help please as acomplete novice?
i think i have a virus of some sort,when i turn on my internet explorer,the screen is covered something called internet security,and says i have virus W32,myzor.fk@yf i ran avg scan that says trojan horse was found and healed, also get bubble saying malware threats,should i click that? im afraid to download all the things i keep getting told to,and also getting pop ups all the time
Update:i feel better already jibbarja nice one
Comments
There is no such "real" W32.Myzor.FK@yf. that you are seeing. It is a scam to attempt to get you to purchase a rogue malware removal product. The popup about "W32.Myzor.FK@yf.", is always false, phony and fradulant. The actual trojan that has caused your problem is no doubt one of the hundreds (now in the thousands)of varients of what is commonly called "Zlob".
Do NOT purchase any software it may try to sell you!
But your computer is indeed infected. This infection is called Smitfraud and it will give you phony scam virus warnings( and often redirect you to a site selling a bogus anti virus product), trying to sell you junk such asPest Capture, Pest Trap, Virus Burst, Spyware Quake and other non working anti virus apps.
Information and procedures and a free removal tool for the removal of Smitfraud are here:
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php
Most "All-Purpose" malware apps such as AVG, Norton, Spybot etc unforturnatly can not remove this vile pest called Smitfraud.
Good luck
If you have not got A/V, Firewall, etc on your computer get some. I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans etc. AVG does not slow the system down as much as some other products and Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from the following link. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ On the home page select downloads and then the appropriate category.I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. as others have said ignore all these pop ups they are only trying to sell you something you don't need and sometimes they are spyware themselves. Hope this helps.
Don't worry, you're being plagued by a common attempt at frightening you into buying a specific software program.
Download (for free, and completely safely) Ad-Aware SE Personal and/or Spybot S&D. Either or both will catch this pest out and get rid of it. You might also like to find SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition.
Any of the above are good at dealing with malware on your computer; if you're nervous, you can always create a Restore Point (if you have XP) before you download.
starrt by going to lavasoft.com and getting ad-aware se personal.that should find your trojan and remove it.Its free by the way.The pop-ups are related to the trojan.It is basically downloading ads onto your system.As you surf its picking up more junk that gives you these pop ups.If ad-aware does not remove your trojan then you could try spybot from download.com.I have not looked into your specific trojan as of yet but will do as soon as ive finished here and any more info i can give you to help i will mail to you.after removing the trojan it would be a good idea to use your pop up blocker in internet explorer.If you dont know how to do this here is the way forward.Go to start then control panel then to internet options then to the tab marked privacy.use pop up blocker is at the bottom of that tab..If the things you are being told to download are also popping up on your screen and are not what someone is directly telling you to download then please dont download any of the items you are being told to do so,as they are part of the trojan and will just give you more trouble..hope this has helped..happy trojan hunting