Page 1 of XP Defender Pro - help needed please...

I`ve somehow picked this virus up this morning and can`t seem to find a way to remove it.

Nothing on the microsoft about it, spybot hasn`t removed it and I don`t really trust any of the things that come up when I google it (via firefox).

Internet Explorer won`t work at all.....can anyone help?

I would trust the AV software here:
http://www.free-av.com/en/download/index.html

If you can download and install that then do a scan and hopefully you`ll be sorted. If you can`t there is also a link on their to the Rescue System which is a Linux based scanner you can boot up to via CDROM.


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Thanks RJS, and that was me above by the way....I used the lost password thing and it must be an old account that I`d forgotten about!

It seems to have gone at the moment (touch wood) I did a spybot scan in safe mode and an update of the avast anti virus. Spybot didn`t seem to get rid of it in normal mode mode though so I am still a bit concerned.

I need to go out now but will have a look at that link later.

If anyone else has had this please let me know.

Thanks again.

RIP Julie & Maisie

scrap that, after 5 minutes it has come back up again......aaaarggghh!

Try these while in Safe Mode:
Malware Bytes
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This item was edited on Monday, 19th April 2010, 13:45

Right, think I`ve cracked it using a fix from here (which also recommends the malware bytes scan afterwards)

Still not sure how I got it, the only thing I clicked was to allow a java update so I guess it must have been attached to that somehow.

http://www.myantispyware.com/2010/03/17/how-to-remove-xp-defender-pro-removal-guide/#comment-331756

Thanks again for the replies. :)

RIP Julie & Maisie

This item was edited on Monday, 19th April 2010, 17:27

and this thread again



i think some of you should bookmark it, or seriously think about Ubuntu etc.

This item was edited on Monday, 19th April 2010, 18:11

Well apparently it is a clone of that Microsoft Internet Security virus but I didn`t know that this morning when I did a search on here for XP Defender Pro.

First virus I have had for about 6 years so I guess I`m pretty fortunate.

RIP Julie & Maisie