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speedball1
Nov 15, 2008, 08:06 AM
If you clicked o Microsoft "Anti-Virus 2009" it's already too late. You're infested with spam that refuses to be deleted and if you attempt to access the removal tool it won't download. I tried just about every way I could to delete it. It resisted everything I tried. Pop-ups eveery time I turned around.
The only way Microsoft would stop the pop-ups and spam would be if I paid big $ for their application. Since I didn't need this I figured a simple "NO" would be enough. File shredder, program delete, cancel, none would get this out of my system. It just hung on like a bad cold.
I finally gave up and restored my system back before Anti-Virus 2009.
If you see it do not download it! It is not a download! If you've downloaded it good luck on removing it . I tried for a hour before I just gave up and restored my system. Good luck, Tom

vingogly
Nov 15, 2008, 08:14 AM
Antivirus 2009 is not a Microsoft product, it's counterfeit antivirus spyware and a variant of Antivirus 2008. I'm no fan of Microsoft, but they do not distribute malware.

speedball1
Nov 15, 2008, 09:48 AM
Thank you Vingogly,
It had Microsoft all over it so I just assumed it was a Microsoft update so I down loaded it. BIG MISTAKE! Cheers, Tom

vingogly
Nov 15, 2008, 09:56 AM
Thank you Vingogly,
It had microsoft all over it so I just assumed it was a Microsoft update so I down loaded it. BIG MISTAKE!! Cheers, Tom

What better way to dupe someone into downloading malware than to paste Microsoft all over it? :)

Curlyben
Nov 15, 2008, 10:23 AM
This is a new form of adware.
It gives a ton of false positives that cannot be "removed" until you pay them ;)
Not a problem Tom.
Just download and run this through your system, it will remove all traces of this adware.

Malwarebytes.org (http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php)

speedball1
Nov 15, 2008, 01:12 PM
Thanks Ben, Your download failed. I even went to their web site and tried to download it. I find out now that Windows Defender is simply a earlier 2008 version of the malware I'm attempting to remove. Now I have removed the 2009 version by restoring back to a earlier date but Windows Defender came with Vista. (Talk about bloat) I guess I'll try the web for a solution. Do you have any more ideas> thanks, tom

Curlyben
Nov 15, 2008, 01:23 PM
Windows Defender is a legit piece of software, although rather rubbish.

Here's a different link for you : Thank you for downloading Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from Download.com (http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-8022_4-10804572&ontId=8022_4&spi=326a8c69f0a709051020e2ec0c9230b1&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext&ltype=dl_dlnow&pid=10896905&mfgId=6290020&merId=6290020&pguid=HKPObgoPjAEAACxG@sYAAAA1&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.download.com%2F3001-8022_4-10896905.html%3Fspi%3D326a8c69f0a709051020e2ec0c92 30b1%26part%3Ddl-10804572)

Failing that PM me your e-mail and I'll send it over, it's only small, but too large to attach.

vingogly
Nov 15, 2008, 01:27 PM
The Malwarebytes program Ben suggested is what you want. If you can't get it downloaded, see if someone else you know can download it to a USB keychain drive so you can install it from there.

EDIT: Oops, Ben beat me to it. :)

Curlyben
Nov 15, 2008, 01:28 PM
Vingogly, normally I use Spybot, but I have found Malwarebytes does an excellent job with this particular piece of annoyingware ;)

speedball1
Nov 15, 2008, 01:48 PM
Thanks Ben but I clicked om your limk and got a trial version of " Advanced Registry Optimizer". I disabled Windows Defender. Sure acts like Malware. You can't delete it. Thanks for your help. Tom

Curlyben
Nov 15, 2008, 01:50 PM
Freaky.
I'll e-mail it over to you.

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