Somehow I've picked up "antivermin" and cannot get rid of it. On my task bar it's an icon with a ? mark.

Question

It changes from the ? to a red cirlce with a slash. Anyone know how to take care of this? There's no unsubcribe, phone numbers or any other way to contact them?????

Answer 1

look in control panel add & remove programs scroll down the page and see if you have something on their that shouldn't be there if you a system restore CD you can swipe it like that.but then again i may be wrong about this,seems like i wrong about everything lately.

Answer 2

Follow the instructions below on how To Remove Zlob
http://spywarekiller.hyperboards.com/index.php?action=view_topic&topic_id=32


If you do not have firefox get it now and use it instead of internet explorer so you dont get any more spyware http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/

To remove the spyware/trojan/virus run steps 1-2-3

1) If you have not already scanned your comp with spybot http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/03/spybot-search-and-destroy-spyware-and.html do that now .Update it (Latest updates 04-04-2007) and then run it so it gets rid of all the spyware and trojans in safe mode

1b) Run AVG Anti-Spyware Free
http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/03/avg-anti-spyware-free.html
or
SUPERAntiSpyware Home Edition (free version)
http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/04/superantispyware-home-edition-free.html

2) Do an online virus scan to check and remove virus and spyware if you still have viruses on your computer. And let us know if the online virus scan still finds any virus or spyware .
http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/03/online-virus-scan.html

3) Get another anti virus program if your present anti virus program is not protecting you any longer
http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/03/list-of-free-anti-virus-software-free.html

Protection once your computer is spyware free
http://securitynewsfromthenet.blogspot.com/2007/04/protection-once-your-computer-is.html

If you still have question or problems let the experts take a look at whats happening on your computer.Visit the HijackThis Logs and Analysis forum.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showforum=22 or
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7