Again thanks. After reading the instructions in the link you sent, I got so far, and was stuck. But thanks to my 16 year old grandson I now have a clean laptop. Bea On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Bea > > Have a read here > > <http://malwaretips.com/blogs/mixi-dj-toolbar-virus/> > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 31/07/2013 14:18, Bea 1935 wrote: > > Does the following sound legit? I have ignored it trying to find some > info > > on it. I did take a chance on hitting the Search Button (empty), and got > a > > second page asking me to download Windows 7 Drivers. > > > > For a couple of days, when I open FireFox I get an opening page that has > --- > > > > 1) a toolbar (black) with WEB | Images Videos News | More | powered by > > Bing. > > > > 2) Then a logo of MiXiDJ > > > > 3) an empty field and a Search button > > > > 4) an ad which reads --- > > > > Clean Your PC > > Highly Recommended > > Scan and remove Windows7 errors > > Clean your system and > > Repair all Errors and Bugs. > > Make your PC run like new in a few clicks > > > > 5) A button which says - "Start Download Now" > > > > 6) Followed by (logo) and Windows7 and FF's "logo" > > > > I looked in the control panel and there were three items connected with > > MixiDJ, two seemed to be programs, and one was a tool bar. I uninstalled > > each, but the MixIDJ is still there. And the "ad" to clean my computer is > > still there. > > > > I cannot get rid of either the ad or the MixiDJ logo (the MixiDJ seems to > > be a music site.) > > > > Hope it is legit, not a virus. Can anyone suggest a cure? > > Thanks for reading this, Bea > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on > the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems > incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Good for you Glad to hear its gone Don't you just hate these insidious links Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/08/2013 01:12, Bea 1935 wrote: > Again thanks. After reading the instructions in the link you sent, I got so > far, and was stuck. But thanks to my 16 year old grandson I now have a > clean laptop. > > Bea