Help! Urgent! Virus in Email?!

Question

I was just on the Yahoo! Homepage and I checked my mail inbox the drop down way. There was messge with nothing but zeros in the subject.

I clicked on it, and it lead me to a google search, and when I closed Firefox, it restarted it over and over again?

What the h**l?

I'm going to do a virus scan....

Answer 1

Yes, that is a virus, have fun. No but seriously, scan, and if necessary do a restore to fix the problem. Then stop answering emails that look... computer generated.

Answer 2

If ESET does not pick it up try the following:

SmitFraud Removal

This tool will remove Desktop hijacking malware. Firstly, download the removal tool from here:

http://downloads.securitycadets.com/Smit...

How to use:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2007/08/24

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware:

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant...

Download, install, update and select Full Scan.

Remove all infections that it finds after scan.

Spybot S&D:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...

Download, install, update and Immunize, then click 'Check for problems' then when complete select all and then 'Fix Checked'

VundoFix:

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/gl...

Disconnect your computer from the internet

Run vundo

Restart your computer

Run the tool again to ensure no traces are left.

If there are the reboot into Safe

Mode and run FixVundo again.

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...

64bit Version:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...

Answer 3

Hey, Good luck bro!! that sucks...i hate those emails.

Answer 4

Good luck!!!!   :(

Answer 5

You can't get a virus just by reading a plain-text E-mail message. What you have to watch out for are encoded messages containing embedded executable code (i.e., JavaScript in an HTML message) or messages that include an executable file attachment.

In order to activate a virus or Trojan horse program, your computer has to execute some type of code.  This could be a program attached to an E-mail, a Word document you downloaded from the Internet, or something received on a floppy disk.  .Try  http://computer-probs.blogspot.com/  to get  solution for all problems.