help with virus problem

[Rahxephan]

Not sure if everyone is familar with this pop-up, but it is the one from that pops up saying "your computer may be infected with spyware" and has a yes or no prompt. Normally I just close the window, but this time, my slow computer stalled and I was hitting the keyboard out of frustration...and when it came back to life, i had accidentally ok'd the yes to the pop-up and now my computer has all these things trying to install on my machine and is lagging the computer like crazy.

Anyone have any ideas as to how I can purge my system of this infestation? I appreciate any ideas.

Thanks

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Rahxephan
Not sure if everyone is familar with this pop-up, but it is the one from that pops up saying "your computer may be infected with spyware" and has a yes or no prompt. Normally I just close the window, but this time, my slow computer stalled and I was hitting the keyboard out of frustration...and when it came back to life, i had accidentally ok'd the yes to the pop-up and now my computer has all these things trying to install on my machine and is lagging the computer like crazy. Anyone have any ideas as to how I can purge my system of this infestation? I appreciate any ideas. Thanks

Well, you don't say which OS. But presuming XP, I'd suggest system restoring to before you had the little accident and then install SP2 which includes a popup blocker.

Best,
Bill

 

[Rahxephan]

Im actually still running win98 se

 

[Rahxephan]

I ran geek superhero and was able to get rid of all the spyware stuff infected the computer. The only thing left is something called "power scan" program I can't get rid of. Also, now something is messed up with my internet connection. I get a dns error and can't connect to the internet.

How can I get my internet back online?

Thanks

 

[blue2k]

At times when you run a spyware removal tool it can damage some winsock files
on your computer needed for connecting to the internet. The following article
would be helpful for you to correct the problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=kb;en-us;241344

 

[Rahxephan]

Corrupted winsock is what I know is what the problem. I ran a ping test and I get the host unknown, so I am sure it is the winsock problem. I used the win2fix.exe and it got rid of all my winsock files, now I don't know where to get them back? I tried the Lspfix.exe, but that won't work until I can get my winsock 2 files reloaded.

Anyone know where I can recover these files?

Thanks

 

[Tea Bag]

Perhaps you should try

http://www.Windows98IsObsolete.com

 

[Schadenfroh]

See my Guide to Malware Removal