I have forwarded your post.
In the meantime, could you pls.
Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malwareand save it to your desktop.
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* Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
* Double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
* When the installation begins, follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
* When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked:
o Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
o Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
* Then click Finish.
MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan.
* If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself.
* Press the OK button to close that box and continue.
* If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates,
manually download them from here
and just double-click on mbam-rules.exe to install.
Alternatively, you can update through MBAM's interface from a clean computer,
copy the definitions (rules.ref) located in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes'
Anti-Malware from that system to a usb stick or CD and then copy it to the infected machine.
On the Scanner tab:
* Make sure the "Perform Quick Scan" option is selected.
* Then click on the Scan button.
* If asked to select the drives to scan, leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button.
* The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top.
It may take some time to complete so please be patient.
* When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully.
Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
* Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process.
Back at the main Scanner screen:
* Click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found.
* Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad.
* The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
* Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply and exit MBAM.
Note:-- If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,
you may be asked to reboot your computer so it can proceed with the disinfection process.
Regardless if prompted to restart the computer or not, please do so immediately.
Failure to reboot normally (not into safe mode) will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware.
I've just picked up a spyware/virus through software downloaded via one of the sponsored links on download.com
I searched for rar/zip extractor and one of the sponsored links at the top of the page was to get WinRar 3.8 for free.
I'm always wary of these sponsored or external site links, but I visited the page, everything seemed OK, because the link was something like download.net.cn, so I downloaded the "software" and installed. Everything was fine for about 2 minutes then this pop-up started appearing every minute saying "comanglia comanglia comanglia!!!!" and when
I started up my browser it re-directed to a "Microsoft" page stating I have been attacked by a virus or spyware and that I need to follow a link to install anti-spyware software.
I have Super Anti-Spyware, Avast and Comodo installed. I ran the spyware and virus scanner but couldn't pick up anything. So I downloaded and installed SpyBot (from download.com) and ran that. It
picked up a few things that the others didn't and I had that removed.
Now, about 5 full scans and a couple of reboots later my internet connection is intermitent and I still get that "spyware" warning when I startup my browser. I use Firefox and Explorer, and both come up with the issue. O yes, and the "comanglia" pop-up seems to have dissapeared.
Any help would by highly appreciated.
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