changing security settings

[Guest]

my comp has a message that keeps flashing on the bottom tool tray and says
that my comp is infected with virus activity and i need a certain program to
get rid of it. when i try to click on the message it gives me a download page
for spywarequake, but when i try to download the program, it says my security
settings on my comp wont allow me to download it. how do i change my security
to allow the download, and will installing this program remove the virus and
the message? thanks, julie.

 

[l]

that message is spyware..don't install it. If you have other programs, run
them. Maybe you'd best get an online scan from Edwido, or TrendMicro. You
can Google them, they both have fess scan offers.

 

[Guest]

ty for ur help, however, i have another problem u may be able to help with.
when i open my internet browser page i keep getting a security notice coming
up immediately, and then my home page changes from yahoo.co. to aboutblank
and wont let me keep it as yahoo. i keep changing my internet options back to
yahoo.com but it just changes straight back as soon as i open the browser
back up. i have to go to my yahoo mail desktop shortcut to get on the
internet successfully. thanks.

 

[Guest]

Julie, it sounds like you may have a spyware/virus problem. If you have an
antivirus application installed, be sure it is up to date and run a scan (you
may want to try running a scan in safe mode). If your antivirus app does not
scan for adaware, then download one of the many free programs available; MS's
Windows Defender is free
(http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx) and
AdAware and Spybot work well also.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

my comp has a message that keeps flashing on the bottom tool tray and
says that my comp is infected with virus activity and i need a
certain program to get rid of it. when i try to click on the message
it gives me a download page for spywarequake, but when i try to
download the program, it says my security settings on my comp wont
allow me to download it. how do i change my security to allow the
download, and will installing this program remove the virus and the
message? thanks, julie.

Do *not* allow the download. Spyware Quake should *not* be installed; it is
a poor and dangerous product, and it itself could be considered malware. Its
warning you about a so-called virus is nothing mre than blatant false
advertising. See http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

The reason you get such messages is that you are running without a firewall.
That makes you vulnerable to all sorts of malware, and a message like this
is the least of your worries. You need to install a firewall ASAP--either
the built-in Windows firewall, or better, a free third-part choice like
ZoneAlarm.

 

[Guest]

thanks Aaron, i have run avg virus scan, adaware scan and spybot all in safe
mode, which have removed some viruses and spyware, however, i still keep
getting my home page hijacked by the aboutblank virus. do u know how i can
remove it. thanks.

 

[l]

that message is spyware..don't install it. If you have other programs, run
them. Maybe you'd best get an online scan from Edwido, or TrendMicro.
You can Google them, they both have fess scan offers.

Of course, that is supposed to be FREE..not fess...would have caught that if
my spell checker could read my mind..my old dottering mind.