system alert annoying popups!

killzone156 · Post by **killzone156** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:21 pm

Ok this is getting very annoying, I keep getting a system alert popup telling me my computer is infected with a virus when its not.I have a feeling that the system alert is a virus waiting to be clicked so does anyone know a tool that can get rid of this system alert popup? Thanks in advance.

agustintorre · Post by **agustintorre** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:04 pm

killzone156 wrote:Ok this is getting very annoying, I keep getting a system alert popup telling me my computer is infected with a virus when its not.I have a feeling that the system alert is a virus waiting to be clicked so does anyone know a tool that can get rid of this system alert popup? Thanks in advance.

Try runnung a scan with this.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

(dowload it first)

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:46 pm

Well, you are definitely infected with something.

Prior to doing anything XP users MUST disable System Restore!!! You can re enable it after you are clean.

1. Download, install and run CrapCleaner to remove any temporary and junk files.

2. Download Ad-Aware SE 1.06 and set it up as shown HERE.

3. Download SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 and set it up as shown HERE.

4. Download SUPERAntiSpyware, update and do a full system scan.

5. Download AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5, update and do a full system scan.

6. Download and run CWShredder.

7. Do a FREE online virus scan from BitDefender Online Scan and remove all that it finds.

8. If you aren't currently using a firewall or anti-virus profram then I suggest you install Comodo Firewall and Active Virus Shield - (setup instructions HERE), both are FREE and offer excellent protection.

9. It is a good idea to use Sysinternal's Autoruns to make sure you have removed all of the malware.

10. It it also a good idea to run the Winsock Fix to repair your TCP/IP stack. (you will have to redo any tweaks for your connection if this is used)

11. If after doing ALL of the above and you are still having problems please scan with HijackThis 1.99.1 as shown HERE and post a log here in this forum for us to look at.

12. Download SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 and set it up as shown HERE to help stay spyware free.

13. Make sure you have ALL of the latest Windows Updates.

killzone156 · Post by **killzone156** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:00 pm

Holy crap! My computer is infected with tons of trojens and other crap! How, I have virus and spyware protection though?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:11 pm

killzone156 wrote:Holy crap! My computer is infected with tons of trojens and other crap! How, I have virus and spyware protection though?

I bet you have a variant of SpySheriff or SpyFalcon (in the smitfraud family).

How did you get it? Hard to answer..what do you do for general computer use?

Things that are bad...P2P file sharing programs, downloading warez, surfing risky websites with internet explorer instead of firefox or opera, not keeping anti ad/spyware programs up to date, same with good antivirus programs, not having your PC protected by some sort of firewall, having a blank Administrator password, etc.

killzone156 · Post by **killzone156** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:21 pm

I use opera because internet explorer is slow.I do p2p file sharing so that was it I bet.Well I thought anti virus would protect me from everything, if not it should. Also I use mcafee as a virus protection program.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:40 pm

killzone156 wrote:I use opera because internet explorer is slow.I do p2p file sharing so that was it I bet.Well I thought anti virus would protect me from everything, if not it should. Also I use mcafee as a virus protection program.

What p2p program do you use?

agustintorre · Post by **agustintorre** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:46 pm

killzone156 wrote:I use opera because internet explorer is slow.I do p2p file sharing so that was it I bet.Well I thought anti virus would protect me from everything, if not it should. Also I use mcafee as a virus protection program.

You should really consider removing Mcafee virus protection and the firewall if you have in two.
It will bog down your computer by allot!

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:10 pm

mnosteele52 wrote: 8. If you aren't currently using a firewall or anti-virus profram then I suggest you install Comodo Firewall and Active Virus Shield - (setup instructions HERE), both are FREE and offer excellent protection.

Use these for protection, free and MUCH better than McAfee.

killzone156 · Post by **killzone156** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:21 pm

You mean mcafee isn't good at protcting your computer?
Also will I get tons of viruses if I even remove my firewall and mcafee for a few to install the few you suggested? One more thing, why didn't mcafee detect those viruses and how good are these other ones you suggested?

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:44 pm

killzone156 wrote:You mean mcafee isn't good at protcting your computer?
Also will I get tons of viruses if I even remove my firewall and mcafee for a few to install the few you suggested? One more thing, why didn't mcafee detect those viruses and how good are these other ones you suggested?

Do you really need to ask that? Look how infected your pc is right now running McAfee.

killzone156 · Post by **killzone156** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:57 pm

Hehe lol, i'll just do what you said and install the other two.

killzone156 · Post by **killzone156** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:21 pm

One more thing, will the active virus shield still protect me if I exit the application because my games get choppy with that on?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:07 am

those things are very annoying and hard to remove... if I were you and you haven't done it in a while.. back up everything you want to save and do a full reinstall... Myspace is horrible for causing these things too.. took me a few hours to remove the same thing from some girls computer.

myspace = thedevil!!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:15 am

killzone156 wrote:You mean mcafee isn't good at protcting your computer?
Also will I get tons of viruses if I even remove my firewall and mcafee for a few to install the few you suggested? One more thing, why didn't mcafee detect those viruses and how good are these other ones you suggested?

The big popular 2 in the US...McAfee and Symantec, are awful. Need to look across the pond for better antivirus products. Right now the top 3 are Avira, Kaspersky, NOD32.

killzone156 · Post by **killzone156** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:33 pm

Can you tell me any other firewall or something good with a firewall besides comodo because that lags the crap out of me when im playing my games?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:54 pm

It's one of the lightest ones I've seen....not to mention....some other good features like it's often updated (how many free ones do you find that get security and performance updates?), easy to configure.

There's also Ghostwall.

Sygate has some lighter versions..but as far as I know..nothing but older versions are free.

I like just being behind a NAT router...but since you've been compromised...would be a good idea to run a software firewall for a while...to watch any outbound or otherwise unsolicited baddies.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:19 pm

Besides comodo theres also kiero.

Bastid · Post by **Bastid** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:35 pm

Sava700 wrote:those things are very annoying and hard to remove... if I were you and you haven't done it in a while.. back up everything you want to save and do a full reinstall... Myspace is horrible for causing these things too.. took me a few hours to remove the same thing from some girls computer.

myspace = thedevil!!

yeah i just got one of those last night... said it was a virus shield or something and would not go away... finally ran search and destroy, superantispyware and nod32 to rid myself...