Thank you: Security warning: your computer may be infected with harmful or unwanted

[medpretzel]

The message: Security warning: your computer may be infected with harmful or unwanted software!

And the excellent description was given here. Thank you!

I am now going to donate. Thanks so much!

M.

(It got rid of other "challenges" I was dealing with too!)

Thanks again!

 

[pskelley]

Welcome to the forum and thanks...those posted fixes do work. Not a bad idea to let us look at a HJT log to make sure you got it all:
"BEFORE you POST" -Preliminary Steps and scanning with SPYBOT-S&D
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288
Use the "Post Reply" to post the information in the instructions.

If you have no interest in doing so then take this information with you.

tashi will close your topic in a few days.

System Restore does not know the good files from the bad. In case bad stuff has gotten into your System Restore files, follow the instructions in this link to get clean System Restore files. Turn it off, reboot then turn it back on:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001111912274039?Open&src=sec_doc_nam

Here is some great information from Tony Klein, Texruss, ChrisRLG and Grinler to help you stay clean and safe online:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=279
http://russelltexas.com/malware/allclear.htm
http://forum.malwareremoval.com/viewtopic.php?t=14
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topict2520.html
http://cybercoyote.org/security/not-admin.shtml

Thanks...pskelley
Safer Networking Forums
http://www.spybot.info/en/donate/index.html
If you are reading this information...thank a teacher,
If you are reading it in English...thank a soldier.

 

[tashi]

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