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If you see this pop-up message, chances are your computer is infected with Conficker. The latest feature of the widespread worm is that it installs fake antivirus software on infected machines.

1 posted on 04/10/2009 10:21:08 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: berdie

later


2 posted on 04/10/2009 10:28:06 PM PDT by berdie (Philosophies of the school room in one generation will reflect the government philosophy of the next)
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To: JoeProBono; hiredhand

Ubuntu 8.10 have this issue as well Joe ?


3 posted on 04/10/2009 10:29:10 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: JoeProBono

hey thanks joe, I’ll keep an eye out.


4 posted on 04/10/2009 10:31:20 PM PDT by bobby.223
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To: JoeProBono

Oh my - we had that a few days ago. Malware Bytes didn’t find it and neither did my updated McAfee software. We had to backdate to a restore point.

I wonder if there’s anything else I should do?


5 posted on 04/10/2009 10:32:38 PM PDT by babyfreep
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To: JoeProBono

Run shareware program MALWAREBYTES - will remove this crap
along with others that Norton/Microsoft will miss


7 posted on 04/10/2009 10:33:48 PM PDT by njslim
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To: JoeProBono

That window poppped up a couple days ago on my computer. Had a heckuva time getting rid of it.


8 posted on 04/10/2009 10:33:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: JoeProBono

Here are the tools that the working group are listing.

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=ANY.RepairTools


22 posted on 04/10/2009 11:47:20 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: JoeProBono

Not very original.....


24 posted on 04/11/2009 12:11:10 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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