I got some sort of virus or spyware that creates a tray icon that flashes with an 'x' and a '?'

Question

When you click on it it brings you to this page http:\\iesecurepage.com or something like that. Windows defender and mccafe has not solved the problem

Answer 1

You are going to need to download Hijack This and then find a site where you can post a hijack this logfile. There are people who will check it for you and show you how to remove the file.

Answer 2

All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.
Try this scan, its free, it removes
I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/...

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.
http://www.safer-networking.org/...

http://superantispyware.com/
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!
Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!

Answer 3

You can only run one antivirus system, or you will have conflict. If you can shut down, McAfee an install http://www.avast.com Avast is excellent free state of the art technology. As one of the very best background scanners that catch trojans, and destroys them in real time. Frequent automatic updates two or three times per day. Avast will resolve this problem for you.

Windows Defender is pure garbage. Scan is small and very incomplete. Finds nothing.

Download, from http://www.ewido.net. This program was out of Germany and was purchased by "AVG", this year an is now out of Prague. Ewido is free after thirty days and you don't purchase. They will just remove from the full version the background scanner, (not really that great), and you will have to update on a manual basis. This program is great for finding trojans, malware, adware, etc. etc. and will not conflict with Mcafee.

Good luck to you.

Clinical Psychiatrist, France

Answer 4

I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!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

Answer 5

Ouch! You've been infected from the smitfraud trojan. Guess the people above me dont know much about this. This is a site with complete removal instructions http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic17258.html

Please visit my website at http://nbgrigoryan.googlepages.com/home and click on SmitFraud Infection for more information. You could browse through the site for more info! Good luck!

Answer 6

Give up using Windows, and install Linux on your computer. Linux is immune to all viruses, malware, spyware and adware.

Go to www.distrowatch.com to find out how to get all the popular flavors of Linux...

...then do an image search for Linux screen grabs on Google.

BE COOL - GET LINUX

DC :)

Answer 7

Use some free spyware program and that should take it out. If you need help go here http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html