garfy wrote:I am sorry for double posts.
I rpessed double time submit button.
Anyone can make repeated mistakes.
The link you provided gives an error 404 page not found as the article has been deleted.
Please check the links you provide in your posts do actually work.
XAMPP is not to blame for you getting this virus please click on this link and read these
Google Results and learn about this website Softwaresh and how to remove the infection -
Softwaresh.com is a hoax site.www.cleanpcguide.com wrote:Softwaresh.com is a domain providing the online promotion for Antivirus Scan – a hazardous rogue anti-spyware tool.
Softwaresh.com hijacks your browsers and keeps redirecting you to the Antivirus Scan purchase site and is prompting you to buy a software.
Such websites like Softwaresh.com usually have their agents spread to computer systems via web-channels, trojans or video codecs.
Softwaresh.com will hijack browsers, block legitimate Windows applications, display various fake security alerts and detect numerous false infections in order to trick you into purchasing its full version.
It is critical to take Softwaresh.com seriously and remove it as soon as possible.
Tee Support Removal InstructionsCleanPCGuideI repeat you did not get infected by being hijacked through XAMPP, not possible for this malware type, your web browser was hijacked not your XAMPP web server.
Check in \xampp\webdav folder that there is only 2 files index.html and webdav.txt just in case.
Delete or rename this folder as it is the only place that could be attacked on a default installation of XAMPP.
I advise you not to allow XAMPP to be generally accessed from the Internet until you have done some real research on the security issues involved as the level of server knowledge you are at may lead to you to having your PC compromised or to becoming a zombie machine that you would not be aware of - just use XAMPP for localhost development as advised in the \xampp\readme_en.txt file.
Best wishes.