Can someone identify this Windows XP spyware?

[shmexsay]

I was using IE on a Windows XP computer, and next thing I knew I was told that the computer had been infected with porn spyware. I closed the browser and I saw three new icons on my desktop: Uncensored Porn, BDSM, and Child Porn. I tried deleting these, but they just showed up again.

Also, I kept getting warning messages (they popped up from a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in my desktop tray) telling me there was spyware on my computer and I should remove it. At first I thought it was genuine, so I clicked OK. It took me to some site (I think it was something like spywarescannersite.com) and started "scanning" my system for spyware. I closed the browser immediately, but after that, the messages and occasionally a browser page showing a porn website kept popping up every few minutes.

The only sites I visited were Livejournal, Yahoo, and Facebook (the internet on the computer isn't often used). It doesn't look like XP Antivirus, but I could be wrong. Can anyone help me?

[Security Expert]

Your computer is infected with rogue antispyware program.Download and run rogue removal tool from internet.

[iisjman07]

sounds a bit like vundo... google 'vundo removal tool'

[G]

Your PC is infected with a smitfraud trojan. Go here to remove it free.http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php
Or,
http://superantispyware.com

[BIG MIKE]

It is a variant of virtumonde (better known as vundo) it will keep replicating it self as you try to remove it. Try using vundo fix and trend micro housecall.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://vundofix.atribune.org/

[Simple 8]

Gee wiz, You got a lot of work to do. Start by clicking the blue e with the right mouse button. Then click properties. Then click "delete cookies". Then click "delete files". Check "delete all offline content". Click OK. Then click "clear history". Then click "settings". Then click "view objects". Then delete everything you see there. You will lose some features. But you can always get them back again.

Look in add/remove programs. See if you got anything strange there. Remove it!

Right click those strange icons. click properties. Look at "Target" to see what directory they are located in. Delete that directory! Unless of course its important, like a windows directory.

Get yourself some tools. I got Hyjack This, Spybot Search and Destroy, Adaware, NOD32 antivirus.

You also have to make yourself a Clean Boot disk. I got BART PE. You use this so you can manually erase stuff that cant be erased. Its a little hard to use. In the OLD days making a clean boot disk was easy. Not anymore!

Oh, I forgot! If you got nothing important on your computer, just use your restore CD to erase EVERYTHING! They usually have two choices on those things. Format and Restore, or Just Restore. Go for the Format and Restore. YOU will have to reinstall any programs that didn't come with the computer.

[stevetiger]

girl you just been hack i laminates by some one one face book.

very insecurely site explicitly when using IE , this my suggestion. first don't use IE any more they probably have your gateway host name for that browser store in there memory by now . hope you did have any really sensitive info on your PC . look like they used a modified eboom with a vxscaner . to take your data the site you saw that keep coming up was the way of punch a hole in what ever fire will or Security you had . and the site you so come up and scan you was the vxscaner taking your info. i really hope you did have any real important data on your PC like credit card numbers or person information . other wise your screwed . might i add who ever this guy is he probably an animate has he used porn site to make the eboom . any pro would used something less oveis when hacking you . has the longer they maintained connection of your system the more info they can take . OK here what you do first i hope your smart enough to physical pull the Internet cable out of your computer. and reset any router or models you may have been using . has no more physical connection means no more data theft . now it clean up time. the have definitely implanted at least 3 Trojan in your system, has well. for easy access of more theft later. so right now it damage control time go to this site http://www.techsupportalert.com/dr/security

and get your self a copy of avg grifsoft it free. update and scan your whole system. also get your self a copy of avast. you need to scan your computer now with two different type of virus protection software . you also going to have to scan for root-kite judge by the amount of time in your system he would have had enough time to upload only one of these. so you my be in the clear here but still take no chance . you need to get a copy of panda root-kite scanner. this will scan you whole PC to check to see if any kite are there . a root kite is a way to get back in your system that can't be detected by virus scanner or spy-ware scanners. also get ride of IE has it been compromised. go get your self a copy of fire fox. it the same thing has IE. fire fox just more secure and like will help prevent this form happening in the future . also consider get a better fire wall has the current one has also been compromised. also scan your PC with at least two different spy-ware scanners . to check for a trace root he could have left behind . after that get copy of ccleaner to clean out any thing the scanners might have missed. that should ensure your PC clean. has to see what he got you need to check your logs. also clean your system with both of the Trojan scanners for the Trojan remove section has this will true make sure your PC is real has clean as it can be.

[Hello]

To remove spyware,there are many solutions exist, all of them with their own strengths and weaknesses.
You had better install at least 2 antispyware
Top 5 anti-spywares reviews,comparisons and download links on
http://www.anti-spyware-center.com/index.php?t=centerc
You can download and scan your computer for free.

[Rest]

Go to http://www.spywareremover-download.com
Download Spywareremover for free.
Not only does spywareRemover get rid of the malicious spyware & adware that have invaded your system, it also prevents infestations from reoccurring. SPYwareRemover will keep your computer's performance at its best and it will protect your privacy and your identity.

[locostar742000]

This is not going to be easy. You need some "know How" ecommend you take it to the geek squad at best buy. Fairly cheap labor

If you feel up to it.....
Use a friends computer and get some software on CD using your friends intarweb connection...

Get adaware from lavasoft for apyware, trojans....look up the virus name on the Symantec site or the McAfee site. Some come with free removal tools, and some, you need to purchase the software.

Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent.

While the term spyware suggests software that secretly monitors the user's behavior, the functions of spyware extend well beyond simple monitoring. Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habit, sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software, redirecting Web browser activity, accessing websites blindly that will cause more harmful viruses, or diverting advertising revenue to a third party. Spyware can even change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and loss of Internet or other programs. In an attempt to increase the understanding of spyware, a more formal classification of its included software types is captured under the term privacy-invasive software.

In response to the emergence of spyware, a small industry has sprung up dealing in anti-spyware software. Running anti-spyware software has become a widely recognized element of computer security best practices for Microsoft Windows desktop computers. A number of jurisdictions have passed anti-spyware laws, which usually target any software that is surreptitiously installed to control a user's computer

-=Anti-spyware programs=-

Lavasoft's Ad-Aware 2008Many programmers and some commercial firms have released products designed to remove or block spyware. Steve Gibson's OptOut pioneered a growing category. Programs such as Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE (free scans for non-commercial users, must pay for other features) and Patrick Kolla's Spybot - Search & Destroy (all features free for non-commercial use) rapidly gained popularity as effective tools to remove, and in some cases intercept, spyware programs. More recently Microsoft acquired the GIANT AntiSpyware software, rebranding it as Windows AntiSpyware beta and releasing it as a free download for Genuine Windows XP and Windows 2003 users. In 2006, Microsoft renamed the beta software to Windows Defender (free), and it was released as a free download in October 2006 and is included as standard with Windows Vista. Other well-known commercial anti-spyware products include:

PC Tools's Spyware Doctor (free scans but you have to pay to remove the spyware)
Sunbelt Software's Counterspy (15-day free trial)
Trend Micro's HijackThis (free)
Webroot Software's Spy Sweeper (free version does not remove spyware)
ParetoLogic's Anti-Spyware and XoftSpy SE (free version does not remove spyware)
Major anti-virus firms such as Symantec, McAfee and Sophos have come later to the table, adding anti-spyware features to their existing anti-virus products. Early on, anti-virus firms expressed reluctance to add anti-spyware functions, citing lawsuits brought by spyware authors against the authors of web sites and programs which described their products as "spyware". However, recent versions of these major firms' home and business anti-virus products do include anti-spyware functions, albeit treated differently from viruses. Symantec Anti-Virus, for instance, categorizes spyware programs as "extended threats" and now offers real-time protection from them (as it does for viruses).

Recently, the anti-virus company Grisoft, creator of AVG Anti-Virus, acquired anti-spyware firm Ewido Networks, re-labeling their Ewido anti-spyware program as AVG Anti-Spyware Professional Edition. AVG also used this product to add an integrated anti-spyware solution to some versions of the AVG Anti-Virus family of products, plus made a freeware AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition available for private and non-commercial use. This shows a trend by anti virus companies to launch a dedicated solution to spyware and malware. Zone Labs, creator of Zone Alarm firewall have also released an anti-spyware program.

-=Fake anti-spyware programs=-
See also: List of fake anti-spyware programs
See also: Rogue software
Malicious programmers have released a large number of fake anti-spyware programs, and widely distributed Web banner ads now spuriously warn users that their computers have been infected with spyware, directing them to purchase programs which do not actually remove spyware—or worse, may add more spyware of their own.[44][45]

The recent proliferation of fake or spoofed antivirus products has occasioned some concern. Such products often bill themselves as antispyware, antivirus, or registry cleaners, and sometimes feature popups prompting users to install them. This software is called rogue software.

It recommended that users do not install any freeware claiming to be anti-spyware unless it is verified to be legitimate. Some known offenders include:

AntiVirus Gold
ContraVirus
Errorsafe (AKA system doctor)
MacSweeper
PAL Spyware Remover
Pest Trap
PSGuard
SpywareStrike
Spyware Quake
Spydawn
Spylocked
SpyShredder
Spy Sheriff
Spy Wiper
UltimateCleaner
WinAntiVirus Pro 2006
WinFixer
WorldAntiSpy
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