help with trojan or virus thing or whatever the hell it is

2008-03-30 18:18:55

#1

USARANGER01: Member; +35|6674|America

ok, so i turn my computer on yesterday morning and i get this new thing on the corner toolbar thing next to the clock, saying that my ocmputer is infected with all kinds of things and i need to download their software to stop it. this is what that thing looks liek (corner)

https://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/richdowney01/help.jpg

there are 2 of the little icons on that toolbar, and i cannot delete them, and when i click on them they go right to a page to download some kinda of antivirus software. the popups that come up always try to look like official things from windows saying that i am not secure, tho when i go to the real security thing in windows it tells me i am fine. all of the 'alerts' seem to be very phony, so i assume that i am not completely fucked yet, and i only have been infected with this thing that is telling me i am infected with other stuff in order to get me to download or buy their security thing
so iv done a scan with macafee and got nothing, i scanned with AD Aware and it got like 124 things and deleted them, but the icons are still there and the popups are still comeing.
does anyone have any kind of solution?? please?!?

*and ps: no i was not downloading anything or going to and porn websites or anything like that lol. i really have no clue what happened. it wasnt there when i turned my computer off on friday night and it was there on saterday. very strange*

HELP!!

2008-03-30 18:30:15

#2

SplinterStrike: Roamer; +250|6437|Eskimo land. AKA Canada.

Ironic, my mom got that on her computer too.

Now she's blaming me for infecting her PC from the gym

Still havent figured out how to get rid of the adware bot meself, but the rest is off.

2008-03-30 18:44:16

#3

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6465|King Of The Islands

First off, the virus its warning you about doesn't exist. This is what I call extortionware (the X makes it sound sexy!). It puts itself on your computer and then for a low-low fee it can remove it (which it doesn't).

Look up the Adware thread in Tech, but the programs I would throw at it are

AVG Antispyware - free.grisoft.com
Spybot S&D - spybot.info
Sunbelt Counterspy - sunbelt-software.com
Combofix - last resort - google bleepingcomputer

McAfee doesn't seem to be telling you anything (don't expect it to) but there's no harm letting it do a scan either.

Also if you attempt to download anything, consult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fa … e_programs

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2008-03-30 18:49:42

#4

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6165|New Jersey

Use task manager to see exactly what process is causing the problem and try ending it. Also type msconfig in run, go to the startup tab, and uncheck any programs that look fishy. Then when you restart, anything not checked will not startup. You can uncheck every program and re-check them one by one if you're not sure what is causing the problem, it won't harm your computer at all to do that.

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2008-03-30 19:11:43

#5

USARANGER01: Member; +35|6674|America

ok sweet guys, epesially spik3y, im gonna try some of those tips
here is another pic of what some of those popups look like, just for another refrence

https://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/richdowney01/help2.jpg

notice how they are trying to look like official windows things, but if u look at them u realize they are IE windows

2008-03-30 19:19:54

#6

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|5991|London, England

Do everything that the popups tell you, if it appears on your computer then it has to be good

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2008-03-30 19:31:14

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6223|Winland

How do people manage? I run with no protection but the Windows firewall, and all I get is a couple of tracking cookies.

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2008-03-30 20:23:02

#8

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6617|Reisterstown, MD

That's not a trojan horse. That's spyware. A trojan horse doesn't let you know it is on your computer. An anti-virus program does.

2008-03-30 20:34:06

#9

Yellowman03: Once Again, We Meet at Last; +108|6261|Texas

my dad got that a week ago...this should fix it

http://www.smitfraud-removal.com.remova … fraud.html

2008-03-30 20:54:05

#10

USARANGER01: Member; +35|6674|America

well yellowman that thing worked and detected a lot of the stuff, but i cant delete it without buying the program
is there anything like this that is free?

2008-03-30 21:15:02

#11

san4: The Mas; +311|6714|NYC, a place to live

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

This is free and I've seen it fix junk very similar to what you have.

2008-03-31 04:11:52

#12

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6489|cuntshitlake

I bocked IE with firewall and ran SpybotS&D when I got that on my old computer. That helped then.

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2008-03-31 05:07:17

#13

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6407|the land of bourbon

Mutantsteak wrote:
Do everything that the popups tell you, if it appears on your computer then it has to be good

dont be sarcastic in the tech section... people come here for help, not flaming. stick to the bf2 forum for that

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2008-03-31 12:50:29

#14

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6165|New Jersey

Many times programs can't remove spyware. I for one have had the "failed to remove" or "failed to heal" error way too many times from programs like ad-aware, spybot, norton, etc. Your best bet is to use the anti-virus programs to find the exact files that are causing the problems and then delete them manually in safe mode.

2008-03-31 15:11:51

#15

Yellowman03: Once Again, We Meet at Last; +108|6261|Texas

USARANGER01 wrote:
well yellowman that thing worked and detected a lot of the stuff, but i cant delete it without buying the program
is there anything like this that is free?

sry... http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php

Last edited by Yellowman03 (2008-03-31 15:12:01)

2008-03-31 16:25:46

#16

Monkey Spanker: Show it to the nice monkey.; +284|6278|England

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 9#p1855279

try this topic i posted some useful links in there for a few sites that can help especially www.bleepingcomputer.com

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2008-03-31 16:37:00

#17

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6494

reinstall windows

2008-03-31 19:32:27

#18

USARANGER01: Member; +35|6674|America

san4 wrote:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

This is free and I've seen it fix junk very similar to what you have.

we have a winner!!!
thanks eveyone who offered help and advice

lets just hope it doesnt happen again....

maybe keep thread unlocked just so that ppl who have the same problem (or i have it again ) they can just do some searching and find this thread with good links?

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