Serwab virus

Gentlemen,

My copy of Avast! works perfectly and I never had any problem until now. Congratulations!

Still, since a few weeks, as soon as I open Internet Explorer (release 7), I very often get a pop up dialog box warning me about a virus called “SERWAB” threatening my computer, and do I want a scan, and blah blah blah. It seems to come from various sources including Symantec or mainly WindowsAntiVirus2006.

Is there a real danger ? Is this virus in your database ? Is there something I should do ?

How can I stop these pop up advertisements ?

Thank you for your help

Dr Gérard de BOTTON

What is the infected file name, where was it found e.g. (C:\windows\system32\infected-file-name.xxx) ?

Hi gdb4322,

Here is the info on this worm:
http://www.precisesecurity.com/computer-virus/serwab-jun20.htm

and technical info:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-060817-5546-99&tabid=3

polonus

WindowsAntiVirus2006 is a rogue/adware program (with false positives) is it not?

Unless avast! itself is giving out warnings, perhaps you really don’t have that virus but rather a spyware/adware infection.

I’d try something like ewido: www.ewido.net or superantispyware www.superantispyware.com and see if those popups go away. Both programs have free versions and are well known.

Yep tis a malware infection download and run rogue remover to clear it http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php