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Title: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: dblood on December 06, 2006, 06:38:27 PM

Hi all, I recently had a virus problem which is fixed now by Norton however I have this little thing/Icon onthe bottum thaT KEEPS telling me to buy there product and keep popping up with the popping sound. I cannot get rid of it . How do I do that?

Regards
Dave

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: GX1_Man on December 06, 2006, 07:24:47 PM

Then your problem is not fixed. You have some sort of spyware issue as well, as and probably a lot more.

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1149948530

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: Fed on December 06, 2006, 08:13:58 PM

Try RogueRemover (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) if that fails to fix it then tell us the name of "there? program".

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: dblood on December 06, 2006, 08:49:59 PM

Its called VirusBurst

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: dblood on December 06, 2006, 09:54:34 PM

I think also that this is a "False Positive" in order to have me buy VirusBurst. I went to control Panal to remove it but cannot find it listed or it may be under another name. I see something called AdWare and another called Spybot in the Control Panal but do not want to remove for now.

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: Fed on December 06, 2006, 10:08:48 PM

RogueRemover (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) should remove it, did you try it?
Spybot is your friend, was the other one Adware or Adaware?

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: dblood on December 06, 2006, 10:19:05 PM

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RogueRemover (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) should remove it, did you try it?
Spybot is your friend, was the other one Adware or Adaware?

Is called Ad-Aware SE Personal

Ill try it again I guess. That ?mark with an X is still blinking at me.

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: dblood on December 06, 2006, 10:21:48 PM

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Its called VirusBurst

Its VirusBurst not (ers) if that is same or not?

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: Fed on December 06, 2006, 10:32:48 PM

Ad-Aware SE Personal is your friend too so keep it. ;)

If RogueRemover fails to remove the pest (Don't forget to re-boot after removal) then follow the link below for smitfraud instructions.
http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: Fed on December 06, 2006, 11:03:40 PM

UPDATE: The link below directly targets virusburst.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic63896.html

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: dave61 on December 07, 2006, 07:43:45 AM

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Hi all, I recently had a virus problem which is fixed now by Norton however I have this little thing/Icon onthe bottum thaT KEEPS telling me to buy there product and keep popping up with the popping sound. I cannot get rid of it . How do I do that?

Regards
Dave

You didn't mention what your operating system is (win xp, me, 2000, etc.......) ?

If you have win xp then you'll have to turn off your system restore before run your anti-spyware/virus detection programs. Otherwise you'll never get rid of your spyware/virus problem.

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: dblood on December 07, 2006, 11:39:00 AM

 ;DIts done fixed I have 2000. I found a way. Thanks to all Happy Holidays

Title: Re: Icon saying I have Virus
Post by: patio on December 07, 2006, 03:10:49 PM

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;DIts done fixed I have 2000. I found a way. Thanks to all Happy Holidays

How ? ? ?