Returned home this morning after taking the girls to school and found a pesky virus blocking my internet access. This virus, known by a dozen or more names, causes professional looking popups to appear on-screen and they look just like a legitimate Windows security program. The popup pretends to inform that the computer has been infected as you are directed to click certain links. These links, of course, lead to more trouble.
I will update this post with instructions after I have cleared the viruses. I've found 9 so far. I'm sure my teen and pre-teen internet-surfing daughters have nothing to do with it ;-)
(Posting this from my handy dandy Droid Incredible while the computer is infected.)
PROTECT YOUR PC FROM FAKE VIRUS ALERTS
These scareware popups are still around today. A solid security setup goes a long way:
- Antivirus Software — real-time protection against fake alerts and actual malware.
- External Backup Drive — so a bad infection never costs you your files.
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