help to fix win32monster.fx

[bestofbaney]

how do i fix win32monster,fx that keeps popping up on my computer.

[Tarq57]

Hi,
I have no experience with this malware.
I'd be inclined to try MBAM, (a very good antispyware scanner that's often good for rogue removal.) (It's a rogue you have.)

More info including manual removal instructions Here.I have not tried this. (Never needed to.) Use at your own risk. Personally, I'd be reasonably confident about following the instructions, but you may not be.

[YoKenny]

@Tarq57

I see www.411-spyware.com is blocked by hpHosts HOSTS file:
http://hosts-file.net/default.asp?s=www.411-spyware.com <== FSA - sites engaged in the selling or distribution of bogus or fraudulent applications

MBAM is the better way to go.

[Tarq57]

Interesting the MVPS hosts file doesn't block it.
Appears to be a non-fraudulent site, from where I'm looking, but then, I can't always tell.
[edit] Google diagnostic has no recent bad information about it.

[YoKenny]

I unblocked 411.spyware-com and it promotes Spyware Doctor that is mediocre at best and the free version has limited capabilities.

See CNET editors' review:
http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Doctor/3000-8022_4-10293212.html
http://reviews.cnet.com/security-and-encryption/spyware-doctor-5-1/4505-3688_7-32784959.html?tag=mncol

MBAM free is the better way to go.

[Tarq57]

YoKenny, I don't disagree with anything you're saying; it's just that I don't see the evidence for blocking 411-spyware as malicious, when there appears to be little evidence that it is.
Although Spyware Doctor may not be very highly thought of by many, that alone is a huge step short of describing it as rogue or a malicious download.

[YoKenny]

I put a lot of fath in Steven Burn the owner of hpHosts HOSTS file and he was just awarded a prestigious Microsoft MVP award that is quite an accomplishment:
http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1632

By the way, Steven (MysteryFCM) helps out a lot with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) latest malware detection in its V1.40 update:
False Positives
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=42

[bob3160]

YoKenny, I don't disagree with anything you're saying; it's just that I don't see the evidence for blocking 411-spyware as malicious, when there appears to be little evidence that it is.
Although Spyware Doctor may not be very highly thought of by many, that alone is a huge step short of describing it as rogue or a malicious download.

Fully agree that ineffective isn't thew same as malicious or harmful.
That's always been one of my beefs with host file blocking.
One mans junk can be another's treasure.  
YoKenny is right in suggesting that MalwareBytes Anti-Malware is a great choice.

[CharleyO]

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MBAM (free version) should be able to take care of this problem.

Download it, install it, update it, and then run a full scan with MBAM.

I also suggest you download it from the malwarebytes home site so as to get the must up-to-date version of the program. The best place to get any security program is from the program's home site.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php


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