I keep get a spy ware company try to sell their program to me & I can't get ride of it lock upthe inernet?

Question

it keep popping up, it even changes my home page is there any way to get ride off this. before I had to reformatt my hard drive to get ride of it i don't want tobuy this program, it is control my inernet I can't go to any page, it will bring me back to their page their should be a law its worst than a virus. any help would be apreaed

Answer 1

it is a virus! I had it a while back and it was very difficult to remove. I think I ended up doing a restore to a date before I first noticed it.

Answer 2

Is the advertising trying to sell you, one (or more) of these useless products? If it is one of these, then it is an infection called Smitfraud that is causing the phony warnings. It is scam advertising trying to swindle you. And a link to a free removal tool is down at the bottom.

AdwarePunisher,
AdwareSheriff,
AlphaCleaner,
Antispyware Soldier,
AntiVermeans,
AntiVermins,
AntiVerminser,
AntivirusGolden,
AVGold,
BraveSentry,
MalwareWipe,
MalwareWiped,
MalwareWipePro,
MalwareWiper,
PestCapture,
PestTrap,
PSGuard,
quicknavigate.com,
Registry Cleaner,
Security iGuard,
Smitfraud,
SpyAxe,
SpyCrush,
SpyDown,
SpyFalcon,
SpyGuard,
SpyHeal,
SpyLocked,
SpyMarshal,
SpySheriff,
SpySoldier,
Spyware Vanisher,
Spyware Soft Stop,
SpywareQuake,
SpywareKnight,
SpywareSheriff,
SpywareStrike,
Startsearches.net,
TitanShield Antispyware,
Trust Cleaner,
UpdateSearches.com,
Virtual Maid,
VirusBlast,
VirusBurst,
Win32.puper,
WinHound,
Brain Codec,
DirectVideo,
EliteCodec,
eMedia Codec,
FreeVideo,
Gold Codec,
HQ Codec,
iCodecPack,
iMediaCodec,
Image ActiveX Object,
IntCodec,
iVideoCodec,
JPEG Encoder,
Key Generator,
Media-Codec,
MediaCodec,
MMediaCodec,
MPCODEC,
My Pass Generator,
PCODEC,
Perfect Codec,
PowerCodec,
PornPass Manager,
PornMag Pass,
QualityCodec,
Silver Codec,
SiteTicket,
SoftCodec,
strCodec,
Super Codec,
TrueCodec,
VideoAccess,
VideoBox,
VidCodecs,
Video Access ActiveX Object,
Video ActiveX Object,
VideoCompressionCodec,
VideoKeyCodec,
VideosCodec,
WinAntiSpyPro,
WinMediaCodec,
X Password Generator,
X Password Manager,
ZipCodec


If so, then you have a Smitfraud infection and a free removal tool called SmitFraudFix with the removal procedure is here:
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php

More infomation and another free removal tool called RogueFix can be found here:
http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm

Most "All-Purpose" malware apps such as AVG, Norton, Spybot etc unfortunatly can not remove or even detect this vile pest called Smitfraud.

Good luck.

Answer 3

try to go to the control panel and go to add/remove programs. If there is something on there that shouldnt be take it off. Also, check on task manager and go to processes.