Thread: Virus??

Does it only happen in Firefox?

Try Chrome.

Export your favorites/bookmarks from firefox, then import them in chrome if you want them.

Have you gone to firefox 'options' - 'content' - tick 'block all popups' then also check that there aren't any exceptions?

How to block pop ups in firefox.

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Check your DNS settings and see if they have been changed from either the ones given by your ISP or ones that you have previously set yourself (this applies to your computer and your router). Are you on a laptop that you have used to access the internet somewhere away from your home lately?

I have a HP 20 and I've not changed any settings. I wouldn't know how.

Have you also uninstalled your browsers, and then downloaded and installed them again? (having already saved/exported your bookmarks etc)

Originally Posted by Luigi

Have you gone to firefox 'options' - 'content' - tick 'block all popups' then also check that there aren't any exceptions?

Yes The 'block' box is ticked and there are no 'exceptions'.

The Porn web page has appeared on screen x2 in 15 minutes and are both sitting in my 'task bar' on the bottom of my screen.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Have you also uninstalled your browsers, and then downloaded and installed them again? (having already saved/exported your bookmarks etc)

Bit late for me now. I'll try tomorrow if I get time.

Just use Revo Uninstaller and take off Google Chrome and Firefox and all their hidden files.


Then install Opera

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

I have a HP 20 and I've not changed any settings. I wouldn't know how.

If you can then do a hard reset of your router (usually just push an unwound paperclip into the little hole marked 'reset' for 15 secs or so, sometimes you have to hold & release the power button at the same time) and see if the problem goes away. Google for your model of router to find the exact instructions.

You might lose internet connectivity if something goes wrong so best to do it in the daytime when your Mrs can have a technician from your ISP on the line to talk you though it if you are unsure of what you are doing.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Bit late for me now. I'll try tomorrow if I get time.

You shouldn't use your computer for anything like banking or other important stuff until you get it sorted BTW.

Originally Posted by boloa

I did the above and had to wait 2 days for a TOT guy to come out and reset my internet conection

OK, just so you don't end up like bo(un)l(ucky)oa and you have lost the config instructions (or never had them) for your router then log in to it and take screenshots of the screens related to interface setup, LAN and Wireless (if applicable) etc before poking round with your paperclip.

If you have never set your own password for the router then this would be a good time to do that too (then slap yourself for never doing it before).

Originally Posted by boloa

Have you given tdsskiller a go ? TDSSKiller Download

Found this a very helpful, if lengthy process. Had to restore Adblock plus after finishing but all working fine now.
Thanks boloa.

Thought it had disappeared but sadly the fooker's back, with a friend!

Now, I get little pop-ups every so often (Play game) and they appear to be sexual type cartoons, also one of the pop-ups is something to do with banking and appears to be Russian.

I ran Malwarebytes straight after and also a full scan with Avast...Never showed anything.

Try:

Originally Posted by Dan

Check your adblock extension.

first thing to do when something unexpected pops up.

Try to add the site to the filters.

Save your bookmarks/favorites. Then uninstall your browser.


adw cleaner
spybot s+d
malwarebytes
superantipsyware

update and run one at a time.

download your browser again, import your saved bookmarks.

After updating those programs, turn off your computer and start it in safe mode. You do this by pressing F8 as the computer starts.

Run them one at a time while in safe mode.

When finished, start the computer normally and download the browsers again.

Originally Posted by charleyboy

Now, I get little pop-ups every so often (Play game) and they appear to be sexual type cartoons

Dan, I don't have a degree in computer science...If you're ever in Cha-Am, give me a bell!

It's hardly computer science.

Malwarebytes

superantispyware

Spybot search and destroy

adwcleaner

CCleaner download

Download and update all of these one by one.

Restart your computer. When it begins to boot (load) press the F8 button.

A menu will appear, select 'start in safe mode' select this.

Run the programs one at a time.

also run your antivirus.


Then restart your computer normally.


In the future, run these perhaps every two weeks. No need to do it in safe mode unless there is another problem. Just update and run one at a time every few weeks. Particularly if you are downloading torrents, programs, or sharing USB sticks with other computers.

Cheers Dan. Just ran SUPERANTISPYWARE Professional free trial.
Detected 84 threats. Noticed that Badass Adult shite and was deleted.

Originally Posted by charleyboy

Cheers Dan. Just ran SUPERANTISPYWARE Professional free trial.
Detected 84 threats. Noticed that Badass Adult shite and was deleted.

You will find most of the threats found by SUPERANTISPYWARE are harmless tracking cookies ( but it can be a useful tool ) ..running ccleaner at the end of each day with keep you running smoother once you're cleaned up

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Originally Posted by boloa

running ccleaner at the end of each day with keep you running smoother once you're cleaned up

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Agree.

If I download some stuff - torrents, youtube vids etc. I'll usually do a quick run of Malwarebytes and superantiblahblah too.

I also couldn't run the web without adblockplus. This page alone shows 10 ads blocked. Nothing to do with malicious programs etc, but it makes using the web so much nicer. I can't image how much stuff it blocks on Thaivisa.

I have MSE and it couldn't kill this damn virus I had. Downloaded Emsisoft and the bastard worked right away. It's not free but they give you, iike, a 45 day free trial. I didn't bother to renew but would, if I had to.

Just switched on. Checked my e mail, browsed Facebook. No problem.

Opened TD and they all came back!

Downloaded 30 day trial of Emsisoft. It didn't pick mine up but I haven't seen my virus since. I await.

Do any of you with the virus have a Lenovo?