buffie Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Well since 7am I have been fighting with the PC. I have 2 odd things identified but can't rid myself of them pmsngr.exe plus a flashing yellow triangle and isamonitor.exe, both appeared to be installed at 12.35 . I am being bombarded with warnings of trojans and all sorts yet I have done windows defender (thanks grd), virus scan adaware and spybot I know it's fake but am also getting some pop ups and the pc has been slower for some time Any ideas? BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Have you tried going to your control panel (start menu\settings) and clicking on add/remove programs. You can use this function to uninstall unwanted programs. Do you have any antivirus? I've got Norton at home and it's fab! I'll get Graham to read this too Buff CX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 It's not in my progs Clare I have found them unsigned in the software explorer and they can't be disabled or removed they come right back BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Oh bother! I can't tell you what to do next without seeing your PC, but Graham will probably be back from lunch soon and I have emailed him to look at this thread. Have you tried googling about those files? This should give you some info and might even find you a patch to kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 This is a particularly tough one to get rid off. Buff, did you say you've already tried Ad-Aware? http://www.lavasoft.com/software/adaware/ If you have it installed, can you update the definitions using webupdate and then re-try it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 no the googles are set up to trick you as these appear to be harmless but make you give details to fake security companys or download something possiblt harmful. BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 Just wanted to share that I added updates to the spybot this morning and IT'S ZAPPED the problems, all have vanished and I am up and running again. Might be useful and thanks again for the advice grd BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Brilliant Buffie, great to have you back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 Spybot is good Buff; I run it at work and at home. Together with Adaware and the new Microsoft defender (beta version). They keep us bug free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 We use Spybot and Adaware as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Buffie Sorry I missed this If I hadnt been feeding a chicken with innocent smoothie I would have rushed to your rescue. Grd knows what a whizzz I am with computuers. Oh yeah, and Minky is a sweet lovely dog who is no trouble at all.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sean Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I get them but then i run my AGV virus check and it comes up clean with no bad trojans etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
