Mcafee is Disabled

safaulk2 · 04-17-2008, 10:41 PM

My Mcafee is diabled and everytime I use any kind of search engine on Firefox and include the word Mcafee Firefox shuts down and I have to restart the session of firefox. I have also tried to use Ad-Aware and Spybot search and destroy, neither of these work. I also downloaded Smitfraudfix v2.311 (don't know if this is where the problem came from). I have tried to remove Smitfraudfix and can not find it in the "add remove programs". Can anyone tell me what type of virus I have and what I need to do to fix/kill it. The Mcafee icon in the taskbar is white with a red M...which appears to be normal...however it will not allow me to open McAfee Secuirty center, or run any other applications from Mcafee when I right click on the Mcafee icon in the taskbar. Every once in awhile there will also be a series of icons in the tray that are white in color with a red arrow in a circle on it. Thanks for any help you can offer. I can surf the web and also go to my frequent web-sites...the only time I have a problem is when I try to go to mcafee's web-site or type in any key word that has "mcafee" in the search bar.

tetonbob · 04-18-2008, 08:45 AM

Take a look at your hosts file. See if there are any entries in there pointing to a malicious IP address.

Or, follow these instructions to seek assistance for malware removal:

If you think your computer is infected....

04-17-2008, 10:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
safaulk2 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Window XP	Mcafee is Disabled My Mcafee is diabled and everytime I use any kind of search engine on Firefox and include the word Mcafee Firefox shuts down and I have to restart the session of firefox. I have also tried to use Ad-Aware and Spybot search and destroy, neither of these work. I also downloaded Smitfraudfix v2.311 (don't know if this is where the problem came from). I have tried to remove Smitfraudfix and can not find it in the "add remove programs". Can anyone tell me what type of virus I have and what I need to do to fix/kill it. The Mcafee icon in the taskbar is white with a red M...which appears to be normal...however it will not allow me to open McAfee Secuirty center, or run any other applications from Mcafee when I right click on the Mcafee icon in the taskbar. Every once in awhile there will also be a series of icons in the tray that are white in color with a red arrow in a circle on it. Thanks for any help you can offer. I can surf the web and also go to my frequent web-sites...the only time I have a problem is when I try to go to mcafee's web-site or type in any key word that has "mcafee" in the search bar.

04-18-2008, 08:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
tetonbob Manager, Security Center, TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA Posts: 35,524 OS: 2000 Pro; XP Pro; XP Home	Re: Mcafee is Disabled Take a look at your hosts file. See if there are any entries in there pointing to a malicious IP address. Or, follow these instructions to seek assistance for malware removal: If you think your computer is infected.... __________________ Practice Safe Surfing PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need? Because what you don't know, CAN hurt you. Proud Member of ASAP since 2005 Proud Member of UNITE since 2006 Microsoft MVP - Consumer Security 2009