Spyware And Adware: Gets Popup When IE Starts
May 1, 2009
Running Windows XP my cousin ended up with an infestation of spyware and adware after AVG ran out and it stopped updating.I installed AVG 8.5 ran a scan, it disinfected winlogon.exe and then blue screened. After a reboot and another scan winlogon.exe was no longer infected but other files were. It seems to have disinfected them. The only thing left is a popup that comes up everytime IE is started. I can't figure out what is causing it. I ran ad aware - it disposed of a few things but he still gets that popup when IE starts.
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May 18, 2008
I get a setup popup sometimes when i right click on a folder or file. The popup says "Installing Acrobat setup files" with a small computer icon to the left and a cancel button down bottom. Also there is a blue status bar in the middle of the popup. Usually i just cancel the popup, but if i let it run the popup starts to install some kind of acrobat files. When done it asks to reboot.
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Apr 5, 2009
I am thinking of replacing SuperAntiSpyware free edition with Adware Pro.
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Dec 20, 2008
I am using the 2008 free version of Adaware. (My computer has Vista) I did a full scan and after 13 seconds found over 5000 infections. I right clicked and selected the entire list to delete. A window came up that asked me to confirm I wanted to delete the files. I selected delete, but the window still showed the same number infections. It recommended a second scan, but the program crashed when I hit scan. I have restarted my computer several times, repeating the process, but I get the same results every time. I'd really appreciate help on this because this is an abnormally high amount of infections (most of them being malware).
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May 18, 2009
My PC has be running great and I just decided to run malwarebytes, it came up with this. Should I be worried? I removed it, but why didn't my Trend Antivirus+ spyware pick this up?
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May 5, 2010
i dont seem to be able to remove, adware.vundo/variant-x 32[header] i run avast comes up clean,malwarebytes, comes up clean,run super spyware and it comes up with this adware,then when i click remove,it tell's me its been removed, restart computer then when i run super spyware its there again,i tried rkill,but it still shows up,
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Mar 23, 2008
My daughter managed to download some malware onto her computer (she doesn't know how she did it). The various anti-virus, firewall, and anti-malware (including Defender, Spybot, ZoneAlarm Pro and AdAware) do not catch this malware. The malware opens Internet Explorer windows with ads. Investigating the computer with Sypbot and others, the malware seems to be "1 mags 16 more" and "BEND BOLT". I've disabled these programs with Spybot, but of course have no way to uninstall these programs.
Unfortunately, a side-effect is that this has prevented IE from running at all. When attempting to start IE7, nothing happens (no error message; it just doesn't start). Would it help to uninstall IE7 and then reinstall it from scratch? If so, how do I go about it (and where do I find the IE7 download -- I don't seem to be able to find it on the Microsoft website)? I'd like to avoid a full hard drive reformat, if possible.
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Mar 23, 2008
I had some infected files removed from my system last night. The tech informed me that because my system will not run ActiveX due to a corruption from the adware/virus that I needed to contact my vendor to do a system file scan and repair. What are my options at this point? Do I need to re-install or repair Vista? Will that correct the problem?
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Apr 7, 2008
I need to download software to prevent adware if I have Windows OneCare installed on my computers, one with Vista and one with XP OS.
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May 17, 2008
Ever time I turn my computer on, windows defender blocks adware from running. How do I tell windows Defender to allow AdWare to run?
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Jun 1, 2009
This screenie explains it all :
Dialog box translation:
Microsoft Windows
Close softwares to prevent losing data
The memory in your computer is insufficiant
Save your files and close this software :
Firefox
Close software, cancel
Windows will only close the number of software required to restore the memory needed...
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Apr 13, 2009
My max display resolution is 1280x800 (fujitsu generic monitor), and it seems I can't see the bottom of the popup where you change/edit signatures. Isn't there supposed to be somewhere in these options where you can click an OK or apply button?
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Apr 25, 2009
Hi, can anybody advise,i get this popup box only when i plug in a flash drive, or external hard drive, it doesent seem to bother the programs and i cant remove it from the screen untill i remove the external hardrives and then restart the computer i have widows vista premium 32-bit.
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Feb 20, 2009
I have Windows Vista Home Premium as my OS.
I have a program that I use daily.
To get it to work correctly I had to check 'run as administrator'.
How do I now get the program to be a 'known' and 'trusted' program?
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Jul 29, 2009
Creative register popup keeps on comimg up after I uninstalled all my Creative products also a popup (gentle reminder) keeps poping up.Is there any way to stop this and how does happen even after uninstall?
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Mar 23, 2008
Adobe Flash is not working in any of the programs that use it unless I run the program as administrator, then it works fine. However, I do not want to be forever having to run all my programs as administrator because either I have to right click and do it, or set it to run as administrator which means I get the popup from UAC. I didn't have flash installed. I have tried all the solutions offered on the adobe site several times and none of them will work.
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Mar 15, 2008
Is there a way to set constant UAC popup window positions? It appears in different places on the screen depending on application, for example while starting Total Commander with administrator's right the UAC window appears at the left low corner, Symantec Endpoint Protection - at the middle of the screen's bottom. It's not a big problem of course, but maybe it is possible to fix such behavior?
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Feb 16, 2008
I just recently got a new motherboard processor etc, and so i had to reinstall vista, well, i decided to go ahead and up to x64 so i backed up my hard drive under my current ultimate32bit and then formatted and installed ultimate64. So i thought i'd do a restore of my drive's backup, so i popped in my install disc, clicked repair comp, clicked restore a backup, chose the backup i wanted, confirmed, then a box popped that said basically, "The windows restore has failed. This backup can be restored on this computer. Please use the correct Windows Recovery Envirnment (x64) WinRE."
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Apr 1, 2008
I continually receive a red, white, and grey alert window ---
Alert details: File - C:WINDOWSwml.exe
Threat: Abebot
"Possible Spyware infection has been detected on your computer by Security
System."
"To remove detected threat you need to update our PC-Antispyware protection."
"Click here to visit PC-Antispyware website"(link)
----- takes me to http://antispyware-reviews.biz/?wmid=4663&pwebmid=R3n1c2Bg8A
These boxes show up next, unshaded and "unclickable"
Clean, Rename, & Delete
Then another link
Update PC-Antispyware protection and remove detected threats
-----take me to same:
http://antispyware-reviews.biz/?wmid=4663&pwebmid=R3n1c2Bg8A
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Additionally, in the lower right hand corner I have a triangle icon states
which automatically populates a message: "Your computer is infected with
sypware! Windows has detected spyware infection on your PC. It is
recommended that you update your antispyware protection to prevent data loss.
Click here to download and
install the most up-to-date antispyware for you. Click here for more
information."
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Apr 6, 2009
I have a Vista computer with the following Antivirus / spyware removal programs
- Eset NOD32 v2.7
- Spy bot search and destry
- SuperAntispyware
- Ad aware
- Windows defender
All the software is updated with the latest "definitions"
2 firewalls (1 windows firewall, 1.with the router)
Do I need more software like that to be safe?
I think this is too much software installed to just take care of virus and spyware threats. For it seems like virus is not soo big problem any more. Soo I am wondering isnt it possible to for Microsoft to make something "supersmart" to get rid of spy ware??
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May 17, 2009
Can someone recommend a good spyware program for Vista 64? I've tried PCTOOLS Spy Doctor. It ran and found spyware and removed it, however when I turned the computer on next it had boot errors. I ended up having to work with HP(very good help) and reload Vista from scratch. I hadn't backed up yet, but there was nothing to lose as the computer was one day old, just lost time.
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Jun 3, 2007
I just found out that one of the top anti spyware has support for 64 bit Vista !
Sunbelt Software is pleased to announce that CounterSpy 2.5 RC (build 1027) is now available for download:
Code: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/spyware/CounterSpy/CSC.2.5.1027.0.exe
System Requirements
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher IBM Compatible 400MHZ Computer with at least 128MB of RAM Windows 2000 Pro SP3 or greater, Windows XP (Pro, Home, Tablet, or Media), Windows 2003 Server (incl. SP1), Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit
200MB of available free space on your hard drive......
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Apr 23, 2008
Recently I was infected with the dpevflbg Toolbar. I have Norton 360, Windows defender, and PC Tools Spyware Doctor. This malware got through and I am having trouble removing a couple of remaining issues. The toolbar itself is gone, however, along with the sluggish performance of my computer, I have a banner on almost every web page saying: "Warning possible spyware infection! Click here to scan your computer for spyware and adware" The target URL for the 'Click here' is protect.trustedantivirus.com...with some extra identifying back slashes: MTY4Nzc=/2/5993/ed=1/ex=1/h=10/zheltaya_hernya/ I have searched out removal methods and am unable to remove this extreemly annoying banner:mad:.
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Mar 23, 2008
I have numerous files (Excel format mostly (Office 2007)) that I copied over from a PC running XP Professional. Whenever I update one and then try to save I get a popup that it is trying to save to "c" with the name Copy Of filename. Not what I want but figure I can always rename it, but when I click Save I get a popup telling me "A required permission is not held by the client". I am the only user of this PC and am the adminstrator. I have read thru several post here that talk about UAC and have right clicked on the files and went to the security tab and assigned full rights for every user listed but it still wont let me save the file after making changes
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Jan 11, 2009
Locate your AVG directory in explorer (can right click of start button and click 'Explore')
in the left plane find your version
(standard is:
C:Program Files (x86)AVGAVG8 or
C:Program FilesAVGAVG8)
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In explorer press the 'alt' key then press 't' then press 'o' (which brings up the top menu ---> tools ---> folder options) There are three tabs in folder options general: view: and search,click on the view tab. Untick 'Hide extensions for know file types'..........
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Feb 25, 2009
I run a little website which has a popup survey on it. one of my colleagues was just testing it and said that the popup is no longer appearing. On further investigation, her Popup Blocker was on (despite her never changing the settings herself) and the popup was fine. However, our statistics show a dramatic fall in the number of people filling out the survey over the last week, and a high percentage of our customers are IE7 users. My theory is that Microsoft have recently released an IE7 update that resets your Popup Blocker to "on", meaning that no-one can see my survey any more.
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Oct 21, 2009
Dell Inspiron 1545 notebook running Vista Home Premium. Automatic Updates is "on". I suspect this is not strictly a Vista problem, but the user base may know of a solution. I also suspect the problem is with a Dell-specific service or application but that may be supported by underlying Vista services. I find references to a similar service for HP notebooks. When I got my computer about 6 weeks ago, a transparent popup would appear briefly and then disappear when the caps lock key was toggled. It indicated the new state of the key and an icon was also placed in the Notification Area when the state was "locked". A similar action took place if I toggled the "radio" button (F2) and a battery information window appeared it the "battery" key (F3) was pressed.
That worked for a week or so, then stopped working. I did many searches on The Internet and in the Dell Community Forums for a solution. No joy. Then one day, it mysteriously started working again. It worked for 3 days which spanned several times when the computer went into standby and when it went into hibernation each evening. A series of security updates came down from Microsoft which required reboot. The popups went away and in many more hours of research, I have been unable to find a solution....
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Jun 18, 2008
I was on my computer one time and this WInSpywareProtect program just came on and it would not go away. I tried searching for it to delete it but I could not find it. It just pops up at the worst time and won't go away. How to delete it.
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May 7, 2009
My computer was wiped clean and now I cannot receive emails in Windows Mail. I have uninstalled AVG 4.8 and SuperSpyware, checked my addresses with RoadRunner. I get the following error message ProtocolPOP3 Port 995 SecureSSL No socket error 10060 error 0x800ccoe.
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Nov 7, 2009
I have been trying to delete/uninstall Spyware and it just wont.
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Mar 23, 2008
I reinstalled my Windows Vista Home Premium, but now it says my key isn't valid. So I kind of ignored it for a while, but now I get that tiny text in the lower-right corner, and the Aero theme is gone. I tried to solve it with that pop up I got. I had to type 9 keys of 6 numbers in my telephone, and I got a key back. That 'woman' on the telephone said we were going to activate my XP?) After that it said my Windows was activated. So I clicked on Close, and I kept getting that popup and messages.
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