Spyware or Virus?

Question

I just recently restarted my computer from scratch because my ISP blocked me and they said I had Excessive Email coming from my computer, they said something was sending 1000 emails per minute out ....I tried scanning my computer using McAfee and Prevx1 and they didn't find anything...Also every time I clicked on internet explorer Icon to go on the internet it took me to http://aprotectedpage.com while my homepage was set to Yahoo.com...everytime try going to Yahoo it me to that page but if I went to something like www.Myspace.com it took me straight to that page...every website worked except Yahoo which it took me to that page....is there any spyware or virus remover free that I can use next time it happens? ..thanks to all who answer...

Answer 1

===WARNING===
**DO NOT CLICK ON THE POSTED SITE (aprotectedpage(dot)com)!!**
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aprotectedpage(dot)com is a browser hijacking webpage, and a possible zombie computer. (glossary of security can be found here: http://www.download.com/Security-glossary/1200-2023_4-5157394.html?tag=dir )
comments and details about aprotectedpage(dot)com here:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/aprotectedpage.com/summary/
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HOW TO REMOVE
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First, we need to identify the problem:
download hijackthis from http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html?tag=lst-0-1
run a system scan and save a copy of the log generated.
post a copy of the log on your new thread at http://www.2-spyware.com/forum/forum8 (you will need to create an account) where a analysis will assist you step by step on how to remove any malware (without the scanning of multiple anti spy programs)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Everyone gave advice on what I would do. Now have you tried RESTORE yet. That is like a time machine and in the good old days before I bought Norton's Anti-Virus, I used to restore a lot. lol Anyway, you know the windows where they list all the programs, well go to PC HELP & TOOLs, then click restore and follow instructions. If perchance that does not help, then like me, hell with it. I did a COMPLETE Recovery and just reformatted my computer to manufacturers specs, as it came out of the box. I have learned to save programs now to disk on RW that is so I can update. I have one cd with Downloads from my cell phone to games. Downloading the initial program is the longest. then RUNNING the program is the easy part. I have Norton's now and I have not a problem since I got it. Also I learned in chat rooms not to link to the porn sites too. lol if you do not have too much stuff then do a recovery if nothing else.

Answer 4

It's a worm virus that attacks e-mail, try using Microsoft's malicious removal tool and then download Windows Defender to protect your OS. McAfee has a stand alone virus removal tool called "Stinger" which will eradicate some of these virus's. It is a free download and I suggest that you burn this program onto a CDROM or load it onto a flash drive to launch it from. You may also consider downloading "Spybot, Search and Destroy" also.

Answer 5

Its called a mailer worm! Try the microsoft malicious removal tool Your second problem is a page hijacker and isnt related to the first. You got it from some freeware you downloaded. You will need to uninstall the freeware and then find a removal tool for it! Its time you learned what freeware and file sharing sites do to your PC! This is where you got the crap from!

Answer 6

Theres Microsoft's Windows Defender, and Spybot Search and Destroy. You may also want to try Trend Micro, Norton, or Avast anti virus

Answer 7

try zonealarm security suite

it will surely remove it

http://www.zonelabs.com

Answer 8

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