Is it something like this? What's the name of it? Antivirus Soft is a rogue anti-spyware and ransomware program from the same family as Antivirus Live. These infections are installed on to your computer through the use of malware that installs the program onto your computer without your permission or knowledge. It is also common for this rogue to be installed on your computer through the use of malicious PDF files that exploit known vulnerabilities in older versions of Adobe Reader. Once installed, Antivirus Soft will be configured to start automatically when Windows starts. Once running it will scan your computer and display numerous infections, but will state it will not remove them until you purchase the program. In reality, the infected files it detects are all fake and do not actually exist on your computer. This program also uses aggressive techniques to protect itself from being removed by anti-malware programs. When the Antivirus Soft process is running it will close almost any running program while falsely stating that they are infected. Antivirus Soft will also change the Proxy settings in Internet Explorer so that you cannot browse to any web site other than the site for Antivirus Soft so that you can purchase the program. It does this so that you cannot browse the web to find removal guides or download software that will help you remove the infection. Using these two methods, the program essentially ransoms the normal use of your computer until you purchase the program or use the guide below to remove the infection.

You have a very difficult ransomware Trojan that's doing that, you would need to visit a malware removal forum or take it in for repair, You can try rkill and that may work to stop it from shutting down the computer, but you will need to a lot more work after that to entirely remove this nasty. You may need to put rkill on a usb drive using a good computer, then transfer that usb drive to the infected one. Here's another thread where this topic is discussed http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/331186-homeland-security-malware/page__p__2308365__hl__homeland+security+virus__fromsearch__1#entry2308365 Here is a link that might be useful: rkill This post was edited by zep516 on Sun, Aug 4, 13 at 15:41

Hi alisande, BBBluz (do we like BB King, BTW?) Actually that was a nickname given to me by my dearly departed grandfather because of my BIG blue eyes! But, yes! I do like BBKing! Love the blues! I'm glad you posted at LandzDown, I see you found out a few things that were needing attention. Corrine is one of the best in the field of Security. @ mike kaiser: Yes! I am a wannabe. But I've taken it one step further than wanting...I am a gonnabe! I want to be the best that I can be to help those who can't help themselves. I don't see how that would render one to be self-important. The one thing that I have found while helping others to solve their computer problems, is that not everyone is cut out for learning the Technology that is closing in on us and making our lives difficult. I am not here to help criticize the work of others, just to protect and teach those who are vulnerable to those who create malware and get rich at the expense of those who are unaware of such tyranny that we face while surfing the web. The Web of Trust add on does this very well. Even if you click on a familiar link that is good, there are "sub links" within links that are not so good. I have found many while researching and will do my best to protect and teach those who are not aware of this. That is my goal! Safe surfing and to teach others about the hazards there of. I am not here to criticize as you have in your post, but to teach and give of myself what others have given to me. I can tell that you are quite an educated man and I'm sure that is your goal as well. To be completely honest...your response had left me baffled! WOT definition: With over 13 million users worldwide, Web of Trust offers Internet users preventive protection against online threats and scams. WOT's patent-pending reputation management system computes ratings from individual users and trusted sources based on trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy, and child safety. Sophisticated algorithms guarantee objective reputation management, ensure reliability, and protect against manipulation.

I try to read post like this one so I can avoid situations where I might encounter problems being discussed, but so many of the posts do not mention how to avoid them. When something is posted like this one could you please give some insight into what may have caused the problem. The poster at the link said maybe "FB" (guessing they meant FaceBook), but what action on their part may have caused this? I know visiting websites with games, chatting and they are inter-active doesn't just cause you problems. These infections, malware etc. don't just come from no where and they take an action on our part to get into our computers so it would be terrific to know what we need to avoid in the first place. TIA!