rossi_1983 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Got a virus on my computer, and need advice on what to do Spybot is coming up with the following message: Spybot has detected an important registry entry that has been changed Category: System Startup user entry Change: Value Added Entry: Spybot deleting B9211 It's asking me wether to allow change or deny change. Anyone know what it is? Also keep getting popups in the system tray, saying virus detected, click icon for assistance. Been ignoring them as I don't trust actually clicking them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 What virus protection do you have installed at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 What virus protection do you have installed at the moment? IAt the moment, none I forgot to reinstall it when I upgraded my stuff, and only had spybot. I never really used spybot anyway, but everything was going fine until about 1 hour ago when all the pop ups started happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Latest popup in system tray says: System performance monitor: warning Summary System performance slowed down by 47% Internet speed decreased by 39% Probable reason: Spyware applications Click this baloon to download spyware scan tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinheaven Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 u have no virus protection and you need to ask for advice,GET PROTECTED SON in a jeremy kyle rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 u have no virus protection and you need to ask for advice,GET PROTECTED SON in a jeremy kyle rant I know it was stupid, I just totally forgot, and as I didn't have any problems, I never got reminded I have now downloaded AVG and am doing a scan. I have also done 3 Spy Bot scans in last hour, and it keeps finding more stuff The annoying "system" popups are still happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Mywords Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Please do not forget your firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 http://free.grisoft.com/ (anti virus) http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-Firewall-Windows-2000-XP-/3000-10435_4-10039884.html (Firewall) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx (Spyware) http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php (to get rid of existing trojans, clean your registry etc.) All in all about 30-45 minutes work which should keep you pretty safe! Smitfraudfix is the bollox for the pop-ups you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 http://free.grisoft.com/ (anti virus) http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-Firewall-Windows-2000-XP-/3000-10435_4-10039884.html (Firewall) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx (Spyware) http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php (to get rid of existing trojans, clean your registry etc.) All in all about 30-45 minutes work which should keep you pretty safe! Smitfraudfix is the bollox for the pop-ups you're talking about. Smit fraud is the one that's causing the problem Spybot is finding it, but it keeps reappearing Thanks for the links. Will get my computer defended to the hilt from now on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domokun Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Smit fraud is the one that's causing the problem Spybot is finding it, but it keeps reappearing Thanks for the links. Will get my computer defended to the hilt from now on! Smitfraud's a count. It makes many, many copies of itself iirc. Maybe a system restore will help? I'm not much of an expert though. I had probs when I first got my PC with no protection. I use: AVG anti virus. Zone Alarm firewall Ad-aware SE Spybot (all free to download) Also have C Cleaner and Advanced Windows Care to hand if I have a bunged up system.(watch out with these as inexperienced "custom" use can delete important registry items) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 That link from Sweeney appears to have done the trick! No more annoying pop-ups just now, and AVG and spy bot are now not showing anything Thanks for all the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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