pop-up or adware blocking me.

vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have permission
to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task manager
now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and I
can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I do
to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.

JohnG wrote:
> vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
> scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
> Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
> antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
> programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have permission
> to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task manager
> now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
> getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
> dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and I
> can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I do
> to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.

Hello John:

Download, update and run the freeware versions of:

MBAM: <http://www.malwarebytes.org/> Run in the system's Normal Mode.
SAS: <http://www.superantispyware.com/> Run in the system's Safe Mode.

Please update this thread with your progress.

--
1PW

But this adware or whatever it is might not let me advance to an internal
link of a website. It blocks me everytime.. It says warning, this may be a
dangerous website.... then there is a button to continue and a button to get
software. I click on the continue button and nothing happens. Just says
"blocked" in the tab. End of browsing!

"1PW" wrote:

> JohnG wrote:
> > vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
> > scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
> > Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
> > antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
> > programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have permission
> > to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task manager
> > now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
> > getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
> > dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and I
> > can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I do
> > to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.
>
> Hello John:
>
> Download, update and run the freeware versions of:
>
> MBAM: <http://www.malwarebytes.org/> Run in the system's Normal Mode.
> SAS: <http://www.superantispyware.com/> Run in the system's Safe Mode.
>
> Please update this thread with your progress.
>
> --
> 1PW
>

JohnG wrote:
> But this adware or whatever it is might not let me advance to an internal
> link of a website. It blocks me everytime.. It says warning, this may be a
> dangerous website.... then there is a button to continue and a button to get
> software. I click on the continue button and nothing happens. Just says
> "blocked" in the tab. End of browsing!
>
> "1PW" wrote:
>
>> JohnG wrote:
>>> vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
>>> scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
>>> Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
>>> antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
>>> programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have permission
>>> to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task manager
>>> now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
>>> getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
>>> dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and I
>>> can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I do
>>> to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.
>> Hello John:
>>
>> Download, update and run the freeware versions of:
>>
>> MBAM: <http://www.malwarebytes.org/> Run in the system's Normal Mode.
>> SAS: <http://www.superantispyware.com/> Run in the system's Safe Mode.
>>
>> Please update this thread with your progress.
>>
>> --
>> 1PW

You can try one of two things: 1) Try rebooting your system into the
"Safe Mode" with networking to see if you can download *both*
MBAM/SAS. 2) Use another computer to download and then transfer
MBAM/SAS on a CD, USB thumb drive or the like.

HTH
--
1PW

JohnG wrote:
> vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
> scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
> Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
> antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
> programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have permission
> to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task manager
> now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
> getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
> dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and I
> can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I do
> to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.

Do this;

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/viru...onal-antivirus

Please report back the results so others may benefit.

Dave T.

What anti-virus application was installed /before/ you installed McAfee
Internet Security?

JohnG wrote:
> vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
> scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
> Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
> antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
> programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have
> permission
> to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task
> manager
> now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
> getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
> dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and
> I
> can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I
> do
> to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.

Thank you. It did solve the problem! My cousin is very happy now!! She wants
to send you flowers and candy!

"Dave T." wrote:

> JohnG wrote:
> > vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
> > scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
> > Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
> > antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
> > programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have permission
> > to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task manager
> > now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
> > getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
> > dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and I
> > can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I do
> > to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.
>
> Do this;
>
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/viru...onal-antivirus
>
> Please report back the results so others may benefit.
>
> Dave T.
>

It was called ESET I believe. Dave T. gave us a link to remove malware and it
worked. It got rid of PAV and other malicious files.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> What anti-virus application was installed /before/ you installed McAfee
> Internet Security?
>
> JohnG wrote:
> > vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
> > scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called Personal
> > Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a shady
> > antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
> > programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have
> > permission
> > to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task
> > manager
> > now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am still
> > getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
> > dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage and
> > I
> > can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can I
> > do
> > to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.
>
>

JohnG wrote:
> Thank you. It did solve the problem! My cousin is very happy now!! She wants
> to send you flowers and candy!
>

(snip)

Glad it worked for you. 8>)

Dave T.

Had you purchased ESET/NOD32 and was the subsciption current?

JohnG wrote:
> It was called ESET I believe. Dave T. gave us a link to remove malware and
> it worked. It got rid of PAV and other malicious files.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> What anti-virus application was installed /before/ you installed McAfee
>> Internet Security?
>>
>> JohnG wrote:
>>> vista at home. Installed Mcafee Internet Security 2009 for Vista and ran
>>> scan. Cleaned out 3 trojans. However, there was a program called
>>> Personal
>>> Antivirus already in the computer HD. it appears to be a scam or a
>>> shady
>>> antivirus. I tried to delete it because it wasn't listed in add/remove
>>> programs. Halfway through deletion a message said I did not have
>>> permission
>>> to continue. Like I am not the administrator. PAV used to be in task
>>> manager
>>> now it isn't . The folder for it now has no contents. However, I am
>>> still
>>> getting this warning when I open a website that tells me it may be a
>>> dangerous website and wants me to buy PAV. It covers the whole webpage
>>> and
>>> I
>>> can't browse or stay in a website no matter which one I visit. What can
>>> I
>>> do
>>> to get rid of this possible adware? Thank you.