I had Trend Micro orginally and went out and bought Kaspersky after being told that it was the best by the IT guys at work This thing shut down Kaspersky's like it owned it. It doesn't stop at hijacking the browser, it also prevents your Antivirus from updating. It seems that the more you use this fake page the worst the infection becomes. It sent you straight to the page it wanted to. When I attempted to search is when it became very apparent. I recognized the Google page as fake because I use iGoogle as my home page and there was no button for iGoogle. I also believe that this is the reason it is worse on some machines than others. Gay Porn (not that there is anything wrong with that) Just happens that I am straight.
#Get rid of worm virus update
When you attempt to Update Windows it sends you to a very good "fake Google page." Every click or search in the fake google page seems to add more malware and directs one to porn sites. It hijacks every browser on your computer- Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
If others suspect the same please post your thoughts. This may be TMI, but hey, if we are to figure out where this thing came from I will be the first to admit to frequenting Pornhub as a possibility. I do not believe that Office is the culprit but I would like to know what the last thing others downloaded before they acguired "the bug." A more likely cause would be my habit of occassionally watching videos on Pornhub. I know this because when I tried to use system restore my last save point was the day before I updated Office.
#Get rid of worm virus download
My last download from Microsoft was a routine updating of Office 2007. I acquired this "virus/malware/headache" on. Please others post their stories and let's see if we can come up with the vector. I have related below two possible causes. I also would like to try and figure out where the "bug" came from. This invasive "virus/malware/painintheass" seems to be diffrent on every machine and it may take several tries to find the solution as I discovered. I am writing to express gratitude for Morphine on this forum for solving my problem. Incidentally I do not know how I acquired this virus, but it may have been through P2P. My scan is still in the process of completing, but I can surf the web and have no further problems with browsers closing or in installing any kind of software.
#Get rid of worm virus software
From there you can reinstall your anti-virus software (remove the old copy and reinstall a fresh copy) and do a deep system scan. Remove or disable this file and you are on your way.ģ) Once this locked file (or files) are removed then this appears to disable the trojan. The trojan will lock a file in the registry which the software will detect. You should not have a problem downloading this, as the trojan does not appear to pick up the keyword.Ģ) Run program. This is a free product (for 30 days) and scans ALL the files loaded at boot time for Adware, Spyware, Remote Access Trojans, Internet Worms and other malware. NONE of the anti-spyware software I had could detect it (Super anti-spyware, Spybot etc)ġ). This is a nasty little virus and took me hours to finally undermine. This was true for Firefox, IE and Chrome. My anti-virus software would not work and each attempt to type in a brand of anti-virus or malware software would immediately close the browser.