While doing Windows Recovery I installed IE9 on my Windows Vista machine.
This is the message I got when trying to download IE9 executable (or any .exe file) from IE9:
IE9-WindowsVista-x86-enc-exe contained a virus and was deleted.
This is ridiculous!
It does not seem to be anti-virus software which is doing this.
I also turned off the smart filter and firewalls.
How do we solve this?
Best Answer
That looks like a typical ruse from one of the many rogue SpyWare-removal/anti-virus programs that people seem to keep getting infected with. You should use these programs to scan your system, preferably from a clean system (with your suspect system's hard drive connected as a secondary drive so that whatever SpyWare or virus infected it will be dormant during the scan):
Malware Bytes
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
SpyBot - Search & Destroy
http://security.kolla.de/
F-Prot Anti-Virus (free 30-day trial, then $29/year for 5 computers)
http://www.f-prot.com/
I use those three programs a lot. They seem to do the job very well for my needs and have been instrumental in removing junk from other peoples' computers.