To begin, I use free versions of AVG and Zone Alarm. I leave my computer on so AVG updates daily.
I was sitting at my computer playing a game of Free Cell. I was online and had my Hotmail account open and minimized, and some other site I visit frequently. All of a sudden, my computer starts to go nuts. My Zone Alarm is telling me these different sites are asking permission to enter my computer. I click deny about 8 times. The a window pops up that looks a lot like AVG, telling I have been attacked with a virus. I try to close it, but it won't let me. Then, it asked me to move it to virus vault. I said yes. I thought it was AVG. The thing wouldn't give up asking me to download this antivirus software. Anyway, it took over my computer and I could do nothing. I then realized, it was not AVG but AVI, and a new Icon was on my desk top. I had to pull the plug on the power supply and restart in safe mode. I was then able to get in add/remove and removed the AVI file and restared my computer.
When it restarted, the screen was in black and white, the icons were visible but useless, further, there were 010101 accross the whole screen. Also, there was a message accross the screen that was diffucult to read, because of the 01's, saying I was being attacked and someone was stealing my bank info, etc. Then up pops up the AVI thing telling me to download their software, I would close it but it would pop up again in 2 seconds. So again, I had no access to my comuter. I pulled the plug again and restarted in safe mode. This time I chose to get a new restore point. I then, restarted and everything worked. I immediately did and AVG update and scan. It found a virus, I believe called html/fracker. It healed the virus and all seemed okay. When I woke up the next day, the new scan revealed 5 trojan horses which it healed. Everything has been okay ever since. This happened last Thursday.
Has anyone seen anything like this, I mean, I was attacked just sitting there playing a game. It was pretty scary. Is there anything else I should check or do?
Anyway, I thougt I would share this, in case it happens to anyone else.
I was sitting at my computer playing a game of Free Cell. I was online and had my Hotmail account open and minimized, and some other site I visit frequently. All of a sudden, my computer starts to go nuts. My Zone Alarm is telling me these different sites are asking permission to enter my computer. I click deny about 8 times. The a window pops up that looks a lot like AVG, telling I have been attacked with a virus. I try to close it, but it won't let me. Then, it asked me to move it to virus vault. I said yes. I thought it was AVG. The thing wouldn't give up asking me to download this antivirus software. Anyway, it took over my computer and I could do nothing. I then realized, it was not AVG but AVI, and a new Icon was on my desk top. I had to pull the plug on the power supply and restart in safe mode. I was then able to get in add/remove and removed the AVI file and restared my computer.
When it restarted, the screen was in black and white, the icons were visible but useless, further, there were 010101 accross the whole screen. Also, there was a message accross the screen that was diffucult to read, because of the 01's, saying I was being attacked and someone was stealing my bank info, etc. Then up pops up the AVI thing telling me to download their software, I would close it but it would pop up again in 2 seconds. So again, I had no access to my comuter. I pulled the plug again and restarted in safe mode. This time I chose to get a new restore point. I then, restarted and everything worked. I immediately did and AVG update and scan. It found a virus, I believe called html/fracker. It healed the virus and all seemed okay. When I woke up the next day, the new scan revealed 5 trojan horses which it healed. Everything has been okay ever since. This happened last Thursday.
Has anyone seen anything like this, I mean, I was attacked just sitting there playing a game. It was pretty scary. Is there anything else I should check or do?
Anyway, I thougt I would share this, in case it happens to anyone else.
