“Digital Protection” – virus?

by Veeyawn

Question by Jeni Fer: “Digital Protection” – virus?
It downloaded itself to my computer. It tried to delete my firefox, my Malwarebytes, and a bunch of other stuff and grabbed pornsites to link in our start menu and desktops. One of those stubborn no-benefit-to-the-brats-who-made-it bits of malicious crap. It calls itself Digital Protection – masquerades as a virus/malware protection/deletion program. We’ve run Malwarebytes – which it did not delete – and it found all the obvious files. The rogue links, a hijack, and the root in my files, and we did the whole quarantine/removal blah. Didn’t work evidently. Got rid of the links and the first thing we did before the scan was unplugged the internet and/so no more have appeared. But, it’s still got its roots buried in my program files, started up when we logged back on as me. My desktop background and everything on my desktop? Never appeared. Me? Pretty irritated by this point.

Haven’t found anyone else mentioning this by this name, so here I am am asking : Have you been there – with this or a very similar? Any advice?

Okay, seeing as I’m getting “this JUST happened to me” responses and there’s been no previous reports as far as I can find, I’m feeling pretty safe saying this particular one is a recent development. Be sure to specify in responses if you’re dealing with something with a different name. I’m putting my feelers out there – luckily I’m smack dab in the middle of an army of computer nerds. I’ll communicate any info I get.

Best answer:

Answer by Fdbgadfba
this sounds like a virus a had, it wouldnt let me view my desktop, my only access to the internet was through dell tech support help, this virus was spawning from a facebook message i had previou\sly opened, try getting to your facebook and deleting your whole inbox. i know that facebook has done some updating to get read of this virus, but this could be your problem

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