gggrrrr, my pc got one of those "your pc is under attack" help

[lushlar]

Does anyone know a way to get rid of it? It wont let me do a scan using my own security and wont let me do system restore, keep getting www.viagra.com and some really vile porn pages coming up, Son assures me he was only on you tube and facebook, and i have checked history to make sure he is telling the truth..........................H|ELP

[squarebear]

Don't go online. Download the malwarebytes program onto a USB stick from the PC that is working.

[Old_Geezer]

There are numerous apps that get rid of cookies for you. A decent malware scanner may wekll remove hostile ones annyway. Not all cookies are unwanted. If you need more I'd recommend downloading ccleaner once your PC is back to normal.

[lushlar]

just managed to get onto restore, waiting with baited breath ! thanks all for help x

[lushlar]

just managed to get onto system restore, waiting with baited breath! thanks all for ur kind help x

[lushlar]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY IT WORKED THANKS TO YOU LOT, THANKS SO MUCH, THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER MENDED ANYTHING PCISH,,,,,,CHUFTO LUSHO. GONNA REMEMBER THAT F8 SECRET AWWWWWGGHH THANKS GUYS

[squarebear]

Might be worth downloding the Malwarebytes software just in case it happens again. Glad you sorted it. Saved yourself about £50 there you techie you :-)

[flobadob]

Yeah do the malware scan, just to be safe.

[yogi-bear]

Great stuff....................now go and clean your tip of a house and dont forget to hoover the whole place too...................no slacking young lady :0) xx

[lushlar]

RUNNING THE MALWARE NOW, SO FAR 50 INFECTIONS LOL, IS THERE A TIMELIMIT ON THAT MALWARE B4 U GOTTA BUY IT

[squarebear]

No, you can use the free version forever. Be sure to update it before you run it though.

[society]

Squarebear, did you see my email?

[lushlar]

email for me? where would that be, how u know my email? i will have a look x

[lushlar]

oh square bear pmsllllllllllll sozzz

[squarebear]

No sorry, unless you are selling me anti ED drugs. I have no emails

[society]

lol no, not selling anything. Just a question. :-)

'xcuse me for chatting on you thread, Lushlar.

[trish432]

Are you in safe mode with networking? (F8 at startup)
Don`t use system restore.
Download malwarebytes and do a quick scan, remove selected when it finishes, then do a full scan.


It sounds like you do have some malware, download malwarebytes and do a quick scan followed by a full scan.

If the virus still won`t let you download even in safe mode, use the following method.

Download malwarebytes using another computer to memory stick/external/ disc.
After you you click to download, click save instead of run, when box opens up click computer and then click the drive you want it to be saved to.
Before saving it rename the mbam-setup.exe to userinit.exe
Remove the disc/memory card, place in your infected computer, then run the set up.
Start up in safe mode (F8) to run the setup.
Do the quick scan first, followed by the full scan.
Turn off system restore before you scan if the virus hasn`t already disabled it.
Don`t forget to turn it back on.

The reason for renaming the file, I believe, is so that the malware doesn`t recognise it as antimalware.

[trish432]

Didn`t realise there was another page of answers, sorry.

[Answerprancer]

Oh no ! ..not the dreaded red blob with a white cross in it?