Don't download IEdefender

ukdickie31

Hi all... good to see the site back up.

Last Friday evening, I was unlucky enough to click on a link to IEDefender by mistake and it infected my PC with Malware. (The program says it cleans up your PC, junk, temp files etc).

The program makes your search engine corrupt and directs you to links you don't want. It also slows down your searches.

Now, from googling (and getting slow searches) I was able to get rid of this malware.

The program may be ok if u buy the full version etc etc, but as a freebie, it is malware.

I am sure someone can post some removal tools and links.

Reluctant_spender

Ukdickie

Not sure which site advised you how to remove but a quick check I did revealled just as many dodgey sites.

For info of others here is a good removal guide - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic114240.html#entry649309

krysus

download HiJackThis, run a scan and post the log on here. Someone will help you decipher it...

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php

esuhl

SpywareBlaster and Spybot should help reduce/prevent these problems in future by blocking known spyware from being downloaded.

SpywareBlaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Hope this helps...

boutiqu3

Ie defender is a high risk rogue application. For more information and removal guide please check: iedefender

Alfonso_Skinarelli

boutiqu3 wrote: »

Ie defender is a high risk rogue application. For more information and removal guide please check: iedefender

Interesting site that boutiqu3, however there doesn't appear to be a fix listed for "affiliate spam". Oops, my mistake, just spotted it. Spy Sweeper apparently takes care of that as well.