Latest Virus Encourages Users to Uninstall AV Software

[26Dolphins]

Hi,

For anyone interested:
Latest Virus Encourages Users to Uninstall AV Software

Virus Fools People Into Uninstalling Their Antivirus Software

[Anupam]

Whoa! What all they keep coming with.

Thanks for sharing the links.

[MidnightCowboy]

Thanks for the heads up about yet another scam.

Not detracting from the value of this post at all, but what made my day were the comments directed supposedly at the Symantec VP under the article linked to at Yahoo!

[bo.elam]

I do believe some people would follow the suggestions to uninstall their anti virus and then get heavily infected by doing so.

Bo

[26Dolphins]

Hi,
Here's another one on the same subject and here's one concerning MSE users.

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

... what made my day were the comments directed supposedly at the Symantec VP under the article linked to at Yahoo!

Thanks for pointing that out MC, I didn't pay much attention to the comments on my first visit - I guess I'm getting bored with the constant negative talk about Symantec.

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by 26Dolphins

Hi,
Here's another one on the same subject and here's one concerning MSE users.

Thanks for the other links. I bet the MSE trojan catches out a few folks.

[Sope]

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

I bet the MSE trojan catches out a few folks.

Indeed, that does look like a slippery one.

[bo.elam]

Originally Posted by 26Dolphins

Hi,
Here's another one on the same subject and here's one concerning MSE users.

The Fake MSE warning looks exactly like a real one. Thanks for the warning
26dolphins. I think I would have been fool by this one till the point when it
ask for money or prompts to use the online scanner.

Bo