It came upon me without warning. I was on Myspace, adding a friend when I got an alert off my taskbar stating that my computer has been infected and giving me an option to remove it. I thought it was my own anti-virus software but when I clicked, “yes”, it sent me to a website to purchase a different anti-virus software. I could do nothing after this. Error messages popped up like crazy and my internet browsing was disabled. Luckily, I had another laptop available and I did some research. It turns out that I WAS infected and that the virus was this fake antivirus software trying to scam and fustrate people into buying its program. I found out that people were being infected off of Myspace and Facebook, just as I had. Most importantly I found a solution that did not require wiping out my hard drive or paying big bucks for computer repair. You can find it here at, Malware Removal Tips. It gives you step by step easy instructions on getting rid of this really annoying virus.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Virus Alert! Fake AntiVirus Software
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