Hi jenandmikehuff

 

The Reimage.com 'virus' is not a virus but infact a non-malware program we commonly refer to as a PUA or Potentially Unwanted Application.  It specifically causes pop-up ads to displaye, caused by an ad-supported cross web browser plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome, which is distributed through various platforms during installation.

 

Often they are installed intentionally by you the user as browser add-ons for various tasks such as quick search tools, but in the case of this particular one it is typically added when you install another free software that had bundled into their installation this adware program.

 

So the key to avoiding them is to make sure that when downloading apps one does so from the author's own website or one that they have recommended, and not 3rd party downloading site.

 

WSA does detect and remove many PUA's, and more are being added, but WSA does not detect all of them. A simple browser add-on with PUA behaviour that is easy to identify and easy to remove is not likely to be detected and removed by WSA. Those that are intentionally difficult to locate and remove are. Please see THIS LINK for more information regarding Webroot's stance on these annoying programs.

 

To make sure that your WSA is checking for PUA's with the best proficiently, it sometimes helps to reset the PUA detection within WSA's settings. For PUA's that had previously been scanned and determined to be OK, but have since been added to detection/removal, you may want to complete the following steps:

 

• Open Webroot SecureAnywhere
  
• Click on ‘Advanced Settings’ from the top right
  
• Select ‘Scan Settings’ from the left side
  
• Unselect the option “Detect Potentially Unwanted Applications”
  
• Click on the Save button (you may have to enter in a CAPTCHA)
  
• Reselect the option to “Detect Potentially Unwanted Applications”
  
• Click on the Save button
  
• Run another scan with Webroot and remove any items that get detected.

 

If that does not helps and you feel or consider yourself technically proficient then you can try these steps to remove it from your system.

 

And if that does not work or you do not feel technically capable then the best thing to do is to Open a Support Ticket & ask Webroot Support to take a look and remove these for you.  There is NO CHARGE for this for valid WSA license holder.

 

Hope that helps?

 

Regards, Baldrick

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