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Virus Warning For WINDOWS USERS ONLY!!!!

Postby toypusher » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:36 pm

the local news had a story on tonight and I thought it might be worth a mention here.

The 'Antivirus 2008 (or 2009 or 2010)' virus is on the rampage again.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

If you get any kind of popup warning of virus infections in you computer make absolutely sure that it has the name of your antivirus software on it somewhere before clicking anything.

It will look alot like this:

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If you get one of these, just close your browser and do NOT click anywhere on the popup!!

You can then google 'Antivirus 2010' (or whatever year it has on the popup) and learn about it and how to remove it if it has gotten into your computer!
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Postby Miriam C. » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:41 pm

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Postby caseydog » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:45 pm

Omigod!!! I better act right now...



oh, wait. never mind. ;)





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Postby toypusher » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:01 pm

caseydog wrote:Omigod!!! I better act right now...



oh, wait. never mind. ;)





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http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintosh ... usfaqs.htm
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Postby DrCrash » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:40 pm

that one again. Ive seen it but my anti-virus got to it befor it got me. A nasty one I hear. Last time around it was " Malware" guess it matured on us to virus. :?
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Postby rainjer » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:49 pm

I just fixed my wifes work computer with this virus. It is a pain.

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Postby Nitetimes » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:07 pm

That's the one I've got on the other partition right now.....trashed the system before I could get rid of it. Pretty sure that's what I gotta go chase out of another computer tomorrow. :roll: :roll:
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Postby caseydog » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:41 pm

toypusher wrote:
caseydog wrote:Omigod!!! I better act right now...



oh, wait. never mind. ;)





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http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintosh ... usfaqs.htm


Yep. One of these days, I gotta think about getting some anti-virus software for my macs. I've been putting it off since around 1986. I reckon, one of these years, I'm gonna need it and I'll be sorry. I really shouldn't let two decades of virus-free operation suck me into a false sense of security. ;)

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Postby bve » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:08 am

caseydog wrote:
toypusher wrote:
caseydog wrote:Omigod!!! I better act right now...

oh, wait. never mind. ;)

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http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintosh ... usfaqs.htm


Yep. One of these days, I gotta think about getting some anti-virus software for my macs. I've been putting it off since around 1986. I reckon, one of these years, I'm gonna need it and I'll be sorry. I really shouldn't let two decades of virus-free operation suck me into a false sense of security. ;)

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LOL - you sound like my brothers.

My anti-virus software is called Linux, but back in my Windows days I used AVG it was great, free, and didn't ever screw with my system like some of the more commercialized AV brands.

CD are you planning to get an iPad?
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Postby bve » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:12 am

BTW - that Mac antivirus article was probably commissioned by McAfee or Symantec.
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Postby Laredo » Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:11 am

LOL - you sound like my brothers.

My anti-virus software is called Linux, but back in my Windows days I used AVG it was great, free, and didn't ever screw with my system like some of the more commercialized AV brands.

CD are you planning to get an iPad?


No iPad here. no cell phone. I do have a flat-screen monitor and an ergonomic keyboard (both second-hand). But yeah, my anti-virus software came installed with the OS. It's Ubuntu Linux. The browser is Firefox. The office software is Open Office.

Total software investment? $0.00. In the last environment where I had to live with a Windows machine, I had XP, which isn't too awful. Didn't have AVG, though -- TPTB at the job were all about high-dollar security fixes.

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Postby toypusher » Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:24 am

BTW: If the MAC and Linux users want to start a mutual admiration society then someone can start another thread. Thank you.

This thread was started to possibly help the majority of members of this board!
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Postby dmckruit » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:22 am

If you get the virus, don't panic. Also don't try to shut down and reboot your computer, also, do not accept any registry changes. If still have access to the internet download the malwarebytes software (there is a free 30 day trial version). Load the software and run a full scan. Once it says its okay, reboot, then rerun the scan. This removed many a virus that McAfee couldn't.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/
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Postby starleen2 » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:24 am

toypusher wrote:BTW: If the MAC and Linux users want to start a mutual admiration society then someone can start another thread. Thank you.

This thread was started to possibly help the majority of members of this board!


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Postby queeniejeanne » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:49 am

My brother (not the brightest bulb on the tree) opens and runs everything he gets.....he got this and could not let go of it...lol took me five days and used the system restore to take him back to before it happened...that finally worked...Queenie Jeanne
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