Hi, i hope you can help! My daughters e-machine shows ATTENTION! SPYWARE ALERT. It says the computer is infected by spyware. 34 serious threats have been found while scanning your files and registry. It says it strongly recommends that you disinfect your computer and activate realtime secure protection against future intrusions. i have tried to go into an antivirus website to download it, but it will not allow me to. The warning keeps popping up. PLEASE HELP ME!!! What should i do to get it back to the original state with no virus?

It may not be a virus. It sounds more like a bad case of spyware. You may want to download, install, update, and run something like Malwarebytes AntiMalware. It sounds pretty serious, so it may need the attention of a PC technician to fully remove the infection.

Hope this helps!

Matt B.

Privacy Center, or PrivacyCenter, is a rogue anti-spyware program designed to trick users into purchasing its full rogue version. Privacy Center looks similar to Privacy Components. Privacy Center may infect your computer through a Trojan, spam emails or it may have come bundled with another malicious program. Privacy Center sells itself as an effective spyware remover tool, however, all it does is make you believe you're infected with numerous spyware threats to offer its "licensed" program.

Go to the link below and download and run MalwareBytes Anti-Malware program. When it installs it will ask to update and run, please do both. Once it updates, run the program and perfrom a QUICK scan only. When it is through scanning it will ask you to click on the show results button. When you do that it will show you the infections it has found, make sure they are all selected and delete them. You should be malware free now.

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol

download comodo internet security and scan your system. you have spyware/malware on your system. Don't download what it is telling you to, because it wants you to purchase their program, comodo is free.

I think you are infected with a spyware/malware.

try to download spybot search and destroy, update the database definition and scan in safemode.

download from here

post back if you need further info. good luck

Generall the symptoms of spywares can be located on 2 places:
1. annoying pop-ups from the Right side bottom of screen next to the time, stating that you have certain number of
spywares, virus or errors. E.g of known spywares are spyware gaurd antivirus-2008,2009,2010, Vista antivirus or MS
pro and the list has no end..
2. your browser is giving you alot of annoying advertisements and spyware messages.
As these infections cannot be removed by any known security softwares some tools mentioned below can resolve these
issues with 97% success rate.
How to run these tools is pretty easy, please follow the steps I have mentioned below as per the tools.

Spyware Problems:
Tool No 1: SmitfraudFix: http://tinyurl.com/27wn7w

Download this tool from the mentioned link and Click RUN.. then click Open.. it start loading the tool...
Press any key to continue... on the screen you will have 5 options... Press option 2.. for registry cleaning press
Y if it prompts you and than option 3 & 5.. follow on screen easy instructions. Restart if it prompts you to do so.
Tool No 2: Malaware Bytes: http://tinyurl.com/6dtjrl
Download this tool from the mentioned above link and Click RUN, than Click Open.. Setup will install it.. It will
givee you option to scan (Quick or Complete).. Choose QUICK scan... once the scan is complete click show results..
Remove all infections and restart the PC.

Tool No 3: Hijackthis: http://tinyurl.com/25z5fa

This tool is made to specially take care of infections from IE. Run this tool from the link and Install.. Click do
a system scan only... Check all the options start with ...A)Toolbar B)BHO C)DPF D)Extras
PLEASE DO NOT CHECK ANYOTHER ITEMS UNLESS YOU ARE SURE ABOUT THE INFECTED FILE NAME.
RESTART YOUR COMPUTER...
RUNNING THESE TOOLS WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE SPYWARE OR VIRUS INFECTIONS.
Disclaimer: All these tools are thirdparty tools developed for helping people to get rid of spyware & viruses
effectively & Free. Nobody is responsible for any data loss.

Download anti-spyware software and then run thorough scan to clean ur computer,
"Spyware Doctor" is a good option.

What your seeing is called Adware, they are trying to make you think you are infected to buy their software to remove it.

What you need to do:
Go to www.ewido.com a reseller of AVG, download the software and run a FULL scan once complete delete the threats its finds.


Thanks,
Cameron Bradford
www.pc-fix.us

this is what sounds like a trojan or for of spyware, probably disguised as a screen saver. If you have no anti virus installed download this programme for free http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free If you have no anti spyware programme download this for free. http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5 on the laptop press Ctrl, Alt & delete or right click on task bar to get to the task manager and on the processes tab look for the scrensaver.exe or similair that is running, click on it and press end process. this should allow you to work with windows Install the programmes, then go to system restore tab in my computer>right click>properties>system restore tab and click 'turn off system restore'(this will stop any virus or spyware backups reinstalling). Run both the programmes and remove any spyware or virus. If it still appears you may have to uninstall it safe mode, which is press F8 key on start up and select 'start windows in safe mode' and run the antivirus and spyware programmes again.