So I was checking my usual round of websites before going to bed, and when I went to the
www.seattlepi.com website, a pop-up advertisement appeared in the middle of the page, but had no "close" or "skip ad" button. I accidentally clicked the ad, and it was apparently for tickets to something, as the page it took me to had a stadium diagram and some other info. I grumbled, closed the tab, and went back to the seattlepi website, and continued my activities. When I was finished, I closed out Firefox, and walked away from the computer.
When I walked back in a few minutes later, I noticed that Firefox had been re-opened, and there was some "Anti virus Pro" doing a virus scan over the Firefox window. There was also a new blue-and-white striped shield icon in the lower right corner. I started to get other warning bubbles popping up in the lower right about my computer might be infected, etc. After closing the virus scan window, I quickly found out that any executable I attempted to launch (combofix, hijack This/sniper, malwarebytes, etc) would be shut down with a gray pop-up box claiming the file was infected, and asking if I wanted to run a virus scan now.
So, at present, I cannot even go through the steps in the "Before you do this..." thread. I was able to get on Firefox and download the current version of Avast! and CCleamer Slim (though another firefox window would open up with 8 or so different tabs anytime I tried to click a link), but when I attempted to run them, that stupid gray window occurring again.
At this point, I'm at a complete loss of what to do. I've disconnected that computer from the internet, but haven't turned it off yet, as I'm afraid of what will happen when I try and restart. I'm using my roommate's computer at the moment.
Help...?
