Winantivirus pro 2007

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Winantivirus pro 2007 -Warning!

Thought I would warn and elaborate on a post I made earlier. This is especially for kids, or (me) unwary users.
I was surfing through when a pop up screamed something like: " Your computer is being maliciously attacked. Do you want to download a program to stop it?" It then had the normal "Yes" and "No" buttons.
So what to do? You sure as hell don't want to download the "fix" so you hit the "No" button.
You have just downloaded WinAntivirus.
Both buttons were download buttons.
I spent the better part of a week trying to get this BS (trying to be polite as there may be kids reading this) off my computer.
Every time I turned on the computer the same pop up cruised around so I finally hit the "yes" button to just get rid of it. Turns out that if you send $50 bucks to some offshore site they would fix your computer!
I ended up calling enigma software who makes "SpyHunter" software. Their tech took three hours and finally found the damned thing attached to the printer spool register. While he was working he told me this was pretty common, but they switched the program around constantly so they could get more money!
The trick, if you can catch yourself before you hit the "no" button, is close the pop up.
What a crock!

 

[GWguy]

Thought I would warn and elaborate on a post I made earlier. This is especially for kids, or (me) unwary users.
I was surfing through when a pop up screamed something like: " Your computer is being maliciously attacked. Do you want to download a program to stop it?" It then had the normal "Yes" and "No" buttons.
So what to do? You sure as hell don't want to download the "fix" so you hit the "No" button.
You have just downloaded WinAntivirus.
Both buttons were download buttons.
I spent the better part of a week trying to get this BS (trying to be polite as there may be kids reading this) off my computer.
Every time I turned on the computer the same pop up cruised around so I finally hit the "yes" button to just get rid of it. Turns out that if you send $50 bucks to some offshore site they would fix your computer!
I ended up calling enigma software who makes "SpyHunter" software. Their tech took three hours and finally found the damned thing attached to the printer spool register. While he was working he told me this was pretty common, but they switched the program around constantly so they could get more money!
The trick, if you can catch yourself before you hit the "no" button, is close the pop up.
What a crock!

If the 'X' button is available, I hit that before I hit either a yes or no. If there's no 'X', I use the Task Manager to kill it, just to avoid the issue you went thru!

 

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If the 'X' button is available, I hit that before I hit either a yes or no. If there's no 'X', I use the Task Manager to kill it, just to avoid the issue you went thru!

Sorry, damn I forgot that part, too few beers this weekend!
When this marvelous thing attached itself , it disabled the Task Manager! When you tried to eliminate it, it said you had to be an administrator!
BFD - right?
It also eliminated the control panel so you couldn't find the users!
I must have thought many a nasty thought of what I would do to those miserable little **** who pulled this!

 

[GWguy]

Sorry, damn I forgot that part, too few beers this weekend!
When this marvelous thing attached itself , it disabled the Task Manager! When you tried to eliminate it, it said you had to be an administrator!
BFD - right?
It also eliminated the control panel so you couldn't find the users!
I must have thought many a nasty thought of what I would do to those miserable little **** who pulled this!

Sounds like it was time to pull the plug......

 

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Sounds like it was time to pull the plug......

I share not only my dog's lack of intelligence, but also it's stubbornness!
Not to mention it was my work computer AND I didn't have a backup!