Anti-vermins popup?

Question

I keep getting this message in a bubble in the lower right hand corner from an icon. It says "system detects virus activities, please click for more information" But if I click on it, it's an advertisement for a program called Anti-Vermins. I cannot get rid of this ad or the toolbar icon! Where did it come from & what should I do?

Answer 1

Update your anti-virus

http://free.grisoft.com/ [If you do not have one]



Update your anti-spyware software.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx [if you do not have one]

or

http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html [free home edition]



Restart your PC in safe mode

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml



And run a full scan with both.



You may also want to have a look at your start up items by using msconfig.

http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/

Answer 2

To remove the Antivermins pest, follow the procedure in the article "How To Remove Antivermins (removal Instructions"): which is at this link:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic69886.html



Your computer has a serious infection called Smitfraud, which most stand-alone, general-purpose virus scanners such as Norton and AVG cannot remove or even detect.



Try the above procedure using the specialised removal tool.

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You probably caught this infection by attempting to watch a video at some website. The site said you "needed" a codec or a phony Active-X control so then you downloaded it to watch the video. This was actually a ruse. A scam if you will. It was not a codec at all. (The video would have played fine without that "Codec")! What you actually downloaded was a Trojan called "Zlob".



This trojan then "phoned home" and installed the phony alerts adware on your computer with out your knowledge.



One should never allow any website to download anything to you unless you 1000% know and trust the web-site and you know exactly what you are downloading. Such downloads are almost anyways malware.



Good luck.

Answer 3

Odds are that something on your machine is causing your problem. Start at the top of this list. Install the products one at a time. After you install each one, be sure to install all of their updates. Have each one complete a full scan before proceeding to the next one. One of these *should* fix your problem. Work down the list until your problem disappears. Keep in mind that everyone of these things is either free of charge or open source. The protection that you get from these is top notch. Furthermore, since I'm not recommending products that you have to buy (NONE of these will ever cost you a penny), you know that I'm not affiliated with the company or making money off recommending them, unlike some who post here. The biggest benefit to you is that this also means that the updates are free. Running the software without the updates is the same as not running it at all. (It is precisely this reason that I don't endorse AVAST or AVG. You AVAST and AVG users can boo and hiss all you like. If you're not paying them, you're not getting the most current definitions, which means you're not fully protected. I don't endorse McAfee or Norton/Symantec because it simply shouldn't be possible for your antivirus software to become infected by a virus. That sort of defeats the purpose of having it.)



Follow the directions in the document below and it will clean up most anything you've encountered. If not, drop me a line and I'll tell you what to do next.



http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhbvtkg8_214gxwskkf4

Answer 4

I suggest you download Ad-Aware 2007 and Spybot S&D (they’re free), install them, update them and run them. If either one (or any anti-malware, for that matter) doesn’t seem to be able to get rid of everything it reports finding, try running it again in Safe Mode. Safe Mode often prevents malware from protecting itself.



Also, turn off System Restore to evict any copies of bad stuff that might be lurking there.



To get into Safe Mode:



1. Log out and reboot your machine.

2. When the machine starts the reboot sequence, press the F8 key repeatedly.

3. Select Safe Mode from the resulting menu.

4. When the login screen comes up, log in as Administrator. By default, Administrator has no password.

5. The machine will continue booting, but the Windows desktop will look different. You won't be able to see the Internet, for instance.

6. When you're finished, log out and reboot back into normal mode.



Note that even if the anti-malware programs get rid of the malware, they may not be able to reverse the effects. Search the Web for possible fixes.



Update and run everything regularly.



Good luck.

Answer 5

This is a form of Spyware, and to be able to remove this pop-up you need to download and install and run a spyware program, if you don't have a spyware program then here is a link to a very good one that I highly recomend and so do others here. (http://www.superantispyware.com) and it is Free. (This program will get rid of the pop-up) Now as far as the tool bar icon, by Right-click on it, a small window will open up displaying options. most time it will have a Delete button, just click that and it will take it off of your task bar. Check your Add/Remove program list to see if it is installed there, if so, click to remove it or uninstall it. Take your time as it will be alright. Good Luck

Answer 6

This popup is caused by some kind of virus or spyware that has installed itself on your system, and is advertising its fake software.



To get rid of it would be difficult manually, so download these programs. Install them, update them and then run full scans:



http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-spyware/

http://www.free-av.com/

http://www.spywareterminator.com/



They should detect some problems. Remove anything they find.

Answer 7

Download, update & run:



http://www.majorgeeks.com/RogueRemover_d5360.html