A bit of new (?) stuff/info fer y'all Today I somehow ended up with a silly but persistant 'antivirus' spyware that really pissed me off. Not only did it do a fake scan it also wouldn't leave when told to, and kept trying to coerse me into saving its files. WaPOS in my limited opinon
.Google 'Antivurus 2008' and its variables, BAH!
A word of warning though, beware of the 'free removal' sites as some of them seem as bad as the percieved threat. In fact a couple I went to seemed to have many of the same sponsors. Hmmmmmm.
Anyone else seeing this or am I just pissing at nothing?
Do stick to the well known and reliable removal tools like SpyBot S&D, and Ad-Aware (lava soft), etc. and beware of the many repackaged 'anti-spy-ware' programs out there that are just giant advertisements that are spyware themselves, they can be a real pain, and a hard tick to remove., I recall 'MightyMouse' (sic ? ) as one that people had fun with. Remember to do your research before downloading any 'cure-all' removal programs too(there aren't too many out there that are reliable imho), go do a search on the brand name and search 'problems' etc., you'll be surprised.
Just a bit of a heads up and I'm curious for other's stories and info regarding this, so post away!
Regards,
Serge