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Hard infection
Name: Wolly72 Date: October 20, 2008 at 12:28:35 Pacific OS: Windows CPU/Ram: Celeron 700 Product: HO Pavilion
Comment:
Hello dears, I'm desperate....
I've installed an antivirus and it infested my PC. Installed InternetEx7 but it limit access to most usefull antivirus sites and other??? Int Exp 7 pops up pages for virus alert or install antivirus or else??? I've go installed VirusRemover2008??? Lost the the task manager??? Had a screen blank?? Had a virus aler on my clock??? Make impossible to run any antivirus??? Make impossible to connect and download virus updates??? Lost the programs from start menu??? Possbly other I don' know...
Help me if you can please Jabuck I've tracked you and let me tell you're great in the solving
Name: KirstyN Date: October 20, 2008 at 14:33:54 Pacific
Reply:
You haven't installed an anti-virus program as such. It sounds like you've installed malware that has manifested itself on your system and is now presenting itself as helpful warnings to encourage you to buy something you don't need!
It's a common scare tactic that unfortunately proves very effective with a large number of users.
I would recommend downloading Malwarebytes, running it in safe mode and taking things from there. Malwarebytes is one of the best apps around for dealing with this kind of attack.
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