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(22,240 posts)Has your computer dowloaded anything this a.m.? A Windows security update?
Is it ON?
I got rid of it somehow seemingly after the update this a.m.
However, I also did all of the below:
Use SUPERAntiSpyware (get from download.com)
It will scan and find a bunch of stuff and you opt to remove/delete what it finds.
Also ran Avira AV which I could not even open/load until today after that Windows update came on.
You should be online only if you have Firefox/Chrome.
If Firefox:
GET the latest update of it - Top bar HELP ==> About Firefox ----> Check for Updates. I am running v. 18.
After all of this, be certain to TURN OFF JAVA 7 until further notice it seems. Some say it is ok to leave the Java 7 script on, others not. I have it OFF. Better safe than sorry.
This is done by Tools bar above. Go to Add-Ons.
click on plug-ins
DISABLE EVERYTHING THAT SAYS THE WORD JAVA ON IT - simple to do, on/off sort of thing.
and I see this too:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p186
It may want you to update Adobe Acrobat, you'll see it there with the other plug-ins asking to update. This is another FIX not part of the virus so you should do it - a security risk it is saying.
Better change all passwords that are critical is my advice on this (i.e. banks, etc. etc.).
Confused yet?
Seriously glad to help. No one needs to pay some ISP guy $300.00 to be rid of it!