FYI - Fake AntiVirus Program

[ponta2147]

This fake antivirus malware calling itself AntiVir has been making the rounds, keep your eyes out for it. My husband just got it today and my dad (who does tech support for a living) has already had to clean it off of five computers.It will pop up, claim you have a bunch of security alerts, and then demand that you purchase their program. EDIT: The fake one is called Antivir Solution Pro, not to be confused with Avira Antivir

[VforVIBE]

Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 »It will pop up, claim you have a bunch of security alerts, and then demand that you purchase their program. There are a lot of malware programs that does this, if any "antivirus" program pops up on your screen and you are unsure the best bet is to Google the name. I've had viruses that wouldn't allow me to open my real antivirus program (Kaspersky), claiming it was a corrupt program it would also mess with the settings so Kaspersky couldn't update its database. It was a pain to fix it.

[ponta2147]

Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE »There are a lot of malware programs that does this, if any "antivirus" program pops up on your screen and you are unsure the best bet is to Google the name. I've had viruses that wouldn't allow me to open my real antivirus program (Kaspersky), claiming it was a corrupt program it would also mess with the settings so Kaspersky couldn't update its database. It was a pain to fix it. Yep, this is just the latest of many manifestations. Just be careful! If you get this one, it will automatically boot up when you start your computer next.

[BlueCrush]

That's strange. I use Avira Antivir: http://www.avira.com/en/download/index.php It comes highly recommended by a few people I know and also by my computer repair shop as well.

[ponta2147]

I think this might be a fake version, because I've heard of the other one as well. It did not look anything like the Avira one.The fake one looks like this:

[VforVIBE]

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »That's strange. I use Avira Antivir: http://www.avira.com/en/download/index.php It comes highly recommended by a few people I know and also by my computer repair shop as well.RUN!!!! Brian is infected!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH......

[bull77]

also keep on eye out for this sneaky virus:http://www.f-secure.com/weblog....html

[BlueCrush]

Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE »RUN!!!! Brian is infected!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH...... Haha...it kinda freaked me out when I initially read the first post.

[lovemyraffe]

Be very careful with these. If you do start the scan, it will corrupt almost every file on your computer. I had a few people in my office do this and we had to completely format the hard drive.

[Tubaryan12]

Make sure you download this software and keep it on a memory stick in case of emergency:http://download.cnet.com/Malwa....htmlyou'll be glad you did if you ever need to use it.

[ponta2147]

Yupyup, that is the exact one we had to use to help get rid of it.