Got Antivirus 2009?

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:58 am

Got Antivirus 2009?

I'm working on the friends Compaq Presario running XP that has \"Antivirus 2009\".

What's the latest on removing it?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:20 am

Format C

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:36 am

Ops! that's not what I wanted to hear.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:47 am

I had it, no matter what I tried it didn't work. Ended up formatting C and starting over.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:52 am

One of these should do it

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:02 pm

Why does the virus look better than the real antiviruses..

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:33 pm

Tell your friend to press \"alt-F4\" next time instead of clicking on this and installing it. This virus is a funny one because people actually have to \"install\" it themselves.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:36 pm

Wrong, I got mine from installing Nero that I had downloaded and scanned. I nowhere saw the option to install or opt out of installing it.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:55 pm

My dad was hit with the same thing a while back. Google for a removal, its very doable. In my years of computing I never had to format C: for anything.

flip · Post by **flip** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:00 pm

I don't know how you guys get these things. I've been running this pc for about 6 years now and never once have I gotten infected. What am I doing wrong?

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:32 pm

flip wrote:I don't know how you guys get these things. I've been running this pc for about 6 years now and never once have I gotten infected. What am I doing wrong?

Because your wiener is shriveled and you have no interest in porn.

flip · Post by **flip** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:57 pm

Hey I take issue with that. My wiener is only shriveled part of the time

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:45 pm

CDN_Merlin wrote:Wrong, I got mine from installing Nero that I had downloaded and scanned. I nowhere saw the option to install or opt out of installing it.

You still installed it

My point was, this usually pops up as a fake scan screen telling you you have such and such infections - a screen that also seems to have no close option, clicking anywhere will try to install it. Alt-F4 is the best way to close it.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:27 am

Does everyone who gets this use IE? I've not seen a popup in several years.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:51 am

Like I said, I got it from a NERO install. No where did it ask me to install it or pop up a window. It was hacked into the file. I use Firefox.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:37 pm

Sorry Merl, I was talking about everyone else

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:28 pm

just outta curiosity, did you notify Nero, Merl?

I've had something similar happen in the past, though it's been a few years.

captain_twinkie · Post by **captain_twinkie** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:18 pm

I used this to get rid of that.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Do a quick scan, when it asks you to reboot, do the reboot. Will be gone in like 5 minutes

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