Guest Still Learning Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 This is REALLY irking me! My dad's computer is a Dell running XP with IE7.about 1 year old. It has Windows Defender running, but somehow malware/spyware got in there anyway. It had gotten to the point where it would ONLY boot in safe mode, and it took about one hour to do that! Well I corrected that with Combofix...and the computer is running fast again. But every time you go from one webpage to another...you get an ad page first! It looks like this: Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack Due to insecure Internet browsing your PC can easily get infected with viruses, worms and trojans without your knowledge, and that can lead to system slowdown, freezes and crashes. Also insecure Internet activity can result in revealing your personal information. To get full advanced real-time protection for PC and Internet activity, install an antivirus and antispyware software. We recommend you to protect your PC now and continue safe Internet browsing. Click here to get full advanced real-time protection and continue browsing. Continue to this website unprotected (not recommended). You can go to the 'not recommended link' and you will go to the page you wanted to. I thought it might be *atfxqogp*, it's in the toolbar, but Combofix says it quarantined it. So I am at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks.
Guest DL Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 Re: Help me please! Thats because your system is still compromised. Try SpyBot & Adaware, both free, update & run both seperately MS Defender is not IMO good enough on its own "Still Learning" <notrealaddy@rukidding.com> wrote in message news:usTrMfjzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > This is REALLY irking me! My dad's computer is a Dell running XP with > IE7.about 1 year old. It has Windows Defender running, but somehow > malware/spyware got in there anyway. It had gotten to the point where it > would ONLY boot in safe mode, and it took about one hour to do that! Well > I corrected that with Combofix...and the computer is running fast again. > But every time you go from one webpage to another...you get an ad page > first! It looks like this: > > Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack > Due to insecure Internet browsing your PC can easily get infected with > viruses, worms and trojans without your knowledge, and that can lead to > system slowdown, freezes and crashes. > Also insecure Internet activity can result in revealing your personal > information. > To get full advanced real-time protection for PC and Internet activity, > install an antivirus and antispyware software. > We recommend you to protect your PC now and continue safe Internet > browsing. > Click here to get full advanced real-time protection and continue > browsing. > Continue to this website unprotected (not recommended). > > You can go to the 'not recommended link' and you will go to the page you > wanted to. I thought it might be *atfxqogp*, it's in the toolbar, but > Combofix says it quarantined it. So I am at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks. >
Guest Colon Terminus Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 Re: Help me please! "Still Learning" <notrealaddy@rukidding.com> wrote in message news:usTrMfjzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > This is REALLY irking me! My dad's computer is a Dell running XP with > IE7.about 1 year old. It has Windows Defender running, but somehow > malware/spyware got in there anyway. It had gotten to the point where it > would ONLY boot in safe mode, and it took about one hour to do that! Well > I corrected that with Combofix...and the computer is running fast again. > But every time you go from one webpage to another...you get an ad page > first! It looks like this: > > Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack > Due to insecure Internet browsing your PC can easily get infected with > viruses, worms and trojans without your knowledge, and that can lead to > system slowdown, freezes and crashes. > Also insecure Internet activity can result in revealing your personal > information. > To get full advanced real-time protection for PC and Internet activity, > install an antivirus and antispyware software. > We recommend you to protect your PC now and continue safe Internet > browsing. > Click here to get full advanced real-time protection and continue > browsing. > Continue to this website unprotected (not recommended). > > You can go to the 'not recommended link' and you will go to the page you > wanted to. I thought it might be *atfxqogp*, it's in the toolbar, but > Combofix says it quarantined it. So I am at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks. > The computer is still compromised. If it was that infested with malware, the only way you can be absolutely certain that you've got it all cleaned up is to do a hard disk format and a clean install of XP. If the computer has a broadband internet connection then it needs to be behind a NAT router. After the format/reinstall, dowload Super-AnitSpyware and run it on a regular basis. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDem
Guest elmarsa dice Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Re: Help me please! On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:19:39 -0400, "Colon Terminus" <colon_terminus@hotmail.com> wrote: >"Still Learning" <notrealaddy@rukidding.com> wrote in message >news:usTrMfjzIHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> This is REALLY irking me! My dad's computer is a Dell running XP with >> IE7.about 1 year old. It has Windows Defender running, but somehow >> malware/spyware got in there anyway. It had gotten to the point where it >> would ONLY boot in safe mode, and it took about one hour to do that! Well >> I corrected that with Combofix...and the computer is running fast again. >> But every time you go from one webpage to another...you get an ad page >> first! It looks like this: >> >> Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack >> Due to insecure Internet browsing your PC can easily get infected with >> viruses, worms and trojans without your knowledge, and that can lead to >> system slowdown, freezes and crashes. >> Also insecure Internet activity can result in revealing your personal >> information. >> To get full advanced real-time protection for PC and Internet activity, >> install an antivirus and antispyware software. >> We recommend you to protect your PC now and continue safe Internet >> browsing. >> Click here to get full advanced real-time protection and continue >> browsing. >> Continue to this website unprotected (not recommended). >> >> You can go to the 'not recommended link' and you will go to the page you >> wanted to. I thought it might be *atfxqogp*, it's in the toolbar, but >> Combofix says it quarantined it. So I am at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks. >> > > > >The computer is still compromised. > >If it was that infested with malware, the only way you can be absolutely >certain that you've got it all cleaned up is to do a hard disk format and a >clean install of XP. > >If the computer has a broadband internet connection then it needs to be >behind a NAT router. After the format/reinstall, dowload Super-AnitSpyware >and run it on a regular basis. I don't know if you solved this problem but I had it with a computer and it wasn't cured using Super-antiSpyware. The screen you get is the result of a html file in either windows\ or in windows\system32. It was put there by "antispy spider". The screen has a link that connects you to the source of the trojan and reinfects your computer if you click on it. I searched around until I found instructions to remove it at http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-antispy-spider and removed all the malware. It was a big job and true learning experience. .
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