<VV> [FC] Warning: vry dangerous invasive files NO CORVAIR

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Here's some tips:

If you have a pop up window that refuses to close, close your browser, whatever that may be. Hit CTRL ALT DEL, click on 'Processes' under Task Manager, find your browser, and close it by selecting it and closing it. I use FireFox (and highly recommend it over Internet Exploder), so look for a file that starts with firefox. Or starts with ie, if you're using Internet Exploder, or whatever, select it, and RIGHT click on it. Select 'End Process Tree' and follow the instructions to close it. Don't worry about the message about upsetting your computer, if all you're doing is closing your browser, it'll be fine. 

Then restart your browser and continue. REMEMBER not to go there next time!

Also, have REALLY GOOD anti virus software. I've given up on free stuff. Given the havoc these things cause, premium software is a comparative bargain, big time. I use Kaspersky Labs, it's constantly updating, operates in the background, and WILL stop you dead in your tracks if you come across something bad. Definitely worth the $80 a year for three computers. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: kenpepke at juno.com <kenpepke at juno.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sun, May 2, 2010 8:16 am
Subject: Re: <VV> [FC] Warning: vry  dangerous invasive files NO CORVAIR



Tony:

Thank you very much for this important information.  

How does this 'thing' come to one's computer and once there how would one 
recognize it?  Once there and recognized must one keep it forever or is there a 
way in which it may be deleted?  

As I am not very computer oriented and I need all the help I can get so thanks 
in advance.
Ken P



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Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net> wrote: [in part]

This thing is like a root kit.   It's insidious and malicious and 
it's not going quietly.  You have to work to get rid of this 
mess.    Its originator had serious talent...  If the guy who cooked 
up this thing had spent the time making a real antivirus ap, he would 
have been able to sell it for serious money instead of trying to rip 
people off for this bogus trap.


If you see this thing or one of its clones pop up in your browser, 
the simplest and best thing to do is NOT try to click it off or 
cancel it... just close the browser.   Some variants have a bogus 
"OK" or "CANCEL" window that pops up which will load this crap onto 
your computer no matter which button you click.  

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