Hi all,
Sorry to bother everyone, just need to be reassured.
There I was, just checking something out searching via Mozilla Firefox and all these noises started, flashing lights like Las Vegas and you would think I had physically hit my PC with the racket. But, I remained calm, knowing I was protected with Avast. I ran Windows Defender, Spy Zooker and did a full scan with Avast (still scanning actually).
Two infected files appear in my Skull and Crossbone Chest.
_CACHE_003_
E0252844d01
locations are my docs & settings\user\local settigs\application data\Mozilla\firefox\Profiles
and called
JS:FakeAV-AA (Trj) and JS:FakeAV-AB (Trj)
So, how do I get rid of these Trojans? Even though they are in my chest, I don't want them.
As an 'oldie' but very interested in all this IT stuff, can someone advise please? Incidentally, I am very grateful to anyone for reading this and taking time to tell me what they are. I feel that the way they entered my PC was quite alarming as the attack implied there would be serious damage if you didn't install what they told you to install and all the icons looked very authentic, just like they came from microsoft etc. It was just that it all didn't 'feel right' somehow - a bit 'over the top' - which stopped me from running the downloads. Am I safe?
Elaine Mills