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I am running Windows 8.1 and my browser is Firefox. Somehow or another I have been hit by the Ads by Info virus and nothing I have done will remove it. At this point it does not appear to have infected Windows explorer... but it's only a matter of time. So far I have run Malwarebytes, Hitman Pro, adwcleaner, JRT, each one has found something and removed it but on reboot it's back. It also "dog-ears" the top right hand corner of the page with an X on it, it animates but it can't be closed.
What next? any and all help will be appreciated.
Regards
"So far I have run Malwarebytes, Hitman Pro, adwcleaner, JRT"
Copy & paste the contents of those logs please Ewen.message edited by Johnw
Thank you John but to be quite honest I got so fed up with the whole box and dice that I reset my browser and that cleared the whole lot off. I now have a pristine browser that I am in the process of setting up again. This virus was the most infuriating in that it would place a blank lined box on the page with the close X in the top corner and in small print the words "Ads by Info". If you click the close box you are immediately presented with the complete ad.... to make matters worse there can be anything up to five or six boxes of varying sizes appearing. Apparently they are all phishing and they all upload details to the sponsors.
Thank you for your interest and and I hope that all is well in Perth
Regards
Thanks Ewen, this will help avoid any future problems. Use Unchecky to help prevent these third party installs. Nothing is perfect, the badies are always ahead of the goodies, so be vigilant.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System...
http://unchecky.com/
A reliable application that aims to protect your computer against third-party components often offered during software installations.
Have you done a search of the comp & registry for > Ads by Info
It seems Hitman Pro has done that and as a matter of interest when I logged on this morning I got a message that the programme had scanned the PC and found no nasties. I'm using a 30 day trial but I'm sorely tempted to buy the full version, if I can install it on more than one PC I certainly will.
Fair enough Ewen.
All's well here, hopefully the same for you in Hamilton, if I got that right.
You got that right indeed, apart from being sodding cold (but sunny) all is well. Regards
Ewen
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