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  • badger09
    badger09 Posts: 11,477 Forumite
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    innovate wrote: »
    Bloody hell, how did that happen? I never downloaded anything today, and I have MS Security Essentials on. Not had any virus ever in some 15 years on the Internet....

    Thanks for the link, trying to get un-infected now!

    Sorry if I have caused any wrong alarm with anyone

    Good luck with the disinfection :)
  • atush
    atush Posts: 18,731 Forumite
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    I can't see them either.

    Get yourself a shower quick (Or better antivirus) you dirty girl! :D
  • Ximian
    Ximian Posts: 711 Forumite
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    The intertubes can be a scary place ;) You could have been infected by simply visiting a website (drive by download - where a virus or malware is automatically installed when you visit a website, possibly Java or ActiveX)

    Are you using Internet Explorer?

    Instead of following the steps in the guide that I mentioned above, you could try MalwareByte's (free): http://downloads.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php
    Make sure that you update the program once it is installed and then run a scan.

    I don't have much faith in Microsoft Security Essentials, I had a PC that was infected with malware a while back and M$ essentials could not clean the machine but MalwareByte's got rid of the malware easily.
    innovate wrote: »
    Bloody hell, how did that happen? I never downloaded anything today, and I have MS Security Essentials on. Not had any virus ever in some 15 years on the Internet....

    Thanks for the link, trying to get un-infected now!

    Sorry if I have caused any wrong alarm with anyone
  • innovate
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    Seems something really really nasty. Scans have so far not found anything and I have no weird sounding programs installed.

    Been using Quidco a bit tonight, was shopping for Epsom ink cartridges and a new Santander 123...must have stumbled across some real nastiness in the process. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before......
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,238 Forumite
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    Have you updated Adeobe Acrobat by any chance? Or updated your anti virus software? It happened to me too, every time I updated it - do you get search results coming down the side of the screen? In the end I went to:
    Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features
    (actually clicked on Uninstall a Program). Sorted by date order and uninstalled the latest updates, that sorted it.

    However, if you DO get royalties, please let us all know :D.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • innovate
    innovate Posts: 16,217 Forumite
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    Ximian wrote: »
    The intertubes can be a scary place ;) You could have been infected by simply visiting a website (drive by download - where a virus or malware is automatically installed when you visit a website, possibly Java or ActiveX)

    Are you using Internet Explorer?

    Instead of following the steps in the guide that I mentioned above, you could try MalwareByte's (free): http://downloads.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php
    Make sure that you update the program once it is installed and then run a scan.

    I don't have much faith in Microsoft Security Essentials, I had a PC that was infected with malware a while back and M$ essentials could not clean the machine but MalwareByte's got rid of the malware easily.

    Thanks a million, Ximian -still scanning. Malwarebytes found something called MagniPiiC, so that's gone now but I am still seeing the links so I am running more scans now.

    gallygirl, thank you for your suggestions - will do them next if I am still affected/infected. Such a nuisance.
  • vectistim
    vectistim Posts: 635 Forumite
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    Check all the add-ons on your browser and remove ones you don't use.
    IANAL etc.
  • innovate
    innovate Posts: 16,217 Forumite
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    yes, good tip, done that already. Nothing there that I didn't recognise as wanted. But seems Malwarebytes and/or Anvi Smart found the nasty and killed it. Phew! A million thanks again to Ximian, saved my surfing life for now ;-)
  • Ximian
    Ximian Posts: 711 Forumite
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    You're welcome, hope it helps.
    Are you running a MalwareByte's quick scan or a full scan?
    It might be worth trying a full scan, will take longer but might find more malware that the quick scan didn't detect.
    innovate wrote: »
    Thanks a million, Ximian -still scanning. Malwarebytes found something called MagniPiiC, so that's gone now but I am still seeing the links so I am running more scans now.

    gallygirl, thank you for your suggestions - will do them next if I am still affected/infected. Such a nuisance.
  • waqasahmed
    waqasahmed Posts: 1,985 Forumite
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    Oblivion wrote: »
    Nothing unusual here ... Win7, IE10, Norton 360. Everything just perfect. :)

    Unrelated, but I'd get rid of Norton 360 and get something good, and not so resource hungry!
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