"ur computer might be at risk " , this is the title of my popup which is coming frm adwarealert. and it displays that
4 spywares have been detected. click this button 2 fix the problem.
whn i click it asks for scan, whn i scan it dislays u need 2 clean the registry (h_key etc), & 2 clean it says i must have full version.
so where can i get full version of adwarealert 4 free, if not possible thn what is the other way 2 solve my lproblem other than reinstalling O.S
2006-08-27 07:42:57 · 17 answers · asked by bublu 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
You have spyware on your PC.
Goto www.ewido.net and run the free version to find and remove it.
here are some others that I use.
Spybots search and Destroy http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html?tag=pao
adaware se> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1
http://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php
a-squared Free> http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_frame.asp
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
X -Cleaner Micro Edition scan http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spywareguard too.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
2006-08-27 08:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The popup sounds like spyware itself, it is using scare tactics by telling you you have 4 spwares or whatever on your computer. It does this to try and get you to buy it's cr@ppy anti-spyware program.
I recommend using a reputable anti-spyware program, ones that don't need to try to trick you into buying them. Plus they are free :-)
Lavasoft Ad-aware
Spybot Ad-aware
Microsoft Anti-spyware
Edit: Someone above suggested you delete the mentioned registry key yourself, I suggest you leave it alone as it could easily be a false positive (made up).
2006-08-27 07:49:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't even bother clicking on that at all, it is a spyware program itself and the only way I have found of getting rid of them is to wipe everything off of my computer by redownloading windows again, I am sure that there are other ways but you'd wind up having to pay money to get it done right either being paying for a good anti virus program or someone else to come and fix it, maybe one of the other people that answer your question might come up with a better suggestion than this for you
2006-08-27 07:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try downloading the free trial version since you have to install the full version you are using there. Here try this one www.AVG.com and download free trial. The only way to to clean up the spyware is have the full version sorry there no other way
2006-08-27 07:47:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
That pop up is adware. Stop clicking on it. Activate your pop up blocker and get anti-spyware program, like Ad-Aware, to clean that krap off your machine.
2006-08-27 07:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by Hank 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably a spyware download Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html and Windows Defender for live protection http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
2006-08-27 07:46:22 · answer #6 · answered by PainMaster 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What program are you using? It sounds liek they are trying to TRICK you into buying the program. Those nonsence "poroblems" will show up untill you pay them.
Uninstall the program.
Download MICROSOFTS FREE SCANNER which will clean any problem, again, FOR FREEE>>>>
DO NOT UNINSTALL YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM over this annoyance.
2006-08-27 07:46:06 · answer #7 · answered by kool_rock_ski_stickem 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
if u want a free registry cleaner search eusing free registry cleaner
2006-08-27 07:48:52 · answer #8 · answered by JJcD 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i say get pop up blocker first ....then get anti-spy second....then after this you must stop listening to that stupid program and just block it or report it if possible. later man...and keep up the hard work
2006-08-27 07:49:02 · answer #9 · answered by darkmatter 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a virus on your computer. Not a bad one but those pop ups will keep coming up until you erase the file creating them.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=winfix+virus&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&search_type=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAnMQsuZZ5MIpd4D6LQAljJ4azKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&p=winfix+virus
2006-08-27 07:47:00 · answer #10 · answered by marialuisa1976 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋