Computer had a virus

[Catty1]

If that happens again, restart RIGHT AWAY, keep pressing F8 like crazy when it starts back up, choose "Safe Mode with Networking".

Then download from www.malwarebytes.org and run it!

It is often possible to boot into Safe Mode when you can't start up normally.

Those crazy popup screens are called Rogue Spyware...pretty tame name considering what they do!

[Laura's Babies]

That one is making the rounds! I know 3 people that have had it and it tried to get into mine yesterday but Avast stopped it. I immediately ran Malwarebytes, spybot and then Avast to make sure Avast stopped it early enough. Had I not known about it already, I would have let it scan my computer since it seems so real!

[Trinityagain]

That one is making the rounds! I know 3 people that have had it and it tried to get into mine yesterday but Avast stopped it. I immediately ran Malwarebytes, spybot and then Avast to make sure Avast stopped it early enough. Had I not known about it already, I would have let it scan my computer since it seems so real!

Laura, Make it 4 people. We got hit on our home computer last night. So I brought it into work with me for the IT guys to clean it up. I figured that was a good plan as one of them built it! So we will be without a computer at home for a few days...

[smokey the elder]

If that happens again, restart RIGHT AWAY, keep pressing F8 like crazy when it starts back up, choose "Safe Mode with Networking".

Then download from www.malwarebytes.org and run it!

It is often possible to boot into Safe Mode when you can't start up normally.

Those crazy popup screens are called Rogue Spyware...pretty tame name considering what they do!

I got attacked by one of these at work, and they used the Malwarebytes program to eradicate it.