Spyware removal help

First, get current with your updates; you're missing at least This One. I suggest you immediately visit Microsoft Update and get busy.

consider it Done.

Thanks.

Ok.
the updates went quickly.

I have been updating once a week, so I guess this means everything was current.

So, should I run TrendMicro again?

To be sure that your computer is completely yuckware free, I suggest you do a complete re-write of your hard drive. You're going to have to backup all the files you want to save, but in the end you'll be ensured that your computer is 100 clean of yuckware, and over all, it'll probably run better too.

this I dont know how to do?

yes - i'd like to learn too.

the last couple of days, on A2K, my mouse when I click to go up to the next page, I'd pick up a virus FROM HERE!!!!

Has anyone else experienced this???

Thats overkill, IMO - if you've got your updates current, lets try some other stuff first. Something which has a fair chance of helping you out at this point is the free trial version of Nick Skrepetos' SUPERAntiSpyware Professional - get the trial of the Pro version; its fully functional during the 2-week trial period. Read and understand the User Guide

From the Main Menu,click "Configuration and Preferences" over on the lower right-hand side.On the 1st tab, "Startup", DO NOT select "Start SUPERAntispyware when Windows starts" or "Automatic Updates", and be sure the 1st option under Startup Scanning is checked ("Do not scan when SuperAntiSpyware starts").On the 2nd tab, "Scanning Control", UNCHECK all but the last 2 options, "Close browsers ... " and "Scan for tracking cookies", even though that is counter to the offered recommendations - this is a just-this-one-time deal, so your entire machine gets scanned; later runs should be done with the recommended defaults. This time around, though, do it my way. On the 3rd tab, "Real-Time Protection", DO NOT select "Enable ... ". For now, ignore the rest of the tabs, go back to the "General and Startup" tab, and click "Check for Updates Now ... " (you may have to instruct your firewall to allow SUPERAntiSpyware to access the 'net) and let the app update.

Once you've downloaded, installed, configured, and updated it, close it without running it. Re-open it, have it check for updates once more, then run it, and report back here with your results.

No, you haven't "picked up a virus FROM HERE!!!!" - See THIS, THIS, and THIS.

Yeah, a rewrite of the hard drive for the sole purpose of getting rid of yuckware might be overkill, but, depending on the amount of files you'd want to save from your hard drive, and the number of applications and programs you've installed on your computer, I think the process can be simpler than the involved process that is required to thoroughly clean a computer of yuckware. Also, it's good to re-write your hard drive every once in a while. It's like a make-over for your computer. The drawbacks are that you have to backup the files you want to save, you have to re-install the applications and programs you use that don't come with Windows, and you have to re-set all of your settings in Windows and the other applications and programs you use, because it'll be like starting with a new computer.

I have a friend that doesn't run a virus scanner or any anti-spyware applications. Whenever he gets suspicious of something going on like a virus or spyware, he just re-writes his hard-drive. Now, to me that's extreme, but he doesn't save a whole lot of files on his hard drive, and he doesn't have a lot of additional progs and apps, so it's not as time consuming for him as it would be for someone with a lot of files to save, and a lot of apps to install.

I agree in principle with the periodic "Format & Reinstall" school-of-thought, and in fact its pretty much an "annual maintenance" thing with my machines. However, all of my drivers, apps, any necessary keys/activation codes, and all important folders and settings are backed up in their latest versions, and I also image a freshly-fully-reinstalled drive before using it ... something not real common among typical home-users.

No matter how much its hammered, lotsa folks, home, institutional, and business users alike, just don't grasp the importance and convenience of regular backups to external drives and/or removable media. Too much effort, I s'pose.

Well, why does it only occur when I click on the "next" button to go to the next page?

Because your updates, settings, and/or security/privacy software require attention.

I just finished running a anti-spyware scan and virus scan, I'm all updated....I hope this works...

timber...in laymans language, why would clicking on a particular area of a site cause a virus to come up? How does a virus attach itself to a function on a particular site.?

It doesn't. However, something often otherwise wholly innocuous and altogether benign about the content or coding of a web page can trigger the execution of a malicious exploit resident on your machine due to inadequate attention paid to such things as good browsing, eMail, and chat practice, and/or updates and settings.

See: Safe Hex - Safe Computing Tips

Little Bean just woke from her nap, so I have to post the scan results and run, but here it is---

EXPLORER32.EXE Worm ( 1 items)
Trojan.RBot/Variant ( 1 items )
Trojan.WinLoad32/System ( 3 times )


So i checked next and it said it will remove infected files, and needs to reboot.

I will be back before I go to work to see if there is anything else I need to do.



thanks!

I thought you were gonna say bean woke up from her nap, so you were gonna have her check it out...

BTW thanks timber.

Little Bean isnt QUITE that technical yet..

though its funny to watch her "type" on the computer..



until it crashes that is..