I got an update on Bitdefender the same time I got a virus.

Al wreath

I got a virus on my pc, some sort of phishing because I was on chrome and a popup window appeared and a Bitdefender icon that said "take me back to safety", which I clicked on. After that I kept getting popups from the bottom right hand side of my screen that said "your computer is infected" and stuff like that, which to me seemed like some sort of virus in of itself. I do a scan of my computer with Bitdefender and it says that my pc is clean even though the popups keep coming. I then look through my Bitdefender notifications and see that I got an update around the same time the "take me back to safety" button appeared. I look through the update and find stuff like;

Plugins/e_spyw.i01

Plugins/emalware.001

Plugins/krnl.xmd

I get a bunch of other stuff too but I can't copy paste it all. Is this how normal updates look or is this part of the problem?

Gjoksi

Hello.

That is how normal updates look and that is not part of the problem.

But, that popup that says "Your computer is infected" is actually part of the problem.

You might be a victim of adware, so do the steps below.

1) Start your PC in Safe Mode, by following these steps:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode-in-windows-92c27cff-db89-8644-1ce4-b3e5e56fe234

2) Open the Run command:

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-open-run-command-dialog-box/

and run the below commands one by one:

temp - delete all the folders/files in the folder

%temp% - delete all the folders/files in the folder

prefetch - delete all the folders/files in the folder

3) Restart your PC in General Mode, by following these steps:

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-restart-a-computer-in-normal-mode

4) Reset/Refresh your browsers:

Google Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en

Mozilla Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

Microsoft Edge - https://malwaretips.com/blogs/reset-microsoft-edge/

Opera - https://browsersolution.com/reset-opera-browser

Vivaldi - https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/install-update/full-reset-of-vivaldi/

Brave - https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017903152-How-do-I-reset-Brave-settings-to-default-

5) Run a System Scan with your Bitdefender program.

6) Restart your PC.

7) Scan (and disinfect, if needed) your PC with Bitdefender Rescue Environment:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/29132/

8) Restart your PC.

9) If the steps provided above didn't help, do the following steps:

Take screenshot(s) of the issue,

create a log file on your Windows device using Bitdefender Support Tool, by following these steps:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/1733/

and

create a log file on your Windows device using BDsysLog, by following these steps:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/1922/

Next, contact Bitdefender Consumer Support by e-mail:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/help/

with short description of the issue.

After that, you will get an automated reply by the Bitdefender Customer Care Team, with your ticket number.

Now, in reply to that automated reply, you can send the screenshot(s) you already took and the log files you already created in the first step.

Since you are all done, just wait for the support engineers to investigate your issue and find a solution to fix the issue.

Remember that the screenshot(s) and the log files will help a lot to the support engineers for better and faster investigation on your issue and finding a solution.

NOTE: If any of the log file is larger than 25MB, you can upload the log file here:

https://upload.bitdefender.net/

After the upload is done, you will get a notification with the file's URL and then you can share the file's URL with the Bitdefender Consumer Support.

Regards.

Alexandru_BD

Hello @Al wreath and welcome to the Community!

Definitely adware or browser redirects. Your browser connects to it either through allowed notifications or toolbars/extensions. A browser reset and removing unwanted extensions from it should be enough as these notifications and pop-ups are always browser related.

The notifications and pop-ups in this situation do not have anything malicious attached to them, but when you click on them, they will redirect to malicious sites that try to collect your data or install abusive or dangerous software. Some look like fake infection alerts meant to give the user the sense of urgency, to trick you to click on the respective notification and from there it's down the rabbit hole.

The scan will not reveal anything wrong in this scenario because Bitdefender cannot take any direct measures related to this type of notifications, such as adware that you agreed on or something you enabled, like site setting, site notification, redirects in your browser or installed toolbars, extensions or applications. But it will block anything that displays dubious behavior or attempts to make any unauthorized changes to your system or files.

Regards