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Ok. So I was trying to watch Greek episodes from surfthechannel.com and I clicked on one of the sites for an episode, and my computer freaked out.
I have an HP Pavilion laptop with Windows Vista.
It opened up some Virus Protection program called Green AV Security? And it keeps having windows popping up, telling me I have a virus, when I haven't noticed anything different, except for the annoying pop-up windows saying I have a virus.
Is there a way to stop the annoying pop-ups from these programs? They go every five minutes, and it gets completely irritating.
One pop-up says:
"Green AV protection has detected Spyward program Win32.Monster.fx that is trying to attack your computer. Do you want to block the attack?"
Another says:
"Warning! 41 infections found. Unwanted software or tracking cookies have been found during the last scan."
Help? I'm hoping theymos sees this, but I wanted to post this to everyone because maybe someone else knows something, too? (link)
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Sounds like you've got a virus: pop-ups about virus software are a classic front for viruses, especially because of the potential for the owner to continue clicking on the pop-ups to get rid of the viruses that they've gotten. If you know anyone who is good with computers and virus removal, they'd be the ones to take it to. If not, you can always try bringing it to an electronics store, or if you're inclined you can do some research on the virus online. I've looked around for a few minutes and haven't come up with anything specific for that virus, but somebody else may have better luck.
As always, make sure to try and back up all of your important files, and make sure to speak to somebody who really knows what they're doing with computers before you do anything drastic.
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Thanks, but that wasn't my question.
My question was, how do I stop the annoying pop-ups from these programs?
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