Don’t feel all alone; hundreds of thousands of Internet Explorer users are getting this virus (masked as a ‘Security’ tool). It’s prevalent on the ‘My Space’ site, & an especially nasty one, that can be removed with one (of several) specialized utilities.
I’ve not tried them all, but I have prescribed ‘Malwarebytes’ & it worked. http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
The reason people get it is they allow “3rd Party Cookies” and ‘Active ‘X’, which in this case displays some type of icon, or pop-up warning, which is an “opacity-based attack” whereby the real action you perform is hidden behind the visible display; so when you tick anything, the malware installs itself.
Unlike typical pop-up advertising (stopped with available blockers) 3rd party cookies are entirely different critters.
Turn off “3rd Party Cookies”, and always leave them off.
INTERNET EXPLORER: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced: here check ‘Override automatic….’; ‘Allow session cookies’; ‘Allow 1st party cookies’; & ‘Block 3rd Party Cookies’.
FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy: here UN-CHECK ‘Accept 3rd Party cookies’
OPERA, et al: not sure, check under ‘options’ for this.
Because architecture of the Internet (notably ‘Flash’ scripting), vulnerabilities are readily exploited in Internet Explorer, & it is now urgent that you use
Firefox with current ‘NoScript’ add-on, which will prevent “opacity-based attacks”.
NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE
Download and do a full system scan with both programs.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-antivirus-pro-2009
Antivirus (2009. et al) and variants;
Don’t feel all alone; hundreds of thousands of Internet Explorer users are getting this virus (masked as a ‘Security’ tool). It’s prevalent on the ‘My Space’ site, & an especially nasty one, that can be removed with one (of several) specialized utilities.
I’ve not tried them all, but I have prescribed ‘Malwarebytes’ & it worked.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
The reason people get it is they allow “3rd Party Cookies” and ‘Active ‘X’, which in this case displays some type of icon, or pop-up warning, which is an “opacity-based attack” whereby the real action you perform is hidden behind the visible display; so when you tick anything, the malware installs itself.
Unlike typical pop-up advertising (stopped with available blockers) 3rd party cookies are entirely different critters.
Turn off “3rd Party Cookies”, and always leave them off.
INTERNET EXPLORER: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced: here check ‘Override automatic….’; ‘Allow session cookies’; ‘Allow 1st party cookies’; & ‘Block 3rd Party Cookies’.
FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy: here UN-CHECK ‘Accept 3rd Party cookies’
OPERA, et al: not sure, check under ‘options’ for this.
Because architecture of the Internet (notably ‘Flash’ scripting), vulnerabilities are readily exploited in Internet Explorer, & it is now urgent that you use
Firefox with current ‘NoScript’ add-on, which will prevent “opacity-based attacks”.
NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
reference: http://hackademix.net/2008/09/27/clickjacking-and-noscript/