Warning In IE7 - Spyware ?? Help :)

Hi Group...

IE7 is now showing a bar at the top with the following message
in it...

Warning: possible spyware or adware infection click here etc
etc...

This then tries to get me to download a program to clear the
error.

There are instructions and a program to use to clear this - but
its all aimed at XP users not Vista..

Any help getting rid of this would be appreciated...

"Ratty" <> wrote in message news:Xns99CEE6D2038C9testhomecom@212.23.3.119...
> Hi Group...
>
> IE7 is now showing a bar at the top with the following message
> in it...
>
> Warning: possible spyware or adware infection click here etc
> etc...
>
> This then tries to get me to download a program to clear the
> error.
>
> There are instructions and a program to use to clear this - but
> its all aimed at XP users not Vista..
>
> Any help getting rid of this would be appreciated...

You have been hit with a malware infections. The infections it is reporting are ones it caused.
Run the latest versions of the Free Ad-aware (www.lavasoft.com) and Spybot
(www.safer-networking.org)

Ratty wrote:
> Hi Group...
>
> IE7 is now showing a bar at the top with the following message
> in it...
>
> Warning: possible spyware or adware infection click here etc
> etc...
>
> This then tries to get me to download a program to clear the
> error.
>
> There are instructions and a program to use to clear this - but
> its all aimed at XP users not Vista..
>
> Any help getting rid of this would be appreciated...

Probably just running Spybot S&D won't clean up this malware infection.
Make a note of the name of the program that is giving you the "warning"
and see if the removal instructions are here:

Bleeping Computer removal how-to's -
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html

If you don't see the name of the program there, come back and post it.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hi ALl, ran the latest spybot in safe mode and all is now
sorted....

Thanks for replies...





Malke <> wrote in
news::





> Ratty wrote:
>> Hi Group...
>>
>> IE7 is now showing a bar at the top with the following
>> message in it...
>>
>> Warning: possible spyware or adware infection click here
>> etc etc...
>>
>> This then tries to get me to download a program to clear
>> the error.
>>
>> There are instructions and a program to use to clear this
>> - but its all aimed at XP users not Vista..
>>
>> Any help getting rid of this would be appreciated...
>
> Probably just running Spybot S&D won't clean up this
> malware infection. Make a note of the name of the program
> that is giving you the "warning" and see if the removal
> instructions are here:
>
> Bleeping Computer removal how-to's -
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html
>
> If you don't see the name of the program there, come back
> and post it.
>
>
> Malke

What site are you hitting thats giving that error?

Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows Server Group

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