Comcast, IE9, Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes (free version).
After the one and only attach on this lap top I also installed Galey Utilities. This program was mentioned TV computer club meeting to speed up the computer. It has a module that will clean the registry that needs to be run 2 or 3 times to make sure it get everything (2 in my case). It also cleans spyware and history files along with a few other things. I like to have my history on the lap top so I did not run that module.
Now I have not had any follow up attacks and I am off and on TOTV a dozen times a day.
For those who are getting hit try just power your computer off at the first sign and do not click on anything. Also if your anti virus or other program gives you any information such as IP addresses just write them down and after rebooting Google the address and it will tell you where the attach is coming from. I have done this with any address that has been posted and it is no surprise that they have been from Eastern Europe.
I also read a number of other vBulletin forums and have seen reports of people there also getting attacked. Could it be a common link is somewhere in the vBulletin software as it has been hacked before and the current version running here is not the latest. Just a little brainstorming here.
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