Re: 7

**"* F* L* J* <l*@bellsouth.net>**

On 8/13/2011 9:24 AM, Linda Nitchman wrote:
>
> Fellow listserv members, I'm so sorry for the annoying post and
> emails. I thought I had solved this problem. I've changed antivirus
> providers, run a full scan and killed a worm. I'm not a computer
> expert and would appreciate suggestions any of you have on what to do
> next.

I use these three anti-virus/malware apps:

Spybot Search & Destroy
the real URL:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
Spybot Search & Destroy
www.safer-networking.org/ - Cached - Block all www.safer-networking.org 
results
Searches whole computer or just a certain file for malicious software 
commonly missed by anti-virus programs. Can be used to clean usage 
tracks. For 32-bit ...

Dr. Web Curit (the free version of Dr. Web
(worth the time registering for a free copy to download)
the real URL:
http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/?lng=en
Google search result:
Dr.Web CureIt! — download free anti-virus! Cure viruses, Best free ...
www.freedrweb.com/cureit/?lng=en - Cached - Block all www.freedrweb.com 
results
Dr.Web CureIt!®. Do you have anti-virus software installed on your 
computer, but still worry about its effectiveness? Run Dr.Web CureIt!® 
(no need to install it) to ...

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
http://shop.malwarebytes.org/lpa/342/5/index.html?_kk=malwarebytes%20antimalware&_kt=f53b1b6b-b718-40d6-9cc0-1458525103f8&gclid=CMzfpqjYzKoCFQrf4AodyiYF1Q
(this is the real URL, long but is valid)
Google search result:
Malwarebytes®The Original - Protect, Detect & Remove Malware
www.malwarebytes.org/Anti-Malware
Trusted by IT & Security Pros.

These all came up in Google as the first result in the list.

The virus propagated unwittingly in email (never ever click on those 
links you see in such email messages) may have originated when a user 
clicked on a link provided in search results from any search engine,
innocent looking but a phony URL that executes the virus. The one I got 
is the most famous and worst of all seen these days. I got locked apps 
and popups advertising anti virus software (go to their website and 
purchase and download their software - use credit card and while user 
wonders why the non functional anti virus software just purchased isn't 
working as claimed the thieves are draining user's bank account. Such 
banks/credit card companies can transfer/wire funds from a US account to 
somewhere in Eastern Europe or Russia or Asia without questioning the 
validity of the transfer. In my case I shut the computer down
and rebooted to install Win 7 over Vista and reformat the hard drive in 
the process. Best to be very careful clicking on search results provided 
by any search engine these days. That is where this particular virus is 
most often found (or in emails). Good idea to do your search
then manually type the URL you want to visit into the dialog box rather 
than directly clicking on any link in the lists provided, or carefully 
cut and paste the url after determining it is safe. The problem is that 
it can be extremely difficult to make sure that a particular link is 
actually the one you think it is.
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