I wanted to watch a video yesterday on sidereel.com, and I got this message that tells me to Update my flash player to a higher version in order to watch the video, and I clicked yes! Unfortunately, it turned out to be a malicious virus.
The Virus does the following:
1-It changed my background into a red one with a bio-hazard sign and with something about security.
2- Next to the computer's clock, I have a "Virus Alert" Message!
3- I keep getting this pop-ups about detected threats from programs that I don't even have on my drive (MS Anti-virus, I guess)
4- When I click the "Start" button (XP Windows), I can only see a list of recently run programs! I can't even move to my programs or documents.
5- When I go to "My computer", I cannot see my listed drives which freaks me out! (Well, I can access them from the internet explorer, though)
6- I keep getting an error message about a possible system attack!
7- I got up to five or six new desktop icons including ones for p**n sites!
Guys, Please Help me! My laptop is still new, and I'm willing to lose everything I have on my hard disk in order to get rid of this virus!
Would it go if I format the laptop and reinstall windows again?
What extra suggestions do you guys have for this kind of Virus?
Is it harmful to take a back-up copy of some files and folders that I need on a flash stick in a situation like that?
Thanks in advance
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