What is the name of it? My wife had something like that too and I was able to download another malware scanner that fixed it.
-J.J. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > My sons manage to pick up a bad piece of malware on the Windows XP > desktop they use. As best as I can tell so far, it is just a very > agressive piece of Virus Scareware. Generating popups from the > 'notification area,' aka the 'system tray,' that my computer is infected > (which it is, by this piece of malware) and trying hard to get me to buy > some piece of crapware that will make my computer "safe". > > This is a pretty nasty piece code since it is activily blocking all > programs that I could use to remove it. It stopps my Macafee virus > scanner, my 'Task Manager', and even my SysInternals Process Explorer, > saying each of these executable files are 'infected'. > > Any suggestions on steps or tools I can take to eliminate this piece of > junk? I'm presuming I am going to have to start in Safe Mode and run > some tools to find and remove it. I'm hoping I can stop short of a disk > wipe and re-install. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319562 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
