Firefox with Adblock Plus blocks anything and everything that is not wanted

This is not caused by a virus, between ESET NOD32, Spybot and Windows Defender any virus would be picked up.

Rod

As Hagar pointed out.. download, update (first) then run Malwarebytes

Malware is many times not picked up because it is from something you allowed at one point be installed through many possible sources.. a lot of times through software.

Even good files.. in example there is a freeware program called ChrisTV I use for my TV tuner, that give the user an option to not install a feature which I would consider spyware for ads. You must be careful now a days and look at what software offers when it is installed.

The better ones give the user the option to opt-out and sneaky ones do not tell you what you are installing... your scanners may not pick this kind of stuff up because you are allowing it and it does not fall under the scanners rules for a virus or spyware

Also.. ActiveX can let things in too from a website a video is running, etc


Try Malwarebytes and run the FULL system scan.. see if it finds anything

idahosurge wrote on May 13^th, 2009 at 9:27am:



Gents, all I can say is "UNBELIEVABLE",  Malwarebytes flagged 11 Adware.Minibug and Adware.Ascentive files.  Hopefully this will stop those annoying survey requests from popping up.

I used the free download verison, is the purchase version worth the money?

Rod

Malwarebytes Freeware version is fine as it should beand run every so often.. about once every 2-3 months unless you think something is not right.. then run it to verify

Adware.Minibug and Adware.Ascentive files


http://www.ascentive.com/

You see that?

FinallyFast.com commercials on TV?

Internet SPEED BOOSTER


Look at the list of software at the top of their page


There is the source of your

That place and any website connected to it is a joke. Its a front to install crap on your computer which is where they make their BIG money past the people paying them for their software


Always remember...   If it looks like its too good to be true - It probably is



Microsoft pardner... some pardner!

I would love to see them taken down but they have a lot of big ad money behind them.. They are just like eAcceleration http://www.stop-sign.com/  who I'm sorry to admit an a$$hole on Bainbridge Island, WA where I live owns the company... ex MS director and pulls the same crap with spyware in their products



That crap will install on a VISTA PC with UAC fully enabled and it will STILL infect your system which is exactly what I told you here:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240878523/3#3

UAC is NOT protection for home users and NEVER WAS!    

People that boost VISTA as SAFE and GOOD dont know what they are talking about. As a Microsoft Pardner DEFENDER is instructed to IGNORE what that Asentive software (which you allow) installs!

DEFENDER uses DCS technology: Doesn't Catch Sh*t


There is good free software out there free of crap. You just have to know where to look and be careful when you install things... always look at the installer as it is in operation and with new software I always READ the EULA to see if its telling me I am accepting an installation I dont want.. like ADWARE or MONITOR software


Now its possible Malwarebytes may not have gotten the entire payload. It usually does but there are real tricky critters out there designed to function past their ID'd malware files. In those cases you may need to take further steps... wait and see what happens. It probably got the critters but thats not always the case. It may have gotten the red-herring files installed to make the scanner/user think it did its job

Big money marketing is getting ruthless out there with their malware garbage and they are being assisted by the big boys in doing their dirty work.

Google
MS
Yahoo
Firefox
etc

The ALL make money on demographics and they all play the same game