You can browse in https mode on facebood (highly recommended).

You can also browse in virtual mode using Sandboxie (sandboxie.com) for x32 and x64, or BufferZonePro (free) for x32.

They give you a red line around your browser window and seemed to bother a couple of skins (sandboxie).

This thing will infect more than just a few files. It will blow itself through the registry and many areas of your system. You got lucky!

I have avoided it before by pulling the plug on the PC... how-ev-errrrrr.... that is NOT advisable.

A few weeks ago I flipped a breaker that turned out to be the computer room. 1 system shut down and the OS was hosed upon attempted reboot.

Yeah.  Try the old task manager next time and kill whatever web browser you are using.  It's also a good idea to not have firefox set to reload the last page you were viewing or you might be right back at square 1.

Them dang slideshows are frought with peril.

I guess I'm lucky then.

*looking over shoulder warrily*

Be very wary of Imageshack...I've had it try to install 3 times from the http://imageshack.us/ website so far.

I'm savvy enough to keep it from installing...it would be very easy to make the mistake of letting it load, so be careful.

The best way to avoid these type of attacts is to surf via Virtual PC and discard the changes to your session when closing.

I had the very same experiene! I finally did a restore in safe mode to get rid of it! It was really annoying and very malicious! It held me captive until I finally outsmarted it! I have no idea how it got there either, but I never want to experience that again!

Also, one of the best step by step guides for removing malware can be found here... http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

Okay I downloaded Sandboxie and it is very easy to set up.  It also has a tutorial that walks you through it.  Do the tutorial if you download.  I'm using the Argon Theme and do not have any red line around the browser window, haven't tried it yet with other skins.  The price is right, free. 

Thank you everyone for this good security reminder.  It's crucial to revisit good computer security practices regularly.  I'm the one that keeps our five family computers running in tip-top shape, and these reminders/best practices threads help tremendously.

Had this. It's a pesky one. Went to other PC and searched around in some desperation. Went to someplace called My Antispyware(dot)com and their support team contacted me with the following weird note*. I set my system calendar to six days ahead, then rebooted. Then set correct time. Then rebooted. Malware apparently gone...(?). Had to use other PC as this one was terminally borked from the virus. Only got a multiple of popups that disabled almost everything, saying "pay $ to get hip" then "pay more $ to get more hip." IE8 couldn't open. Really horrible. Weird but true: try 6-day date reset. Worked for me but I've no idea why. Also, after all this was said and done, a day or so later, my TrendMicro Pro said I had a trojan that it couldn't delete yet, so the malware was quarantined 'til TrendMicro has the right stuff to nuke it.

* Hello Dear friend!
I am really sorry that your computer has been infected. So, these pop-ups and are not the part of our product,
they are a some kind of a virus from the internet and don't belong to our program. It was done by our advertising
partner and he's already banned.
This program will be self-removed in 6 days. There would be no problems after it is deleted.
Also you can just set date and time setting in your windows control panel 6 days later according to current date.

let me know please if you have any other problems.
 Thanks and have a great day!

Good luck to everyone who has gotten this. It's a nasty bugger, all right.

Hey, is it Spring yet anywhere? My window just shows snow and cold and more of the same...aargh.

Peace

We're getting a taste of spring here in Pa. Sunshine, temps in the mid 50's, blue skies ... then the sun goes down and it gets cold again. Its on its way. Thank goodness. I've had enough of the cold, snow, ice and stuff.

Fascinating!  A self terminating one!  Defintiely worth remembering as that is easy enough to do!  So far these bugs have been defeatable as each one forgets something that allows us to get it.  I guess it is only a matter of time before someone figures out all the angles and closes them all.

Thanks for the tip!

Spring?  Today, Gone tomorrow! (64 today, 45 tomorrow).

Oh yeah, I had this virus. I downloaded it just so I could fight it off. It was a fun one, but still easy to get rid of in about 5 minutes.

Hey G3mpi3 ... let me ask you somethin' ... hehe. If the next one you download just so you can fight it off turns out to be bigger'n your PC what will you do if it says it 'll get rid of you in five minutes? j/k

Meh, I would welcome that. I've turned rebuilding my PC into a hobby. Also, I'm dual booting win7 and Maverick Meerkat, so I'm not worried about that.

Wow!

happy you get un-infected....

Now that I think about it there was this advert about 3 maybe 4 months ago asking if I wanted to download and install a new system tool by that name. I chose to ignore it as I have more than enough toys to play with. It came as an email and I regularly delete everything in the spam folder without bothering to check any out.

This is in reply to #31.  That seems fishy.  I'd still want to run some type of Anti-Malware on it.  Very odd that some tool would write up a virus/trojan that will self expire.

The important thing to remember is that if you get a pop-up like that, don't click anywhere on your screen.  Ctl+Alt+Delete and bring up task-manager, which will then be the "focus" window.  Kill your browser.  Or do a hard shutdown.  Always try task manager first though.