As in the title, somehow my daughter got some bad malware on my 2nd computer while she was using the internet.
(somone suggested I post there here too)
The symptom is IE goes to a webpage advertising a spyware removal program and pops open a small window saying windows may have spyware etc. (I'm at work and can't quote the message). Also, the Windows Automatic Update is turned off and I can't seem to turn it back on. The malware pop-up and the windows automatic update turned off both happened concurrently and seem to be symptoms of the same malware I got. Googling this seems to confirm there is a malware that turns off windows automatic updates and makes it impossible to turn it back on while the malware is present.
The first thing I did was update and run Adaware and then Spybot Search & Destroy but those spyware removal programs were useless.
If I can't find a solution, I'll employ the tried and true save important files and nuke the hard drive and re-install Windows, drivers, updates and all that time consuming BS. Has anyone experienced this malware which advertises a malware removal program while at the same time installs malware on your computer and disables automatic windows updates? Its pretty bad. If a solution is overly complex, saving my files, formating my hard drive and reinstalling windows looks easier.
Help!
(somone suggested I post there here too)
The symptom is IE goes to a webpage advertising a spyware removal program and pops open a small window saying windows may have spyware etc. (I'm at work and can't quote the message). Also, the Windows Automatic Update is turned off and I can't seem to turn it back on. The malware pop-up and the windows automatic update turned off both happened concurrently and seem to be symptoms of the same malware I got. Googling this seems to confirm there is a malware that turns off windows automatic updates and makes it impossible to turn it back on while the malware is present.
The first thing I did was update and run Adaware and then Spybot Search & Destroy but those spyware removal programs were useless.
If I can't find a solution, I'll employ the tried and true save important files and nuke the hard drive and re-install Windows, drivers, updates and all that time consuming BS. Has anyone experienced this malware which advertises a malware removal program while at the same time installs malware on your computer and disables automatic windows updates? Its pretty bad. If a solution is overly complex, saving my files, formating my hard drive and reinstalling windows looks easier.
Help!