Avast antivirus..help!!!

[Guest Gui..]

hi u guys!!

 

huuhh first of all my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the right

community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please answer

me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on

google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge them...

well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the

site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message appeared:

"welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site)

so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on

the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked 'desconnect'

and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast

found no more viruses,but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..

what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???

[Guest Mick Murphy]

Go to www.avast.com and read their FAQs.

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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

 

 

"Gui.." wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> hi u guys!!

>

> huuhh first of all my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the right

> community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please answer

> me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on

> google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge them...

> well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the

> site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message appeared:

> "welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site)

> so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on

> the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked 'desconnect'

> and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast

> found no more viruses,but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..

> what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???</span>

[Guest C.B.]

"Gui.." <Gui@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3A75C2F3-5952-49B4-9B25-C19EB778B849@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> hi u guys!!

>

> huuhh first of all my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the

> right

> community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please

> answer

> me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on

> google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge

> them...

> well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the

> site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message

> appeared:

> "welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site)

> so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on

> the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked

> 'desconnect'

> and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast

> found no more viruses,but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..

> what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???</span>

 

 

It was telling you to disconnect from the website. You need to

reconsider your websurfing habits before you get infected to the point of

hosing your system.

Google websites, MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, eBay and many other sites

are full of links that take you to websites harboring malware. There is

nothing wrong with the websites listed above but be careful of where the

links take you.

You should rescan your system in Safe Mode. You can also use the tool

listed in the link below:

 

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/0...virus-for-free/

 

Be careful when visiting any websites that advertise "free

screensavers", "free emoticons", "free virus scans", etc, etc, etc. Until

you learn how to safely surf the web you might want to download and install

the McAfee Site Advisor found at the link below:

 

http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ie.html

 

C.B.

 

 

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and unfortunate among us.

[Guest FromTheRafters]

"Gui.." <Gui@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3A75C2F3-5952-49B4-9B25-C19EB778B849@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> hi u guys!!

>

> huuhh first of all my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the

> right

> community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please

> answer

> me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span>

 

Okay, I'm reading it.

<span style="color:blue">

> today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on

> google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge

> them...

> well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the

> site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message

> appeared:

> "welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site)</span>

 

You went to some unknown website - I'm with you so far.

<span style="color:blue">

> so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on

> the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked

> 'desconnect'

> and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast

> found no more viruses,but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..</span>

 

It sounds to me like Avast! prevented the downloading of

some unknown so-called virus from some unknown site.

<span style="color:blue">

> what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???</span>

 

You didn't give the content of the AV alert message, but I

assume it was "disconnect" which could mean pull the cable/

phone line or otherwise disable the network.

 

As to whether it is gone or not - there's no way to tell for

sure. You may be able to go the the Avast! log file to find

out what malware was encountered, and from there find

out how complicated removal is for that malware.