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Annoying virus alert pop-up chipperguy 07-25-2006
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?Y2hpcHBlcmd1eQ==?= on July 25, 2006, 9:00 am
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I have a icon, red circle with a red slash & a blue circle with a question
mark. Every minute or so a pop up message telling me my computer is infected
and to click here to get the software to stop this. It directs me to a site
to buy the software. Is there anyway of getting rid of this pop up and
avoiding buying un-needed software?

Posted by karl levinson, mvp on July 25, 2006, 9:13 am
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>I have a icon, red circle with a red slash & a blue circle with a question
> mark. Every minute or so a pop up message telling me my computer is
> infected
> and to click here to get the software to stop this. It directs me to a
> site
> to buy the software. Is there anyway of getting rid of this pop up and
> avoiding buying un-needed software?

Sounds like ad-ware. You can google for Spybot Search and Destroy or
Ad-Aware, which are free [Ad-Aware is only free for personal, non-business
use]. If you choose Spybot, be sure to click the "Immunize" button during
setup.

If that doesn't remove it, there are a variety of other free things you can
try.

--
kind regards,
Karl Levinson, CISSP, CCSA, MCSE [MS MVP]
--------------------------------
Microsoft Security FAQ:
http://securityadmin.info



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on July 25, 2006, 9:23 am
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"chipperguy" wrote:

> I have a icon, red circle with a red slash & a blue circle with a question
> mark. Every minute or so a pop up message telling me my computer is infected
> and to click here to get the software to stop this. It directs me to a site
> to buy the software. Is there anyway of getting rid of this pop up and
> avoiding buying un-needed software?
>

The first thing you should do is to goto Control Panel -> Add/Remove
programs and remove 'Java RE' entries with the Remove button .

Then , please see this thread:
http://groups.google.bg/group/microsoft.public.security.homeusers/browse_thread/thread/5eb2ca7d15c5e74d/a9dac4de8d0e2a91?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=bg#a9dac4de8d0e2a91

And yes , *NEVER buy such a crap* , this is cheating and will infect your PC
even more

Good luck
--
Panda_man
Bronze level Contributor

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