Re: [Chihuahuas] Watch Out For a Vista Virus!!! Please Read!!!

[Nancy]

All of the free virus protection programs leave something to be desired.  Plus, you may want to read this article.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45977121/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.Tw-jZ_ld34I

We are using AVG and Microsoft Security Essentials.  We also run Malwarebytes occasionally, and AdAware.  The best thing to do is to make sure you back it up.  And close windows from the task bar on the bottom of the screen.  Do not use the little X in the upper right corner unless you are very sure of the page's security.

 

Nancy, Pepper, Rascal & Rocky

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From: Peggy & The Girls <phr...@optimum.net>
To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Watch Out For a Vista Virus!!! Please Read!!!

 

Thanks Rose, I will keep that one in mind and do some research on it.             -------Original Message-------   From: meccarose Date: 1/12/2012 9:14:43 PM To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Watch Out For a Vista Virus!!! Please Read!!!   I used to use AVG until I got some viruses that it didn't catch.  I've switched over to Avast.  They have a free download, seems to work alright. From: Joan Croft <joan_cr...@hotmail.com> To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:04 PM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Watch Out For a Vista Virus!!! Please Read!!!   So sorry that had happened to you. Today I was looking at something and a bunch of ad-type pages popped up and I had a difficult time clicking to close them.  Maybe that was the same thing? Too many mean people out there doing this sort of stuff…afterall, what would they get out of this except for laughs and giggles?  So mean…I really wish someone can stop these things before you get them.   From: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peggy & The Girls Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:29 PM To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chihuahuas] Watch Out For a Vista Virus!!! Please Read!!!     WARNING: PLEASE READ FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY!   This sucker is a horror!!!  I haven't a clue how I got it, or why AVG didn't prevent it from getting on my lap to begin with. The last thing that I was on was MSN free games, and to be honest, that's where I think I got it from. I left my lap for a couple of minutes and all soughts of things popped up on my desk top. If you see this warning pop up on your desktop.......DO NOT CLICK ON ANYTHING, EXCEPT TO IMMEDIATLY STOP IT FROM SCANNING YOUR COMPUTER. QUICKLY CLOSE ALL WINDOWS.   It will say "Vista Security 2012 Firewall Alert"  It is BOGUS!!!  It will take over your Windows Defender and Windows Firewall. It will block your Security from opening to do a scan. It will take over your Browser so you can't search for a fix or click on anything. All you will see in your Browser is a warning to do a scan or buy  the BOGUS  "Vista Security 2012 Firewall Alert"   I didn't go to bed until 7am this morning trying to get rid of it. I finally found a back way to open up AVG and scanned, that took 1 and 3/4 hours and it said everything was safe! But the bugs were still popping up on my desktop and I still couldn't troubleshoot the web to get rid of it.   You will see about 9 Bogus Windows open on your desktop, all have the Windows LOGO, all appear to be genuine. One even list all the supposedly virus's, worms, Trojans, etc that you have and list the names of them and what components and files it has supposedly corrupted. Another one will say that you have been hijacked. Your Windows defender and firewall will pop up and show that all security is turned off and it will not allow you to change anything unless you click for it to scan and accept it's Bogus service. DON'T CLICK ON ANY OF IT, JUST X OUT OF IT.   Go into Start, click on INTERNET EXPLOYER-NO ADD-ONS, (the bogus Vista Security can't get on that, because you don't have any add-ons to allow it on). Go to Cnet and download 'Malwarebytes Anti Malware"  It is a free trial and the only software that got it out of my system. I tried 2 other softwares and they didn't find anything. Malwarebytes scanned for a lot longer then AVG does and it scanned a lot more objects. During the scan, Malwarebytes said that it was being blocked and I had to click 'quarantine a couple of times, so don't leave your computer while it is scanning. My full scan was 2 and 1/2 hours! But it found 7 infected objects and got rid of them all. I intend to keep it on my lap.   Peggy & The Girls