About an hour ago, a warning message popped up telling me that some dangerous trojan was on my computer, so I clicked on the link it gave me and downloaded Perfect Defender 2009
Once I installed PD 2009, and clicked "scan", a Firewall Alert appeared saying this:
Application: ares.exe
Process ID: 2772
Connection: Outbound
Destination IP: (gives an IP, not sure if I should post it or not)
Then it gives me four options:
"Allow this IP" "Allow all IP's"
"Block this IP" "Block all IPs"
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to click on. This computer is pretty messed up, and I don't want to make it worse by clicking on something I shouldn't.
So any help would be terrific...
Block everything Windows Defender warns you about. I suspect that Perfect Defender 2009 is malware.
If you have an anti-virus, make sure it has the latest virus definitions and run a scan with it in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking. That often prevents malware from protecting itself. If you don’t have one, many people here swear by AVG (it’s free).
I suggest you also download Ad-Aware 2008 and Spybot S&D (they’re free), install them, update them and run thedownload ares 2009m. If any of the above (or any anti-malware, for that matter) doesn’t seem to be able to run properly or get rid of everything it reports finding, try running it again in Safe Mode.
Also, turn off System Restore to evict any copies of bad stuff that might be lurking there.
To get into Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking:
1. Log out and reboot your machine.
2. When the machine starts the reboot sequence, press the F8 key repeatedly.
3. Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking from the resulting menu.
4. Login. If the malware has changed your password, try logging in as Administrator. By default, Administrator has no password.
5. The machine will continue booting, but the Windows desktop will look different.
6. When you're finished doing what you need to do, log out and reboot back into normal mode.
Note that even if the anti-malware programs get rid of the malware, they may not be able to reverse the effects. Search the Web for possible fixes.
Update and run everything regularly, not just when you think you already have malware.
Good luck.
steal a new computer.
well, you really shouldn't click on the link and download that, normally firewdownload ares 2009all wouldn't go and tell you to download anything... so you might 'download a virus.. but i dont know, im just guessing..
Press This ''Block this IP'' ''Block all IPs'' What is Perfect Defender 2009 is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses false advertising and false positives to scare you into purchasing the software. This software is promoted through the use of pop-ups that pretend to be online anti-malware scanners stating that you are infected. This online scanner, though, is an advertisements and doesnot actually know if you are infected with anything or not. Once installed, Perfect Defender will be configured to start when you log into Windows. Once running, it will display a variety of security risks that are unable to be removed unless you first purchase the software. These risks, though, are all false or highly exaggerated and are only being shown to scare you into purchasing the software. How to remove Perfect Defender 2009 (Uninstall Instructions) Tools Needed for this fix:
* Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
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