Guest RTadeu Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 I'm running XP and Norton IS 2006, and got my IE7 hijacked by the damned WinAntivirus. Now the damn thing keeps poping up from the in tray saying that my machine is infected with spyware and asking me to pay those criminals a ransom and install WinAntivirus to get rid of it, which I'll certainly won't do - I'd rather reformat my HD and reinstall the OS instead. So, before resorting to a much drastic solution, does anyone know about a way of getting rid of this pestering thing, and also why Norton IS doesn't block or recognise it? Thanks for any clues on this. -- Roberto Tadeu
Guest Alias Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: WinAntivirus Hijack RTadeu wrote: > I'm running XP and Norton IS 2006, and got my IE7 hijacked by the damned > WinAntivirus. Now the damn thing keeps poping up from the in tray saying that > my machine is infected with spyware and asking me to pay those criminals a > ransom and install WinAntivirus to get rid of it, which I'll certainly won't > do - I'd rather reformat my HD and reinstall the OS instead. > So, before resorting to a much drastic solution, does anyone know about a > way of getting rid of this pestering thing, and also why Norton IS doesn't > block or recognise it? > Thanks for any clues on this. http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/winantivirus-pro-2007-removal-instructions -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
Guest Tom Willett Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: WinAntivirus Hijack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFixer "RTadeu" <RTadeu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BC03A33F-6DA5-4CFA-84FA-D4ECE4A2DE92@microsoft.com... | I'm running XP and Norton IS 2006, and got my IE7 hijacked by the damned | WinAntivirus. Now the damn thing keeps poping up from the in tray saying that | my machine is infected with spyware and asking me to pay those criminals a | ransom and install WinAntivirus to get rid of it, which I'll certainly won't | do - I'd rather reformat my HD and reinstall the OS instead. | So, before resorting to a much drastic solution, does anyone know about a | way of getting rid of this pestering thing, and also why Norton IS doesn't | block or recognise it? | Thanks for any clues on this. | -- | Roberto Tadeu
Guest nass Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 RE: WinAntivirus Hijack "RTadeu" wrote: > I'm running XP and Norton IS 2006, and got my IE7 hijacked by the damned > WinAntivirus. Now the damn thing keeps poping up from the in tray saying that > my machine is infected with spyware and asking me to pay those criminals a > ransom and install WinAntivirus to get rid of it, which I'll certainly won't > do - I'd rather reformat my HD and reinstall the OS instead. > So, before resorting to a much drastic solution, does anyone know about a > way of getting rid of this pestering thing, and also why Norton IS doesn't > block or recognise it? > Thanks for any clues on this. > -- > Roberto Tadeu Removing spyware/PUAs http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/puas.html http://www.castlecops.com/postx119486-0-0.html Download the Hijackthis and post the log file for the appropriate forum for analysis . HTH. nass
Guest Peter Foldes Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Re: WinAntivirus Hijack http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Smitfraud_Trojan -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "RTadeu" <RTadeu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BC03A33F-6DA5-4CFA-84FA-D4ECE4A2DE92@microsoft.com... > I'm running XP and Norton IS 2006, and got my IE7 hijacked by the damned > WinAntivirus. Now the damn thing keeps poping up from the in tray saying that > my machine is infected with spyware and asking me to pay those criminals a > ransom and install WinAntivirus to get rid of it, which I'll certainly won't > do - I'd rather reformat my HD and reinstall the OS instead. > So, before resorting to a much drastic solution, does anyone know about a > way of getting rid of this pestering thing, and also why Norton IS doesn't > block or recognise it? > Thanks for any clues on this. > -- > Roberto Tadeu
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