Yeah, that one and a dozen just like them, self install when you visit an infected site. Depending on how they are configured, your anti virus MAY or may NOT detect them. They also use FAKE “close” and “X” buttons, so if you visit a bad site, and some pop up asks you if you REALLY want to leave, and you click YES, it uses that YES to install itself as if you authorized it. No windows anti virus can protect you from clicking the wrong thing. Only a Mac which doesn’t use the same code is immune from those web attacks. I browse ONLY on my Mac and use Bootcamp in a Virtual Machine for my few windows apps that I still MUST have. My Windows VM is NOT allowed on the net. The only safe way to surf. Good luck out there.
I don't know how I opened my system to them...but I did and it took me six precious hours to break free.
“.....Only a Mac which doesn’t use the same code is immune from those web attacks. I browse ONLY on my Mac...”
Good for you! My dad got a Mac because of just that. My brother has a Mac and viruses just are not an issue (wouldn’t that be nice?). Guess I’ll be a Mac head too before long.
Not true. In fact, Apple just released a patch where clicking a corrupted PDF link could compromise your entire system, with an arbitrary code execution attack.
The fact is, ANY computer that connects to any other network or computer can be infected, and IS vulnerable. There is no such thing as immunity when discussing networked computers.
For the original poster, consider Microsoft Security Essentials. Very good, auto-updating, highly configurable, VERY lightweight in resources/CPU usage (down in the <2% range CPU usage on my laptop), and free.