Computer virus detected?

Question

so when i go to internet explorer , instead of going to my homepage it goes to an " about:blank " page

(this is also what appears on the browser)

the page states: you are infected by this site! please read our suggestions and it wants me to download there stuff.

what should i do?

Answer 1

Dont Worry-- this site is just faking it to get you to download their software. The Website Could not possibly know whether you have a virus or not. You would have to do a full scan in order to find all of the possible viruses.

You Do However seem to have some type of adware which is redirecting you to this site. I recommend getting a good Antivirus such as eset NOD32. It can get rid of the adware and see if you have any other viruses.

Answer 2

download AVG it is very good virus scanner and work automatically on your computer and remove trozon horse which is very bad virus scanner

Install and Run ONE Antivirus Program

--AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition http://www.grisoft.com/

--Avast Anti-Virus Home Edition http://www.avast.com/

--Avira Anti-Virus http://www.free-av.com/

if you want other virus scanner to remove anti spyware then download this

Install and Run Anti-Spyware

--Spybot Search and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.h...

--Spyware Terminator http://www.spywareterminator.com/...

--AdAware http://www.lavasoft.com/

if you have problem with AVG try this

nstall and Run System Optimization tool

--Ccleaner (Strongly Recommended) http://www.ccleaner.com/

--Advanced WindowsCare http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscare...

--Glary Utilities http://www.glaryutilities.co

Answer 3

You have mawlware

Answer 4

Relax Scandal

Just go in your internet option inyour browser. Remove the about.blank and put in yahoo.com or whatever site you like.

Now, in your search box, type this "mbam.exe setup"

It will take you to the site and just click on mbam setup and it will download in a minute, one of the best trojan m spyware remover and virus checker.

It will install by itself and present you with a screen. Just press quick scan and let it go.

It wil take about 10 minutes and after it is finished, just select 'remove'

That's it.

Reboot and everything WiLL run perfectly. This software is used by our consultant and it is FREE.

Answer 5

NO! No, no ,no! In many cases, that is actually a virus (well, really it's malware) itself. Do not download it. It's just a pop up.

If you don't have an anti virus or firewall program installed I recommend Comodo. It's free and it works well.

Answer 6

DO NOT download anything that site wants you to download. Download this : free.avg.com

Its a free powerful antivirus program. I think some sort of ad ware infected your internet explorer. Run a scan and it will find and delete the infections. Change your homepage back to the original homepage. I highly suggest you download Firefox. Its much more secure and it has  a ton of features.

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

Do you have an Anti Virus program? if so TRUST! only your program and nothing else.  If you were truly infected your own Anti Virus program would be warring you not some pop up asking you to download somethings this is a TROJAN! trying to trick you. If your browser is taking you to an unknown site that means your browser has been Hijacked.

If you have your own program run a scan if you don't try downloading

Avast

or AVG for free.

Answer 8

Don't download it whatever you do.Run a full scan with your anti-virus,anti-spyware and whatever else you have.

Answer 9

Don't download their stuff...

If you don't have an antivirus, get AVG 8.0, Ad-aware 2008, Spybot Search and Destroy immediately!

Run a scan on AVG, and it should pick the virus up. Move the virus to the Virus Vault and delete it there.

If that doesn't work, run an online (overnight) scan on www.bitdefender.com

Get CCleaner and check for issues in your registry...

Answer 10

Don't panic get a virus program like Mozilla firefox, or avast