My computer is running Windows XP SP3, fully updated. I was browsing the internet on Firefox when the window minimised for a second, then came back up. My taskbar the disappeared and this "Download FLV player" window came up fullscreen. It took control of the mouse, playing what looked like an animated sequence in which it agreed to terms of use agreements and toolbar installs and then it appeared to download FLV player. I had no control over the mouse at this point and every attempt to press ctrl+alt+del brought up the task manager for a second but the it disappeared before I had a chance to do anything. The only way to get control back was to hard shutdown my computer with the power button and start it again to find the FLV player icon on my desktop. I ran scans with Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware which found nothing, the I uninstalled it with Revo Uninstaller and that didn't find any extra files or registry keys. Everything was going grand until about 2 hours later when the exact same window came up and took control again. This time MS Security Essentials said it had found a threat but I had no control over the mouse to click the "Clean computer" button. Another hard restart and I cleaned the 2 threats Security essentials had found ( A trojan downloader "Harnig.s" and a trojan dropper Bamital.C). The FLV player icon is still on my desktop and I'm afraid to touch it in case anything happens.
Is there anyone else who is having/has had the same problems? Any advice on how to deal with it?
Sorry if the question is a little hard to read, I'm having to type thins quickly in case the virus starts up again.
Is there anyone else who is having/has had the same problems? Any advice on how to deal with it?
Sorry if the question is a little hard to read, I'm having to type thins quickly in case the virus starts up again.