John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Sat Aug 2 21:26:21 CDT 2008
Hi Tina, It is rogue, or fake, security software. It can be removed with Vipre or CounterSpy. Vipre would require that you remove any previously installed anti-virus programs such as Norton, McAfee or any other over-priced under-expectations AV product ;o) CounterSpy is the anti-spyware subset of Vipre which does anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-rootkit and more. Both Vipre and CounterSpy have free, fully functional trial periods. http://www.winhaven.net/security/spyware.html http://www.winhaven.net/security/virus.html If you have any problems after installing one of these you can conteact me or the Sunbelt Software security gurus. Good Luck! John B. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 8:26 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues; dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] AntiVirXP08 Anybody Know About This? Hi, Please forgive the cross-posting. Panic call from my Dad. He opened an email message that he thought was some kind of expose about a McCain ad. Apparently this email infected his machine with AntiVirXP08. A quick Google search indicates this program is a fake anti-virus program that lures people into buying it, while it installs spyware and other malware on their systems. Anyone here know about this thing? Tina _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com