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Old 12-14-2011, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazzper View Post
Here's a nifty YouTube video of step-by-step instructions on how to get rid of it using two Malwarebytes tools.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_C5hheRPE

Looks like you're correct, zcaveman. This video showed their other tool, Roguekiller, is also required. Probably worth giving it a shot before shelling out any $$$.

Again....good luck!!
I did not read all posts in this thread until recently. I have seen the content of this video twice in the past week on my computer. I did not associate the subject of the OP with what I had seen until I saw this video. I cannot confirm what site caused it, if it happens again I will try to pay more attention.

What I can tell you is that both times the page came up just as in this video, telling me to register, etc. In both cases, I did not get infected. I firmly believe this is because I run my browser in a piece of software called Sandboxie. This product allows you to run software in a "sandboxed" environment. When this malware "hit" me, it infected this sandboxed area. All I had to do was clear the sandboxed area using the Sandboxie tool and restart the browser.

I do not sell this product, I use the free version of this product and have been saved a few times. If you interested, check out http://sandboxie.com/

Have safe day....