Is anyone else having problems logging in to e-mail?

Jet, Ima Yahoo. Google fixed yet?

Are the Chinese hacking them again?

Computer just got hijacked by a browser buddy ...

&$@/"#%^**=?!?!?

No, which is really surprising, considering that I am using Microsoft products and Hotmail.

Jet,

Sounds like your system might have been infected by a virus or malware.

Download and install either AVG or Avast and run a full system scan. After that, download malware bytes

(http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php) and update, then run a full system scan.

ok ... will do

http://www.google.com/search?q=errors&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a 

I can't open an Internet browser ... The program that installed itself is called Total PC Defender ... It started by not allowing me to access google, then it hijacked my browser & I can't get on the Internet ... I'm currently running a full scan w/ AVG ...

I'm Pissed ...

Been there , It sucks ! Good luck..

Full system AVG scan turned up zero ... No infections found ... WTF??

Now what ??

Total PC Defender is a rouge program, it's a faux anti-virus/malware program that installs maliciously onto your system and pops up fake virus alerts to attempt to essentially extort a CC payment for it's "services" in removing these viruses which don't actually exist.

Mbam (Malware Bytes) as I mentioned above can get rid of it, but Total PC Defender might be preventing it from running.

Here are step by step directions on how to get rid of Total PC Defender if it's blocking Mbam.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-total-pc-defender 

to attempt to ==> in an attempt to

T.G., is this the one that blocks system restore? I don't know your feelings on using it, but I got a couple problems off my brothers computer by having him back up a couple days.

I'm a computer idiot, though they think I'm a guru. It's all relative to who your compared to.

Tg ... Thx, but that fix has you d/l something & I can't open a browser ... It's preventing me from getting online ...

Jet,

Do you have access to a second, unifected system that has:

1) an inernet connection [to go to the above link and download all necessary software and updates]

2) a CD/DVD burner or a USB port if you have a USB flash drive [to burn/copy files to]

3) a printer [print directions from above link]

thank you TG and jet

my computer has been acting funky too

I ran superantispyware and nothing came up

and AVG was scanning for 11 hours...overnight...it listed some tracking cookies...but was still scanning this morning...stuck for some reason

so I will be uninstalling and reinstalling it

I have to go to a new window and back in order to be able to scroll on an open one with tabbed windows

spybot came up with nothing

I downloaded the malwarebytes and it is scanning now

thank you, TG and jet

that Defender crap just came up on my computer

if you hadn't had this discussion, I wouldn't have had a clue what to do...

folks...get the malwarbytes link on your computer now...you never know when you may need it

I fixed a computer recently that had a very similar malware infection; and I was able to use the browser in safe mode.