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« on: December 30, 2008, 01:53:45 PM »

Hi, This is the first time I've used a forum to pass on info, but I feel that strongly about this subject. I feel I must draw attention to some sneaky anti-virus behaviour & see if anyone else has experience of this. Over the last 3 months I've looked at 4 pc's for various freinds who have had serious infections after a pop-up claiming their pc is infected & they should use "Antivirus 2009" to "clean" their pc.... fatal!!! I guess as a reasonably experienced pc doctor/troubleshooter I know not to fall for claims like this, but with novices this is usually not the case! I'm sure that anti virus program suppliers update their database frequently but this one seems to have slipped through the net, so to say! The latest link to this malware is as follows... don't click on this link, you have been warned!!!    
               
[link deleted as it's against the rules - eXPerience]

Can anyone tell me anything about this? Are there any specific pieces of software to undo the damage this does? I have discovered that it also has a tendancy to disable system restore, I know most people don't like system restore, but I find it's not a bad thing for new pc users saving lots of problems sometimes!  Cheers guys 'n' gals!!

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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2008, 01:58:07 PM »

Evening (or morning, depends where you live  Laugh)

I passed the malware to the Comodo labs, so they can add it to their database Smiley.

For the clean-up, I sujest you take a look at this guide. The programs sujested there should be able to clean-up the mess.

Regards,

Xan

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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 03:52:14 AM »

Microsoft now seem to have this covered with the MSRT. See here:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/156060/microsoft_wages_war_against_fake_security_software.html
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 06:53:52 AM »

Yeah but this doesn't cover my computer as I deleted MSRT !

Xan
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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 07:24:12 AM »

MBAM and SAS usually work with this one too.   What do you have against MSRT?
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 07:25:27 AM »

1) it's slow
2) it's old
3) it only get's updated every months
4) OMG it's microsoft
5) it's bloatware
6) there are many others that do a better job like you actually said yourself

Xan
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