Random virus in Internet folder

[sethwilliam]

Just did a bootime scan with avast and it found two virus in
Users/my account/app data/local/temp/nskde22.tmp/>$pluginsdir/Bi.client.exe is infected by win32: somoto-F [pup]

And another one in the temporary Internet files.

How did I get these? I told it to delete the files which it did successfully.

 

[jinayhvora]

probably from some website u visited

 

[smorizio]

Ie has one flaw that ms has not fixed and that drive by downloads. When you go to a good web page like toms and there an ad banner and in the ad banner is a infected ad. You don't click on it but a window pops open and the virus is dropped onto the system. That why lot people use Firefox and other browsers with pop up blockers.

 

[das_stig]

Download and install CCleaner. Run it and let it clear IE temp folders of nasties.

 

[sethwilliam]

Ok that explains it. Guess ill use Firefox cuz I don't like google chrome. Is there any way to transfer my favorites over? I have at least 50 favorite sites

 

[jinayhvora]

Ok that explains it. Guess ill use Firefox cuz I don't like google chrome. Is there any way to transfer my favorites over? I have at least 50 favorite sites

firefox has an inbuilt import feature