Computer Security & Viruses/Vscan7 Popup

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Expert: - 6/20/2010


Question
I'm getting a Vscan7 popup when I visit some websites and the only way to get it off the screen is to restart the computer. Other times my computer works fine. How do I keep this popup off of my computer?

I'm using Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1. I have Avast free antivirus and Internet Explorer 8 and I keep everything updated.

Thanks for your help. John

Answer
Your should be able to get rid of it safely with Spyware Doctor, free from http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Doctor-2010/3000-8022_4-10293212.html

If you do a web search you will find instructions to manually remove Vscan 7. However, I don't recommend that you manually remove this spyware infection because it requires complicated work with the Vista Registry. If you make a mistake with the Registry it could seriously harm your operating system. You

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Carolyn Meinel

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I cover Windows, Linux, TCP/IP and Ethernet security questions. I do not cover Mac, smart phones, or other networking issues.

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Books by Carolyn Meinel: wrote a chapter for The Hacking of America book (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567204600/happyhacker) My article Code Red for the Web for Scientific American was reprinted in the book Best American Science Writing 2002 (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060936509/happyhacker). My book The Happy Hacker: A Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking is now in 4th edition with a Japanese edition (see http://happyhacker.org/hhbook/).

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MS, Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona Took a course in computer forensics at the University of Texas at Austin/

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DARPA, SAIC, Palmer Labs

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