I recieved a message asking me to download a program b/c of the adult sites I vistied.?

I was browsing thru a baby website when I got a pop up from windows internet explorer talking about the adult websites I have visted although I have never vistied any. The message said about it could destroy my career %26amp; marraige. It said these sites could have placed themselves onto my pc w/o me knowing and could compromise my security and my credit card numbers %26amp; it asked me if I wanted to install some program for free to see if it could disable this info, but I denied it and then I got another pop up with info about my cookies, windows passwords, etc and they had numbers behind them. I wish I had saved the message so I could give better details, but I guess my question is if this was a virus or something legit? I didn;t download anything so I don't know what it is about.

I recieved a message asking me to download a program b/c of the adult sites I vistied.?
I agree with spywaredr. Go through those steps. If the alerter and messenger are enabled, disable them. Also go to windows update and make sure you are up to date on security patches for Internet Explorer. Upgrade to IE 7 if you haven't done so already.





ALSO,


DONT CLICK on the pop up windows!! Even if it says "Click here to Close this window" it could be leading you to open another pop up. Instead use the task bar at the bottom of your screen and right click your mouse to close it. Or use ALT + F4.





If you ever want to copy a pop up or anything on your monitor hit the PRT SCR key above the Insert key on your keyboard. This will copy your screen and you can then paste it in MS PAINT as an image.





Finally, I highly recommend regularly backing up data, and getting a REAL Subscription to a top of the line Internet Security program like Kaspersky Internet Security. You really need to reformat and reinstall your pc first though, because simply uninstalling your previous anti virus programs wont get rid of them completely.





Best of luck to you.
Reply:Don't install it. It's dangerous. It's a scam that just wants your money.
Reply:you can switch to a free secure linux operating system and you wont have these problems


http://www.google.com/search?client=oper...
Reply:That's spyware. Get SpyBot Search %26amp; Destroy to safely remove spyware. Best of all, it’s free. After installing it, immunize the computer against over 31,000 known pieces of spyware. Then run a full bot check and remove everything it finds using the Fix Selected Problems tab. Keep it updated and run it weekly to keep your computer free of this stuff. Then get Ad-Aware also from download.com and run it the first time doing a Full System Scan. Thereafter, run a Smart Scan daily.


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Keep them both updated and use them.
Reply:Umm thats an early sign of serious virus problems to come. May i suggest downloading Avast Home Edition antivirus, and run a boot scan when you finish installing it.
Reply:NOT LEGIT. It is itself a virus or trojan trying to get your information.





Bert
Reply:MESSENGER SPAM !


you have messenger spam


NOT to be confused with your instant messenger/s





start


all programs


administrative tools


services





all services are in alphabetical order





Alerter--


right click


select properties


from drop down menu


select disable





Messenger--


same thing as above





these are ports left open in the XP windows version but closed in Vista.


hackers know this and ping for these open ports to install messenger spam spyware.





after disabling,run anti-spyware program/s
Reply:You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
Reply:It's a virus and complete bullsh!t. You need to get rid of it thou and it will not be easy. Install a good anti-virus (Norton, McAphee) and run a complete scan everyday the anti virus will get the virus eventually. I wouldn't buy their software, that would be like paying a guy to wash your window after he spit on it.
Reply:Attack of the scam, mane.