Hi Rob,
I was on facebook because I received an email message that said a friend
sent me a message on facebook so, I went to my message inbox on facebook
clicked on it and there was a link that appeared to be a link to a youtube
video...I clicked on it and it started the "fake Alert" virus and it's all
down hill from there. AVG seemed to remove the "fake Alert" virus but, my
browser gets blocked and sometimes redirected if I try to go to an
anti-virus site and I first noticed it when AVG couldn't up date it's
database because it couldn't access it's own website to do it.
Thank you,
Gregg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Citkowitz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] can't get rid of a redirecting/browser hijacking Virus
Good luck, Gregg! Sounds bad! But how do you know it came from Facebook?
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Gregg Pfaff
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:57 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] can't get rid of a redirecting/browser hijacking Virus
I can't seen to remove the remainder of a virus which was picked up on
facebook. I've tried the windows malicious software removal tool, AVG,
McAfee, HijackThis, Ad ware, MalwareBytes...etc. Most virus files are
removed but the problem I still have is it redirects my browser away from
antivirus sites and wouldn't let me update AVG antivirus database so, I
downloaded the trial version of McAfee while in safe mode. The redirecting
doesn't occur while in safe mode. any suggestions before I'm forced to
reformat and reinstall everything? I'm running XP pro and IE8 on a Dell
latitude D620 laptop.
Gregg
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