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!!
I passed the malware to the Comodo labs, so they can add it to their database :).
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
PS. I deleted the link as it’s against the forum policy
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