Guest Spiderman Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 A box just popped up on my computer and I'm pretty sure it's malware. What's the safest way to close this box. Thanks
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 Re: Antivirus 2009 >A box just popped up on my computer and I'm pretty sure it's malware. >What's the safest way to close this box. > >Thanks Argh. I just dealt with a computer that has Antivirus 2008 yesterday. You can manually delete this by using Task Manager, ending the task, and then deleting it from Program Files\Antivirus 2009 folder but you'll also have to get rid of the Run entry it creates. If you'd rather not futz with that, run SpyBot 1.6 on it and it'll do it for you. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Malke Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 Re: Antivirus 2009 Spiderman wrote: > A box just popped up on my computer and I'm pretty sure it's malware. > What's the safest way to close this box. Your system is infected with a rogue antivirus program. It is called "rogue" because it pretends to be A Good Guy but is really Evil. Do not pay them! Here are removal steps: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/uninstall-antivirus-2009 These may work for you and all may be well. However, in many cases the computer will also be infected with Zlob and/or Vundo trojans and protected by a rootkit. These machines are extremely difficult to clean. If your machine is one of these cases, either get guided help at one of the specialty forums below OR back up your data and do a clean install of Windows. It is your choice. If you are unsure how to back up your data or how to do a clean install, you can take your machine to a local computer professional. I don't recommend using BigComputerStore/GeekSquad types of places. PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS. http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and the stickies *first*. http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9 http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25 http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170 http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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