Anyone having trouble with Windows Internet Explorer trying to have you download a protection program for $$ ? I went to a site where I caught this bug and now it won't stop popping up windows asking me to buy their protection product. I already have an active updated Norton that says my computer is fine. All of this is very annoying.
A BIG problem. Had it twice. The only way I could remove it was to do a system restore using a restore point from before the problem. Most virus detection software won't catch it. Don't bother searching for a solution, as the solutions that pop up also have the virus.
I'm not very knowledgeable about this, but I recently switched to Mozilla Firefox and haven't had any problems. Is this a better one to use for virus protection?
Malwarebytes.org or Combofix.org are sites where you can find info for this. It's commonly called XP antivirus 2008 or 2009. Is that what it is saying?
My husband is a compu-tech and this very thing has caused MANY, MANY housecalls lately. Everyone and their mom seems to have it.
Switch to Firefox...
Sue, do you have Comcast? They give you McAfee virus protection for free. It seems to work well for me with Explorer. You just have to download it.Originally Posted by suresue592003
"He got well in away from everybody didn't he? He got well in away from everybody"
(Fred Brown speaking of a house near Munion Field in McPhee's "The Pine Barrens")
None of the virus protection software; Norton, Trend, McAfee, etc., can catch this one.
Yeah, that's what Joe (my other half) says. It's a very nasty piece of malware.
Get Spyware Blaster and Spybot Search and Destroy. Run them to clean and isolate any mal/spy/virus then install AVG free antivirus and set up a firewall with Comodo. ALL FREE
...and stop using IE!
Good recommendations! I would add SUPERAntiSpyware, and yes, Firefox. A nice bonus is a built-in spell checker. And DON'T even think of trying IE8 Beta!
Nothing wrong with IE. I run it with no problems with the exception of this pest, but it is easily corrected. Besides, FF has its own set of issues, some much larger than this, but to each there own.
All those programs mentioned will do nothing for the pest being discussed.
Be careful with this. I tried it sometime ago and it made things worse. The only fix that worked was the system restore, assuming a person takes restore points.
I have an updated Norton which says everything is fine.
what exactly is malware?
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