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Security Central infection. Full details included

Tapster · 2009-12-09T08:14:58+00:00

Hi, I have been chatting with NonSuch via pm's. He told me to post my HijackThis log and tell you the story so far. The log is at the end of my sad story! On 4th December I clicked on an adult site link (yes, I've learned my lesson!!) and immediately started to get popups telling me that he system was infected by malware. The origin of the popups was Security Central and a splash screen came up and told me so, suggesting that I upgrade to a paid-for version so that I could get the infection sorted out. The PC was running fast and Firefox wouldn't open, another popup saying that it was infected. Internet explorer still worked so I started to learn about malware. I found bleeping computer.com and there was a fix for Security Central on the site so I started to try it. The trouble was, Security Central wouldn't allow any of these fixes to operate. My research suggested that manual removal starts with removing files associated with Security Central in program files and documents and settin

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Tapster

December 24, 2009, 9:40 PM UTC

Cypher, you are THE DUDE!!!

:santa:

I am really grateful for your help over the last two weeks.

I've been surfing for approx twelve years and this in the first time I've had a problem like this. I guess I've just been lucky.

Thanks to you and NonSuch I am now back on track and you can be sure I'll be doing all the necessary checks of my system in future!

Having my PC back is the best Xmas present this year!

Have a great Xmas and all the best for 2010.

David

Cypher Admin/Teacher

December 25, 2009, 10:58 AM UTC

Hi David.
Your most welcome

I will ask for this thread to be closed, good luck and Merry Christmas.

Carolyn MRU Emeritus

December 25, 2009, 8:03 PM UTC

As this issue appears to be resolved,

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