Too many Virus Mishaps, - i think its adware

[Chis9292]

Hi, Recently Random internet browsers have been opening and taking me to
advertisement sites, it's rendered my internet borwsers relatively useless
(another one just opened)
I have both internet explorer 6 as well as Firefox-i use more often,
Both hardly work, when they open, and if i can, it takes me 45 minutes and
endless closing of pop ups to navigate to something as simple as my email.

i think these problems stem from a program i recently downloaded from lime
wire
which i have deleted. Limewire itself still functions as does windows
messenger.

it isnt nesscesarily a life or death thing, but i may break this thing if it
isnt resolved soon

Cheers.

-Ian

 

[Anteaus]

This isn't a virus, more likely a fake antivirus progam producing false
alarms in an attempt to get you to pay the scammers.

First you need to identify the fake program. Ad-Aware (free) from
http://lavasoftusa.com is one option for this. Then you may need to get a
specific removal-tool.

 

[nass]

Hi, Recently Random internet browsers have been opening and taking me to
advertisement sites, it's rendered my internet borwsers relatively useless
(another one just opened)
I have both internet explorer 6 as well as Firefox-i use more often,
Both hardly work, when they open, and if i can, it takes me 45 minutes and
endless closing of pop ups to navigate to something as simple as my email.

i think these problems stem from a program i recently downloaded from lime
wire
which i have deleted. Limewire itself still functions as does windows
messenger.

it isnt nesscesarily a life or death thing, but i may break this thing if it
isnt resolved soon

Cheers.

-Ian

Unexplained computer behaviour may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

2.... And also for malware from here:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Run a scan from here on-line:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.asp
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
Download Avast Cleaner from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html

Run disk clean up on your Partition.
HTH.
nass