A few days ago I went to the Control Panel to adjust my sound settings, but on the way I was hit with a poorly-spelled warning message that said something like, "Attention, ! Dangerous files have infected your computer and may have corrupted Windows registry" or something like that. It told me to go to a website and download some software to remove the infections and presented me with "yes" and "no" buttons. However, pressing either one (I couldn't close it any other way) opened a tab in Opera with some website made to look like a Windows Explorer window. Needless to say I got the heck outta there.
I also tried using Internet Explorer and was bombarded with the same popup and many worse as soon as I opened it. Fortunately I only use IE when something doesn't work with Opera.
I scanned with AVG and followed all of the 8 directions in the thread stickied at the top. A couple scanning programs found infections and cleared them. Attached are the logs.
Anyone else had this problem? I'm afraid to check and see if the popup warning is gone or not.
I also tried using Internet Explorer and was bombarded with the same popup and many worse as soon as I opened it. Fortunately I only use IE when something doesn't work with Opera.
I scanned with AVG and followed all of the 8 directions in the thread stickied at the top. A couple scanning programs found infections and cleared them. Attached are the logs.
Anyone else had this problem? I'm afraid to check and see if the popup warning is gone or not.