I downloaded Astromenda start page virus recently when I carelessly failed to uncheck a box. After my malware byte and ms security essentials failed to find it, a friend told me to get adwcleaner and it found it and removed it.
Sent from my iPad On Aug 31, 2014, at 14:11, jd1008 <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 08/31/2014 07:01 AM, FRED HITCHMAN wrote: >> I recently downloaded Open Office. Hidden inside the download was an >> unwanted program (perfrorMAX- a coputer cleaning software) that was >> impossible to stop from running, and difficult to remove. In addition >> somewhere either in Open Office or PermorMAX, was a 'startpage' virus or >> trojan >> that my security software can not detect or remove. >> >> I'm not sure the site I downloaded from was an official Apache site; >> although I though I took care to make sure it was, and it gave every >> appearance that >> it was. >> >> So far your free software has cost me many wasted hours of trying to recover >> from downloading it. And it looks like it may cost me $100 or more to >> purchase software to clean my PC. >> >> Some how you need to me more diligent, making sure your software >> distribution points are safe. Your 'terms of agreement' may protect you from >> litigation, but they won't protect your reputation. >> >> A previously happy, but now somewhat disappointed user; >> > OMG :) > Where did you download it from? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
