Spyware

Recently, I managed to get some annoying spyware on my computer, and I'm struggling to get rid of it, it seems to have an icon on the very bottom right on the task bar, it keeps telling me that I have spyware on my computer. I click on it, even right click on it to try and close it; but it keeps sending me to one of two sites, 'VirusRanger' or 'VirusHeat'.
Without my permission it put a couple of icons on my desktop, which I've since deleted, installed some trial program that immediately started scanning my computer for spyware (how ironic), told me I had something like 400, but then wouldn't let me delete them, saying I had to buy the software first, so I deleted that program.
Yet the task bar icons remain.

Now, I've just looked it up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virusheat

They won't fool me!

Now, can someone tell me of an appropriate way of removing this program, I'm very cautious now, because I don't want to download another antispyware spyware program that would make things worse.
🙁🙁🙁

Is this guide safe to follow?

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic130080.html

Do you have Spybot - Search and Destroy installed on your computer? Downloading and running that might help clear it up.

Try Trend Micro House Call or Super Anti Spyware.

http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/default.htm

Use the 90 day free trial to purge your PC, and in the future, stop clicking every windows prompt you see.....and don't surf the porn past page 2 of google search.


Consider yourself told 😛

Originally posted by vacostner
Do you have Spybot - Search and Destroy installed on your computer? Downloading and running that might help clear it up.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
.....and don't surf the porn past page 2 of google search.


Consider yourself told 😛

Yay! I fixed it! 😀

Everyone should download this - free version of Malwarebytes. The newest and best at the moment for malware removal.

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

This is a how to removal guide:-

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic130080.html

Edit :- Seen the link on one of the posts. It appears a decent post. Do you use Internet Explorer on the Internet as those things will soon be back?

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Everyone should download this - free version of Malwarebytes. The newest and best at the moment for malware removal.

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

Originally posted by ludz
You should add everyone who uses Internet Explorer. I have not smelt a spyware for years but if I switch to IE I will start seeing those things.

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I don't use IE.

I do use Malwarebytes.

Originally posted by ludz
I don't use IE and I don't use Malwarebytes. The problem described in this thread comes about when the Zlob trojans masquerade as a video or audio codec required to view a movie on the Internet. I view movies with Firefox and I have never experienced these problems of driveby downloads associated with IE.

To each his own I suppose.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
I use a proper, paid up, antivirus, and i've never had a problem either.

Why do people expect a free ride all the time ?