I have this Internet security program now, too. They installed it when I took my laptop in for service due to a virus! I was told it was the best product. And there's no renewing every year......it's a permanent program on my computer now.

I very rarely use IE, but for those that do - here is the "fix it section" from Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2757760#FixItForMe

MIcrosoft Security Advisory
Notes:
" For computers that are running 64 bit operating systems the following Fix It
solution only applies to 34 bit version of IE."

Does that mean I can't use it because I have 64 bit OS?

Microsoft Security Essentials is not only for business?

Acer Palmatum Atropurpureum Dissectum...I just wanted everyone to know I understand that.

judi

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Yes that poison ivy trojan is a bleepity bleep bleep to get rid of I have also changed my recommended list of "must have" anti virus, malware, spyware software (in case anyone was wondering).

I really like Avast's boot scan, it's very good at catching the slippery baddies that don't get scanned after the boot sequence has started.

AVG is still a good free anti virus, I just don't think it's as good as Avast.

Avast (free edition) anti virus = http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

Malwarebytes (free edition) anit malware tool = http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/

CCCleaner (free edition) = http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

SpyBot Search & Destroy (free) = http://www.safer-networking.org/mirrors/

Registry Mechanic ($30 a year or if you're not squemish about cracked software free ) = http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

Getting microsoft security system essentials tonight! Yeh, thank you. ginnie

I finally got malwarebytes installed ( with a moderate amount of trauma) and run and it looked to me like there were 6 different Trojans with 3 of them on there twice? Is that possible? Where did I get the stupid things? The only downloads I do are boring medical research papers and a few horse things. Am I getting them on the stupid attachments my sis sends me? Some of them are downloads. Anyone have an idea?

Thanks Zombieslayer for the malwarebyte, I had heard of it but was too chicken to do it until forced. Computer sure got faster...I am so pathetic.

judi

Sorry for the PC trouble you are having. I did too, and my son had to get me out of trouble by installing other programs, and spending some stressful time to get rid of the bugs. It happened twice to me. I only go to Neuro Talk, a few medical web sites. My son found out that 31% of computers are receiving these bugs in the USA alone. It is world wide, and nothing you did wrong. These people who do this are professionals and are being paid to cause trouble by using back doors to the computers. That is in laymens terms since I don't know that much myself. He found alot of information about it, Mine was called silver alert, and there were pages of commands, to get rid of it after he researched it to find out where it came from, and the solution. Hope it doesn't happen to either of us again. ginnie

I wish I had a computer savy son, I have some nephews but none live close enough. I ran another AVG scan after I posted last night and the original Trojan I posted about was still there. . So it looks like Malwarebytes got some AVG didnt see but not that one. I only did the recommended quick scan with it so will try full system one. AVG says it removes it but it seems like it comes back everytime I have logged off and then get back online.

Rats,
jusi

Sometimes they get into the registry files and get started up every time the computer starts.

I had a bad one years ago when I was using free virus software, that I had to learn how to go into those files to fully delete the baddie.
It was so long ago I don't recall how to do it again..
After 2 complete system crashes I decided it was worth paying for a good internet security suite.

Hopefully the deep scan will get it -
but you can also download & run SUPERAntiSpyware- sometimes one will get what the other misses.
http://www.superantispyware.com/

And
Did you try the
CCCleaner (free edition) = http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

I use it also - just leave all the settings as they come, don't change anything, and you won't have to worry about the wrong thing being cleaned or removed.