Thousands of viruses?? what to do??

Question

I'm on the internet and keep getting this popup that says antivirus has found over 2909 viruses on my computer, then this window opens with the price of how much to pay to get rid of them. What should i do?!

Answer 1

Install Spybot to get rid of annoying pop ups.

Spybot is a free anti-spyware tool that that contains many features.

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

Spybot immunize your computer against some spyware & adware.

It modifies Internet Explorer to block a lot of the bad stuff known to Spybot.

There is a second layer of protection for IE that blocks anything that should come through by different aspects.

Spybot Resident a tool which check permanently running application to protect your system.

Spybot Resident TeaTimer is a tool which perpetually monitors the processes called/initiated and immediately detects known malicious processes.

It giving you some options how to deal with this process in the future:

You can set TeaTimer to be informed when the process tries to start again automatically kill the process or generally allow the process to run

There is also an option to delete the file associated with this process.

In addition, TeaTimer detects, when something wants to change some critical registry keys. TeaTimer can protect you against such changes again giving you an option: You can either Allow or Deny the change.

Spybot host file locking is a tool which locks the hosts file to prevent unauthorized changes.

Locking the hosts file will prevent most hosts hijackers (even unknown) from doing harm;

Locking the IE settings will prevent other users of your computer to change your preferences.

Spybot ActiveX is a tool to display a list of installed ActiveX applications it will display a green checkmark in front of ActiveX applications known as legitimate,

and a red sign in front if applications known as illegitimate

Spybot process list is a tool displays a list of all currently running processes,

including some information about them. It also allows you to kill some processes

Spybot System startup tool lists all programs that are started at Windows startup.

If those items are in the database coming with Spybot, it will display some more information about them.

It also allows you to disable (and enable) items, as well as delete them, change them or insert new items.  

Spybot system internal is a registry cleaner that fix error in windows registry.

Answer 2

Do NOT buy it, it is giving users false readings to buy rogueware.

Use the following free programs which have worked in hundreds of cases:

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, turn off Tea Timer then click 'Check for problems' then when complete select all and then 'Fix Checked'

Spyware Doctor Free Basic Edition - Realtime monitoring:

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_inst...

Its free with Google pack, untick all boxes except Spyware Doctor. Download install, update and run.

SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition:

http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware...

Download, install, check for updates, then select Scan your Computer, select your drive and select Perform Complete Scan

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.

If your desktop has changed or icons are missing also use:

Wallpaper Hijacker Removal Tool:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Wallpaper_Hija...

Note: You should hit all "Repair" buttons even though it may not say "Found!" This will fix a wallpaper hijack everytime if all repair buttons are pressed.

A-Squared Free:

http://www.download.com/A-squared-Free/3...

This is not a limited version but a full tool to clean your computer from Malware, Spyware, Trojans, Backdoors, Worms, Dialers and Keyloggers.

How to use:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/07/07

If the problem persists, turn OFF System Restore and scan with the above programs in Safe Mode, Right click My computer > select Properties > System Restore Tab > Tick Turn Off System restore on all drives.

After scans are complete and machine is clean remember to turn system restore back ON and create a new restore point.

Once your scans are complete and your machine is clean, uninstall some of the programs, I suggest that you keep Malwarebytes for manual scanning, Spyware Doctor for realtime monitoring and Spybot. The remainder can be removed to save drive space, but you may want to keep the installers for future use.

Also watch this video which shows how these scams operate:

http://www.mywot.com/en/online-threats/f...

Answer 3

Download AVG Free Antivirus from this website:

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-F...

Quit that program that you are using (it is providing a fake alert so you will purchase their software).  Scan your system with AVG Antivirus.  If the viruses still come up then delete them with AVG cause it is a Free antivirus, and one of the highest rated amount cnet users and editors.  Uninstall any other Virus software you currently have on your PC, leaving only AVG on there.

Answer 4

It is just a business pop-up. It happens. To block pop-up, open internet explorer, go to tools bar, pop-up blocker, pop-up blocker settings. Set the filter level to high. This will do. And, download a free safety scanner to search for viruses.

Answer 5

Just ignore this pop-up. It is probably a virus itself. You have not got thousands of viruses. It is just an internet pop-up. If you are still worried, just run a scan with whatever antivirus you have got.

Answer 6

OBVIOUS ROGUE .... DO A SEARCH FOR ANT/SPYWARE AND /ANTI/VIRUS ...RUN SCANS ..............

Answer 7

I don't think you have that many viruses I think you might just have this one main spyware that want you to BUY this fake anti virus software....

I think you went to some site and it installed it through your browser  I would recommend using

firefox browser...   It is a lot safer than explorer.

Also you might can look on the internet for a fix for that an example would by in the search type the exact phrase what they said.  And they may can give you a soluton you might can try to do a restore to an earler date to fix the problem also to where you was not infected with it...

In conclusion...  I would recommend that you do not buy it because that company is probably the one that did that to you...

a good antivurs software

AVG for free

Avast  

Answer 8

It's not real. It's just trying to get you to give out your credit card number so they can **** with you. If you're not using a browser and it pops up then you most likely have adware. Look for programs to remove it like Ad-Aware

Answer 9

Download a free scan and delete infected files manually:

http://www.pcthreat.com/removers.html

Answer 10

It's a scam. Don't fall for it.