Guest Beasel Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I downloaded an virus, apparently named JS/Phish! Now I am constantly hit with sites that want to sell me virus software. One frequent pop-up is a warning that I have "Trojan W32 Looksky" and download this software to fix. They have taken over my IE home site. and have constant pop-ups. Ran AVG and it found JS/Phish and healed it, it said, but no change. Ran MS oneCare and it said that there was no problem after about four hours. Problems seems to be getting better than yesterday or I am getting faster at deleting the popups. Running MS2000 and IE 7.0. AVG has kept me viral free for over four years. At wits end. -- Old computer guy with new problems!
Guest Steve Parry [MVP] Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Virus attack In news:390CCEB0-CB57-4050-ADD2-CB67948F7E0A@microsoft.com, Beasel <Beasel@discussions.microsoft.com> wibbled > I downloaded an virus, apparently named JS/Phish! Now I am > constantly hit with sites that want to sell me virus software. One > frequent pop-up is a warning that I have "Trojan W32 Looksky" and > download this software to fix. They have taken over my IE home site. > and have constant pop-ups. Ran AVG and it found JS/Phish and healed > it, it said, but no change. Ran MS oneCare and it said that there > was no problem after about four hours. Problems seems to be getting > better than yesterday or I am getting faster at deleting the popups. > Running MS2000 and IE 7.0. AVG has kept me viral free for over four > years. At wits end. Try Stinger http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/default.aspx to see if it's in the list of ones it removes -- Steve Parry MCP MVP http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
Guest Sid Elbow Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Virus attack Beasel wrote: > I downloaded an virus, apparently named JS/Phish! Now I am constantly hit > with sites that want to sell me virus software. One frequent pop-up is a > warning that I have "Trojan W32 Looksky" and download this software to fix. > They have taken over my IE home site. and have constant pop-ups. Ran AVG and > it found JS/Phish and healed it, it said, but no change. Ran MS oneCare and > it said that there was no problem after about four hours. Problems seems to > be getting better than yesterday or I am getting faster at deleting the > popups. Running MS2000 and IE 7.0. AVG has kept me viral free for over four > years. At wits end. Sounds more like a browser hijack than a virus per se. AVG (and others) my not help much with that although you could try the "AVG Anti Spyware" scanner. they have a free one on their website. Other programs such as "Hijack This" may help. Try a Google search.
Guest Andrew Morton Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Virus attack Beasel wrote: > I downloaded an virus, apparently named JS/Phish! Now I am > constantly hit with sites that want to sell me virus software. One > frequent pop-up is a warning that I have "Trojan W32 Looksky" and > download this software to fix. They have taken over my IE home site. > and have constant pop-ups. Sounds like you want to install and run "Spybot Search & Destroy". Andrew
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