Windows Vista Security 2012 Scam.

[Perpetua]

O dear, woe is me.

I've got that horrid scamming thing on my laptop > - it won't let me access anything to get shot of it, so I'm going to have to get a computery friend round to see if they can mend it for me.

On my desktop atm, but it's not so convenient.

[curtisdon1]

Oh no Perpy
You've not had a dodgy phone call recently have you off an indian man/woman?
I had them call me the other day saying my pc had a virus and I needed to log onto there sie and download there software to fix it, I told them I didn't own a pc and to kindly leave me alone
But I didn't use them exact words

[Perpetua]

I've had a couple of dodgy phone calls Curtis, that I've put the phone down on pretty smartish, before the words ' Good Morning Madam' even finished falling from their lips.

Right pain this virus thing is, it just cuts into anything you try to do to be free of it . . . I've looked for instructions on the desk top, but it won't let me do it on the laptop.

[curtisdon1]

Oh what a bugger Perpy, I must admit I'm a dab hand at getting rid of annoying viruses off my own pc
Wish I lived closer I'd of had a dabble at getting rid of it for you,
I know how annoying viruses are

[Chrissie]

Looks like you have OK'd a dodgy download again Perpy or gone into a hacked webpage?

Here is how to remove it Perpy -

www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-win-7-antispyware-2012

[Perpetua]

Thank you Curtis.

I'm a complete idiot when it comes to do anything of a technical nature, I shall just have to sit tight until I can get a friend round to do the deed.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

Oh dear perp ive had this once but with xp but its more or less the same thing it was a nightmare trying to get shot of it as it was the first time i ever got it.but heres some help:

1. Click Start->Run or press WinKey+R. Type in "command" and press Enter key.

2. In the command prompt window type "notepad" and press Enter key. Notepad will come up.

3. Copy all the text given on this page justpaste.it/9x2 and paste to Notepad.

4. Save file as fix.reg to your Desktop. NOTE: (Save as type: All files)

5. Double-click on the fix.reg file to run it. Click "Yes" for Registry Editor prompt window. Then click OK.

6. Download free anti-malware software and run a full system scan preferbly in safe mode.

download spybot:
www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

download malwarebytes:
www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

Hope this helps you out

[Perpetua]

Thank you Roachie, I feel quite ill with all this technical terminology.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

I get frustrated when somone on here has a comp prob cause id love to be able to do it for them.As i really hate explaining as im not the best to explain things tbh.Id never be good in a call center help line lol.

[blakey]

Do you have an anti spyware program ? you can start your pc and keep pressing F8 till some boot options appear, click "safe mode" and you should be able to run you spyware program from there. No safe mode? then ask someone to download the microsoft malicious software removal tool and put it on a memory stick/portable drive and use that. Try these before you start spending money.

[rawveg]

Sounds like you're in good hands Perpy, I would offer to help, but what do us Linux users know about virii? :S

[vereybowring]

All computers no matter what OS need anti virus and anti malware these days, some of the newer nasties are not OS specific so be careful out there merry surfers.

Also a linux or Mac machine can host a virus which does no harm to the linux/Mac machine but it then acts as a carrier and will infect other machines, this happened to my flat mate when a linux user gave him a memory stick to put files on and his lappy got very ill.

Mac users thought they were safe from viruses until they started to appear gradually over the last 12 months - iPhones and iPad were just to nice a target for the virus crowd to pass up on.

[Perpetua]

Well, I've had a huge thespian moment with all of this malarkey . . . and am no nearer to solving anything, other than discovering I can indeed vape with 2 devices at any one time . . . the world of computery doings remains as much of a mystery to me, as it did 3 hours ago.

Have phoned a friend, who will hopefully come round tomorrow tonight to sort this pickle out, big thanks to everyone who has patiently tried to sort a computer idiot out. I'm a lost cause I'm afraid.

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

Jun 19, 2011 21:41:57 GMT Perpetua said:

Well, I've had a huge thespian moment with all of this malarkey . . . and am no nearer to solving anything, other than discovering I can indeed vape with 2 devices at any one time . . . the world of computery doings remains as much of a mystery to me, as it did 3 hours ago.

Have phoned a friend, who will hopefully come round tomorrow tonight to sort this pickle out, big thanks to everyone who has patiently tried to sort a computer idiot out. I'm a lost cause I'm afraid.

Aww so sorry you havnt sorted it perp i always say technology is the cause of all bad lol.Least youve learnt you can vape 2 devices at once lol

[Perpetua]

Every cloud as they say Roachie, it was easier than I thought, vaping 2 devices at the same time that is.