Malware Theats

[Neeranam]

At the bottom right of my screen there's a yellow balloon saying System Alert:malaware threats.

My computer is infected with a backdoor Trojan etc.

Click this balloon to downlaod malaware removal software.

Is this legit? I have another thing that I can't get rid of - virus burst - I can't get rid of it popping up, is this legit?

Help, any help much appreciated.

I tried AVG and put some files in the vault. What do I do now?

[JohnC]

Two things spring to mind, first you could download avast from their website www.avast.com home user is free. In the toolbox it has a facility to do a boot scan and in my experience finds most things. However, as you are already infected this might not work but worth a try. My second option would be to go to microsoft home page and download a trojan remover tool again free.

[silvero]

The program is not legit, it is one of the newer Smitfraud infections, a fake antispyware program which produces false warnings to persuade you to buy the program. You can find detailed information on removal including a special tool here:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic63896.html

If you need help to get rid of it, this page has info on forums where you can work through the removal with help.

Edited October 4, 2006 by silvero

[Neeranam]

Excellent - thanks a lot.