Infected or not? (SWF.Gida)

laurahhh · Dec 23, 2007

Hi,

When accessing isohunt from my google toolbar, (it pops up as a saved field - isohunt.com) a few seconds after the page opens, it redirects to some ad site (blank though, i think my antivirus blocks the images), and my antivirus software (avira) pops up with "a virus was detected, SWF.Gida" and asks what I want to do, I say delete, but everytime I access this site this way the same thing will happen. However if i just type www.isohunt.com into the address bar and access it this way everything is fine. What I want to know is if this virus has actually infected my computer, and why does this only happen when the page is accessed this way?

Thanks for any help!

DavidGP · Dec 24, 2007

Hi and welcome to Majorgeeks!

It could be a re-direct to an infected page that your getting and your AV is catching and removing it, without it infecting you, however if you feel as if your PC is compromised then do run the below and attach the logs as our malware experts will be able to give you an all clear.

Please follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide

*Please bare with us as this is the Christmas Holidays and all the malware experts here do the removals in their free spare time, so replies may not be as quick as normal ( do try not to bump your thread as it will take longer to get to you ), due to malware experts being with families or being full on mincepies and booze ~ Many Thanks for your understanding*

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Infected or not? (SWF.Gida)

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