Antivirus 2009

[Spiderman]

A box just popped up on my computer and I'm pretty sure it's malware.
What's the safest way to close this box.

Thanks

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

A box just popped up on my computer and I'm pretty sure it's malware.

What's the safest way to close this box.

Thanks

Argh. I just dealt with a computer that has Antivirus 2008 yesterday.
You can manually delete this by using Task Manager, ending the task,
and then deleting it from Program Files\Antivirus 2009 folder but
you'll also have to get rid of the Run entry it creates. If you'd
rather not futz with that, run SpyBot 1.6 on it and it'll do it for
you.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Malke]

A box just popped up on my computer and I'm pretty sure it's malware.
What's the safest way to close this box.

Your system is infected with a rogue antivirus program. It is called "rogue"
because it pretends to be A Good Guy but is really Evil. Do not pay them!

Here are removal steps:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/uninstall-antivirus-2009

These may work for you and all may be well. However, in many cases the
computer will also be infected with Zlob and/or Vundo trojans and protected
by a rootkit. These machines are extremely difficult to clean.

If your machine is one of these cases, either get guided help at one of the
specialty forums below OR back up your data and do a clean install of
Windows. It is your choice. If you are unsure how to back up your data or
how to do a clean install, you can take your machine to a local computer
professional. I don't recommend using BigComputerStore/GeekSquad types of
places.

PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS.

http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and
the stickies *first*.
http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html
http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5
http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/

Malke