I swear I'm not into porn

[DD]

But one would think so by the incessant and unending pop ups, etc. I keep getting on home computer that my computer is infected with a virus, do I want to block it, am I sure. Then, if I keep closing the pop ups I eventually get porn pop ups. If I click I want to stop it, then it takes me to an antivirus site that wants to charge me something like 59.95 to stop the virus!! Puckers.
I already have antivirus/anti spyware.
Help me!! How do I stop this?

 

[sunspotbaby]

what's the name of the anti virus software that comes up. I just had the 'data protection' virus. Hubby gets the porn icons on his desktop and no matter what i do, they keep coming back. i don't know how to get rid of it either. So sorry DD. It sucks and blows.

 

[DD]

what's the name of the anti virus software that comes up. I just had the 'data protection' virus. Hubby gets the porn icons on his desktop and no matter what i do, they keep coming back. i don't know how to get rid of it either. So sorry DD. It sucks and blows.

Can't remember the name...I'll check when I get home. This morning when I got up, I had about 30 windows open with the porn.

 

[KISH7374]

You are just a animal

 

[Will B]

It's not a true virus that you have so virus ptrotection software doesn't pick it up. You picked up a trojan horse program via some online means that is basically trying to hold you hostage to ante up the 59 bucks by making your online experience really annoying. I don't know that you would even be "cured" by paying the money. I picked up this nasty bug about a year and a half ago via a video codec. Back then it was a PITA to get rid of but was doable.

Search for your symptoms by plugging them into Google. You should be able to find directions on how to get rid of it.

 

[Lynnie]

Dangitall, those pesky advertisers are annoying. Have you tried spybot.com? Gets rid of lurkers on your system. Or, just go along with the porn and start looking......maybe that will make them all happy.

 

[CastlesOfSand]

This happened on our home computer one time. I just asked Chris what we did to get rid of it. He said go to cnet.com, lookup downloads, then download advanced system care 3, its free. Also, Malwarebytes is a free download and it works well for us. Both will scan your computer, find the virus then you can delete or quarantine it. Good luck DD. I hate those bastages that create these viruses !!!! I'll meet you over in s/d/c later!!!!

 

[Em]

The good news is that you don't have a virus. You have adware, which is intended to scared you into thinking you have a virus. Virus software won't typically find adware.

Also, you should note that some very popular anti-adware software will not find it either, because the adware is programmed to hide itself by using file names of those popular software programs. Tricky, tricky, tricky.

Solution is to download free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware from Cnet.com, as stated by castlesofsand. Run that and it should clear it. You would also do well to run it once a week or so.

Are you still using Internet Explorer? Ditch that crap and download Mozilla Firefox to use as your browser. This, too, will help fight against the pop-ups.

Unless your computer goes to blue screen with a bunch of coded text when you turn it on, the above should work. If the puter gets locked down, it takes a bit more trickery to get rid of it, but it is also very doable.

 

[Matt J]

JFunn had this too, it's a real biatch to get rid of. Generally it involves removing a proxy and scanning in safe mode. I don't have anything on my plate tonight if you want to call and I'll walk you through it.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

You can also pick up ad block to add to firefox to block it. Spybot also makes a good free cleaner if the other can't get rid of it. You have to set it to boot first before anything else when the computer boots up.