Need a bit of help

Can you start in safe mode and run the scan?

And/or try to restore to an earlier point after safe boot?

try major geeks or hijack this.  they have cures fer what ails you my ol pal.

which guitar tab site were you on? 

guitar tab porn? 

Would that it were so but no...it was a guitar tab site of all things.  And it will definitely be a trip to the computer guys tomorrow.  I tried most every solution proffered on the world wid yawn.  But this thing's tenacious.

Jonbouy

But this thing's tenacious.

Then get yourself some imaging software and back your OS drive up once a week so you can get back up and running clean inside 10 minutes in future. 

Yeah, what he said.  I changed my anti-virus to Eset and I've had no problems since.

Have you run Malware Bytes on it yet? 

My wife got one of those bothersome things a while back.... They are very easy to pick up.  Most of the original screens that pop up scare people into clicking it because it looks legit. It took me quite a while working with her machine to get it out.... but MalwareBytes was the essential tool.

I ran MWB on my lappy recently because for some reason my security software would not start and run properly. It found 10 bad problems and fixed them. 

I was listening to the Kim Komando show for a few minutes last Sunday morning...... she was talking about malware. Her comment was what I have heard others say who are in the computer geek end of the business. in most cases, people who get these things have clicked, either intentionally or accidentally on the link that allowed the DL to occur. 

Just yesterday..... I got an email which appeared to be from my bank  (BOA) stating that my online banking had been frozen for "safety precautions" since someone attempted to log in to the account incorrectly and used up the number of log in attempts.  I had just had some issues getting my bill pay screen to display properly but I did not bungle the log in. ( I cleared the browser cashe and it displayed properly)

I opted to attempt to log in to my on line banking account from my browser and was able to get in.... the email was a phishing attempt....which I suspected from the start. It had 2 files attached (red flags go up) and I suspect one or both had some sort of malware to capture passwords and log in info. 

I reported it and forwarded it to the bank's internet fraud dept to let them track it down and deal with it. 


But try the Malware Bytes... it's got a free version that I have on my machines and I run it from time to time just for grins...... it worked for me.

I have Microsoft Security Essentials and Malware Bytes on my computers...all of them. 

With the exception of the issue with my lappy the other day...quickly resolved by Malware Bytes.....I have not had any malware get in that created problems. Even on my daughter's machines. And they are all over Facebook and other sites.

"Then get yourself some imaging software and back your OS drive up once a week so you can get back up and running clean inside 10 minutes in future." ~The Bouy

The issue I referenced above.... 10 issues...were all registry entries. Malware bytes found them and made the repairs. 

Everything went to working properly after that.

Yup... I ran Malware Bytes and it found the trojans and the rootkits but when I clicked on remove the box just rebooted itself and started the process all over again.  I took it to "Marvin and Jay" (my longtime techs) just a while ago and they are sure they can get me back to square one (I'm also getting a new TerraByte drive to back up to as well).  One thing Jay said that I've never even thought of was to always untick (or tick as the case may be) the box in your Adobe reader that says allow third party programs to run inside Adobe.  That's one of the biggest culprits they see letting nasty bits getting in your innards.  Among many other things.  I guess I should count myself lucky...this is only the second major virus problem I've had since the late 80s when we started using these dern computer thingys. 

yorolpal


One thing Jay said that I've never even thought of was to always untick (or tick as the case may be) the box in your Adobe reader that says allow third party programs to run inside Adobe.   

I just went through all of the settings in Adobe Reader and couldn't find this...  Do you know what subsection of preferences it's under?

There have been a lot of false Adobe updates coming our way. That is undoubtably how the trojan got in. I always wait at least two weeks before letting an adobe update in. The free Adobe program is the culprits avenue of attack, as well as flash player since it's so widely used. It's a jungle out there.