| Antivirus 360 and Antivirus 2009 rearing it's nasty head! |
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I have gotten plenty of calls regarding this nasty little bugger. This virus likes to masquerade as antivirus software and prompts you to pay up in order to remove the infections it has detected. DO NOT PAY...if you do, you just gave your money away. Here is some info about it from another site: A powerful computer virus that pretends to be an anti-virus protection programme, is causing havoc for Taranaki users. But it's proving to be a windfall for computer technicians. Geoff Sharp Computing of Hawera has dealt with infected computers for more than 40 owners in a little over a month, a massive number compared the the normal rate. "It's coming in through usually safe websites such as Google and Bebo," he said. "The only advice we can give people is to be careful what you click on. If it's unfamiliar or some kind of unexpected pop-up, stay away from it." There are three major viruses masquerading as Norton or AVG-type virus protection updates: Antivirus 2008, 2009, 360. They use the Norton and AVG logo lookalike logos. His technician, Matthew Hughes, 23, says the virus is authentic-looking and very hard to identify as a scam. "If you follow the instructions, you can end up making a credit card payment for a protection update of around $US80 ($NZ158). But all you get is a debit on your card and you may have given your card number away as well." READ THE REST HERE
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