance

popping up every two minutes or less. It claims to have found "8 items."

 

Right now, I have less trouble with the "8 items" than I do with this ad.

 

I really would like to collect all of the geniuses who came up with these

annoyances and ship them to their private gulag.

 

Short of that, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to remove this

"warning" asap.

[Guest Chet]

Re: "Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

 

Of great historical significance to all, Campion67

<Campion67@discussions.microsoft.com> declared on Thu, 10 Jul

2008 18:49:00 -0700:

> After X-number of years, I have encountered the

> above-referenced annoyance popping up every two minutes or

> less. It claims to have found "8 items."

>

> Right now, I have less trouble with the "8 items" than I do

> with this ad.

>

> I really would like to collect all of the geniuses who came

> up with these annoyances and ship them to their private gulag.

>

> Short of that, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how

> to remove this "warning" asap.

 

More than likely the IE Antivirus you're referring to is not from Microsoft but is, in fact, some type of malware. In other words, your machine is probably already infected.

 

You should do a complete scan of you system and also check out:

 

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

 

hth

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[Guest FuzzyCritter]

Re: "Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

 

Chet <cfnews@mchsi.com> wrote in

news:20080710222654.325b304c.cfnews@mchsi.com:

> Of great historical significance to all, Campion67

> <Campion67@discussions.microsoft.com> declared on Thu, 10 Jul

> 2008 18:49:00 -0700:

>

>> After X-number of years, I have encountered the

>> above-referenced annoyance popping up every two minutes or

>> less. It claims to have found "8 items."

>>

>> Right now, I have less trouble with the "8 items" than I do

>> with this ad.

>>

>> I really would like to collect all of the geniuses who came

>> up with these annoyances and ship them to their private gulag.

>>

>> Short of that, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how

>> to remove this "warning" asap.

>

> More than likely the IE Antivirus you're referring to is not from

> Microsoft but is, in fact, some type of malware. In other words, your

> machine is probably already infected.

>

> You should do a complete scan of you system and also check out:

>

> Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

>

> hth

 

Well I too have had the stupid ad appearing constantly. It also says

that no Anti-virus or spyware programs found. False, I have both running

and neither of them come up with any infections on the machine. Also,

I should have made a screen capture of the stupid ad. You can't get rid

of it, you can't exit it, and you certainly don't know where it's coming

from. Not from Microsoft? The address sure looks like Microsoft. The

strange part of it is, it didn't start appearing until I installed the

2 latest updates from MS. I got rid of it ok, system recovery to last

Sunday. All gone. No more ads. No more headaches with it.

[Guest Laura MS MVP]

Re: "Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

 

Use my free Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your

system. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm

 

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"Campion67" <Campion67@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:DC199566-90E6-4E14-8394-EE267FE4C70F@microsoft.com...

> After X-number of years, I have encountered the above-referenced annoyance

> popping up every two minutes or less. It claims to have found "8 items."

>

> Right now, I have less trouble with the "8 items" than I do with this ad.

>

> I really would like to collect all of the geniuses who came up with these

> annoyances and ship them to their private gulag.

>

> Short of that, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to remove this

> "warning" asap.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: "Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

 

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

 

Run a /thorough/ check for hijackware, including posting your hijackthis log

to an appropriate forum.

 

Checking for/Help with Hijackware

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

 

When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2

(http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe) is the preferred tool to use.

It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware with

assistance from an expert. **Post your log to

http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,

http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22,

http://castlecops.com/forum67.html, or other appropriate forums for review

by an expert in such matters, not here.**

 

If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting this

isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and

independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUSA) computer repair shop.

 

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

Campion67 wrote:

> After X-number of years, I have encountered the above-referenced annoyance

> popping up every two minutes or less. It claims to have found "8 items."

>

> Right now, I have less trouble with the "8 items" than I do with this ad.

>

> I really would like to collect all of the geniuses who came up with these

> annoyances and ship them to their private gulag.

>

> Short of that, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to remove this

> "warning" asap.

[Guest nass]

Re: "Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

 

 

 

"FuzzyCritter" wrote:

> Chet <cfnews@mchsi.com> wrote in

> news:20080710222654.325b304c.cfnews@mchsi.com:

>

> > Of great historical significance to all, Campion67

> > <Campion67@discussions.microsoft.com> declared on Thu, 10 Jul

> > 2008 18:49:00 -0700:

> >

> >> After X-number of years, I have encountered the

> >> above-referenced annoyance popping up every two minutes or

> >> less. It claims to have found "8 items."

> >>

> >> Right now, I have less trouble with the "8 items" than I do

> >> with this ad.

> >>

> >> I really would like to collect all of the geniuses who came

> >> up with these annoyances and ship them to their private gulag.

> >>

> >> Short of that, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how

> >> to remove this "warning" asap.

> >

> > More than likely the IE Antivirus you're referring to is not from

> > Microsoft but is, in fact, some type of malware. In other words, your

> > machine is probably already infected.

> >

> > You should do a complete scan of you system and also check out:

> >

> > Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software

> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

> >

> > hth

>

> Well I too have had the stupid ad appearing constantly. It also says

> that no Anti-virus or spyware programs found. False, I have both running

> and neither of them come up with any infections on the machine. Also,

> I should have made a screen capture of the stupid ad. You can't get rid

> of it, you can't exit it, and you certainly don't know where it's coming

> from. Not from Microsoft? The address sure looks like Microsoft. The

> strange part of it is, it didn't start appearing until I installed the

> 2 latest updates from MS. I got rid of it ok, system recovery to last

> Sunday. All gone. No more ads. No more headaches with it.

 

 

Unexplained computer behaviour may be caused by deceptive software

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

 

Go through these Cleaning steps:

1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies

by doing this:

Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet

Connections >> Double click Internet Options.

On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:

General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |

Advanced

Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.

Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:

[&] Browsing

[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.

Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non

Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the

culprit and update it or remove it.

How to manage Add-Ons:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

 

2.... And also for malware from here:

SuperAntispyware - Free

http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

 

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah

http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

try to download this app:

http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html

Run a scan from here on-line:

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym

Download Avast Cleaner from here:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html

Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine:

http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/

 

2- Download the Hijackthis and send the report to one of many

forums for analysis and troubleshooting:

When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2

(http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis)

It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. Post

your log to:

http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,

http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate

forums for expert analysis, not here.

HTH.

nass

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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

[Guest Leythos]

Re: "Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

 

In article <ZeBdk.4716$np7.3714@flpi149.ffdc.sbc.com>, toidi@tpap.com

says...

> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>

 

Do you really want to trust someone that was banned from posting

directly to Microsoft Usenet servers, someone that has posted links to

pornographic materials on HIS WEBSITE, who's website is in the MVP HOST

Block list, and who provides a tool for your use that will block access

to reputable anti-malware sites without telling you he's doing it?

 

And do you really want to trust someone that has had to change their

posting identity after being busted by MS as a fake MVP?

 

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: "Warning from IE Antivirus....Spyware Found"

 

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:49:00 -0700, Campion67

<Campion67@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> After X-number of years, I have encountered the above-referenced annoyance

> popping up every two minutes or less. It claims to have found "8 items."

>

> Right now, I have less trouble with the "8 items" than I do with this ad.

>

> I really would like to collect all of the geniuses who came up with these

> annoyances and ship them to their private gulag.

>

> Short of that, I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to remove this

> "warning" asap.

 

 

 

This annoyance is a symptom of malware already infecting your

computer, but it *itself* is the malware. This is a common ploy used

by spyware: it alerts you to bogus infections as a goad to buy their

ineffective product.

 

I recommend that you begin troubleshooting by going to MVP Malke's

malware removal site at

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and

following the instructions there.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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