Starting page being redirected to protectionband.com.?

Question

My starting page is being redirected to protectionband.com and I receive a lot of error messages now. Please tell me how to remove protectionband.com and what to do about the constant error messages (eversince protectionband.com showed up).

Answer 1

Your computer is infected with a trojan called Zlob. Zlob hijacks your homepage to protectionband.com and generates warning messages to try and get you to buy fake programs such as SpyDawn, SpyHeal, Antivermins and others. Of course it is important to get rid of protectionband.com, but its just as important to also remove the Zlob Trojan that implanted it there. In my experience, a program called SpyNoMore is your best bet in removing the Zlob trojan. By removing this trojan, you will also get rid of protectionband.com. Another symptom of Zlob Trojan is that it generates fake warning messages like:

System Alert
Critical System Error
System Performance monitor warning
Security Alert: NetWorm-i.Virus@fp
Security Warning: SpyBot@MXt trojan
W32.Myzor.FK@yf

http://www.spynomore.com/protectionband-com.htm

http://www.spynomore.com/trojan-zlob.htm

Answer 2

It sounds like you have a "virus" commonly referred to as a "browser hijacker". I am assuming that the error messages you are getting are probably telling you that your computer is infected with a virus and to go to some website to download a virus scan? I suggest downloading Yahoo's Security Suite and running a full virus/spyware scan. You may be surprised by what you find.

Answer 3

You have spyware, use the following tools to scan for and remove it:

Spyware Tools:
http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsdefender
http://www.merijn.org/programs.php

Cleanup:
http://www.ccleaner.com