John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Fri Aug 15 12:24:41 CDT 2008
Bad news for all the curious and unprotected: just got notified on my vipre/counterspy list that antivirXP09 is the latest iteration of this pest. Apparently it is happening both from web page drive by downloads and it has happened to a few people while opening their gmail account. I don't know yet if it was an attachment or what. Be careful out there. John B. -----Original Message----- From: dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 8:44 PM To: 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-OT] AntiVirXP08 - Anybody Know About This? Hi, 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?