I've accidentally downloaded a program called 'WinSpywareProtect' and want to delete it. However, despite having an administrator account, Vista tells me I need permission - although I'm the only user! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
"Ben Hartley" <Ben Hartley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0EA950F3-EF4E-4DEA-A984-7E1128F56D4D@microsoft.com... > I've accidentally downloaded a program called 'WinSpywareProtect' and want > to > delete it. However, despite having an administrator account, Vista tells > me I > need permission - although I'm the only user! > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. <http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Summary_of_Vista_Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account)>
Ben Hartley wrote: > I've accidentally downloaded a program called 'WinSpywareProtect' and want > to delete it. However, despite having an administrator account, Vista > tells me I need permission - although I'm the only user! > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Your system is infected with a rogue antivirus program. It is called "rogue" because it pretends to be A Good Guy but is really Evil. Do not pay them! You can't just "delete" it. Check to see if there are targeted removal steps for your malware here: Bleeping Computer removal how-to's - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html These may work for you and all may be well. However, in many cases the computer will also be infected with Zlob and/or Vundo trojans and protected by a rootkit. These machines are extremely difficult to clean. If your machine is one of these cases, either get guided help at one of the specialty forums below OR back up your data and do a clean install of Windows. It is your choice. If you are unsure how to back up your data or how to do a clean install, you can take your machine to a local computer professional. I don't recommend using BigComputerStore/GeekSquad types of places. PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS. http://aumha.net/ - Click on the HijackThis forum. Read the announcement and the stickies *first*. http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9 http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30 http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25Look http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170 http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/ http://forums.tomcoyote.org/ Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
