Chief8one Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Ok, my roomate was farting around on my computer today and I think he got a virus on it. Every time I open up my Internet Explorer I get a systems notice that reads "Your computer is infected by serious viruses, please download anti spywear now. Your computer is at a serious risk for total crash" and then has a click OK or cancel boxes (I keep hitting cancel). Now I ran two anti spywear programs and deleted all cookies and I still get the damn message poping up. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan93z28 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 im no computer savvy, but i believe what your looking at is the virus. it pretends to be an anti-virus program to get on your system. it came up on mine the other day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 You might have to reinstall windows if the anti spyware didn't clean it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 more than likely its just spyware, install spybot should correct the problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODoyle Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Spyware FTL,Spybot has always done a good job of cleaning up after my pron addiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Spybot Search and Destroy does a great job, like others have said. It can also immunize your computer against anything in it's database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 your roomy and then :nutkick: him for good measure. I bought my wife her very own laptop just for such a thing. No one in my house besides me logs onto my PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 AVG + Spybot = ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief8one Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 i have ran both spybot and ad-aware and it still pops up... even did a full system scan.. this is really fuckin annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue98ls1 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Try running a free scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergwheel1647545492 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Ok obviously your homepage has been changed, and everytime you open IE it is reloading the page where you got the spyware. go to tools, options, and change your homepage to google, or whatever. If all else fails, just piss on it, that should work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief8one Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Try running a free scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com going to give this a try now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief8one Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Try running a free scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com You my friend are a savior and a saint!! Kudos to you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue98ls1 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 lol, glad it fixed your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Dont let these guys pull your leg..... Go into the search function.... Search for "system32" all viruses put something on your computer that is the same, a file folder called system 32. Search for that and see if that comes up. If it does you have a virus. Let me know and I will walk you through the process of getting rid of the virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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