yesterday i upgraded to yahoo 7 ever since i keep getting messages i am infected with different viruses.?

Question

ex. w32.myzpr.fk@yf...psw.x-vir trojan........networm-i.virus@fp...psw.x-vir and i keep getting popups warning spyware threat saying i need to install additional security dpy software. i use norton360 and webroot spysweeper. untill the yahoo ypdate everything was fine. now computer real slow. help

Answer 1

There is no such "real" W32.Myzor.FK@yf virus. That warning is fake. It is a scam to attempt to get you to purchase a rogue malware removal product. The balloon about "You computer is infected", is always false, phony and fradulant. The actual trojan that has caused your problem is no doubt one of the hundreds (now in the thousands)of varients of what is commonly called "Zlob".

But your computer is indeed infected. This infection is called Smitfraud and it will give you phony scam virus warnings( and often redirect you to a site selling a bogus anti virus product), trying to sell you junk such asPest Capture, Pest Trap, Virus Burst, Spyware Quake and other non working anti virus apps.

Information and proceduresand a free removal tool for the removal of Smitfraud are here:

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php


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

I have no idea what kind of software that "Yahoo 7" is, but it is doubtful that bit has anything to do with the Smitfraud infection.

Smitfraud usually gets installed when someone goes to view a video at a "not-so well-known" website. The website will say that a "special" codec is needed to view it, and asks to download it to you. If you allow the download, you will NOT be downloading a codec, you will actually download a trojan called Zlob. The moral is, never allow a website to download "stuff" unless it's a well known and respected site. And oh yeah, that video would have played just fine without that "special" codec! P2P downloads using programs such as Limewire have also been known to be infected with Smitfraud.

Good luck.

Answer 2

You didn't get Yahoo 7, you downloaded Internet Explorer 7 through Yahoo and got a mess. Go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel and uninstall IE7. Close the control panel and restart the computer and it will revert back to IE6. Then wait 6 months or longer for IE7 to be fixed before you do this again. There are simply too many problems with Internet Explorer 7.

If you are still getting popups and trojan and virus warnings, then run your antivirus and anti-spyware each on a full scan. If there is something there, it will find it so you can remove it.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as "yahoo 7", You are talking about IE7 and you need to remove the program and run your antiviurs. Your pc has been infected with a virus.

Norton is really garbage and has been for many years and keeps getting worse each and every year. Doubt if it will find anything, plus when you go to remove the program you are left with 375 fragments hidden all over you pc. Some are like glue to your files and others are hidden in the registry and in places where files are hidden.

You can run what is known as an "online scanner", direct from the servier. Here is Karpersky online scanner from Russia, rated # 1 in the world for virus detection.

Just follow the instruction on their webpage.

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

Minddoctor, France

Answer 4

It's a nasty malware, I've got it to and guess from where? from yahoo answers. You can remove it with some anti malware and antivirus from this source:

Answer 5

lucee sounds very close
but more options
uninstall as said by lucee exploer 7
reinstal
and do all these things
these steps below will help clean up your computer

In Internet explorer at top of window select tools - then delete browser history - then another box will open - select delete all- this will not remove your book marks -Then close explorer then open again .At first pages will be slow once and then will load fast after it loads 1 time.Also email etc you will have to sign in 1 time with pass word etc.
This will create new cookies.
Also go to start at bottom of on task bar.click start 1 time then select find or search depending on your operating system.Select all files and folders - then type in defrag and click search.When icons come up double click and new box will come up - select analyze then you will see how fragmented you are - then choose defrag.You can put this program on your desk top by right clicking on the icon you found in search for defrag.Right click choose create short cut.This will put a short cut on your desk top.Then you can use as needed in future.


yahoo virus scan etc

http://security.yahoo.com/
find search delete history


on key boad press ctlr h



no software needed
you have what you need

find search delete history

on key board press ctlr h first

In Internet explorer at top of window select tools - then delete browser history - then another box will open - select delete all- this will not remove your book marks -Then close explorer then open again .At first pages will be slow once and then will load fast after it loads 1 time.Also email etc you will have to sign in 1 time with pass word etc.
This will create new cookies.
Also go to start at bottom of on task bar.click start 1 time then select find or search depending on your operating system.Select all files and folders - then type in defrag and click search.When icons come up double click and new box will come up - select analyze then you will see how fragmented you are - then choose defrag.You can put this program on your desk top by right clicking on the icon you found in search for defrag.Right click choose create short cut.This will put a short cut on your desk top.Then you can use as needed in future.


if you want book marks removed click on star at top of screen
right click the ones you don"t want choose delete

pop up blocker etc

if you have loaded yahoo tool bar
if not load it
http://www.yahoo.com
choose my yahoo
go to the t section
choose tool bar
download it
then if you dont see pop up blocker
right click on grey area at top of screen
in different places
you can choose what you want up there
if you see another pop up blocker
disable
yahoo pop up blocker is all you need

if you have tool bar
no problem
beside pop up blocker
you will see an arrow
click on it
choose allow pop ups for that site


seems extreme but you do want to fix it

update info when you have more
i will see it
i will try to give you more optios if above does not resolve problem

Answer 6

uninstall the update......i had the same problem when i installed MSN 7.0 so i just uninstalled it and everything is fine again!

Answer 7

uninstall it