Internet Explorer popup and warning

Question

Hi,   My internet explorer has been popping up and directed to some unwanted sites when I open the 'my pictures' folder. Sometimes it would also do this when I open a new IE window.    Also I sometimes get an IE warning dialog saying 'There has been a security breach by the Blackworm virus. We recommend you DOWNLOAD one of the security softwares to prevent further malware infections.'  When I clicked OK an IE window opens and displays this site: http://www.amaena.com/securityworm2/?aid=am2&lid=hotmail   I still have the trend-micro pc-cillin internet software that came with the machine and it has been running with updated definitions. I manually scanned the computer but it didn't find any virus. I also used Adaware and other softwares to detect adware/spyware but came up short.   Does anyone know what might be going on and how I can fix it?

leduke · Answer

Try to do your scannings in safe mode.

ky331 · Answer

download and run Atribune's VundoFix, per directions here:  http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_hijack&message.id=29584

nb130usr · Answer

VundoFix seemed to have done the trick. 'Scan as a task' did not work for me, even in safe mode. I just did the scan and remove. Thanks for the replies.

shamikh55 · Answer

I had the same problem, all above and other programs mentioned in other forums failed to remove this. Was about to resort to re-installing windows until i came across the following removal tool specifically designed to remove this and it worked.   If all else fails try this.   download the Look2Me-Destroyer.exe file from http://www.atribune.org/content/view/28/  and follow the instructions on the URL.   Shamz Message Edited by shamikh55 on 04-16-200604:53 PM

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Internet Explorer popup and warning

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