Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Beware of 'VISTA ANTISPYWARE 2011'

Finally my laptop is back to peace now~
i attempted to download some e-books last night so i tried out various links to get the right one and...
end up with getting infected by malware
because i hadn't scan and update my antivirus for few days since i was so busy and i dont want the scanning process to slow down my laptop and also my work~ this is the result of being lazy and not taking good care of the laptop. this is how the spyware looks like~ 
 you cant believe how irritating it was! the warning boxes are popping out like each and every 5 minutes! and i was so busy doing my research report and get mad for seeing this box all the time! besides, it had also blocked my web page connection, however it doesnt block MSN and also PPStream, and that's why i felt weird of it.


it was showing different alerts like:
Win 7 Internet Security 2011 Firewall Alert
XP Antispyware 2011 has blocked a program from accessing the internet
Internet Explorer is infected with Trojan-BNK.Win32.Keylogger.gen
Private data can be stolen by third parties, including credit card details and passwords.

System danger!Your system security is in danger. Privacy threats detected. Spyware, keyloggers or Trojans may be working the background right now. Perform an in-depth scan and removal now, click here.
System Hijack!System security threat was detected. Viruses and/or spyware may be damaging your system now. Prevent infection and data loss or stealing by running a free security scan
Privacy threat!Spyware intrusion detected. Your system is infected. System integrity is at risk. Private data can be stolen by third parties, including credit card details and passwords. Click here to perform a security repair.
Stealth intrusion!Infection detected in the background. Your computer is now attacked by spyware and rogue software. Eliminate the infection safely, perform a security scan and deletion now.
at 1st i thought it was the computer's own defender popping out to warn me about infections, but then i felt weird because i had never saw this box before~ i was so mad of it because it insisted me to buy their product to remove the spyware, i tried to use my own antivirus programme to scan but saw nothing harmful.
so i ignored it since i need to go on with my report.
with the help of Evelyn's laptop to browse the webpage, i suddenly thought of searching this 'anti-spyware' programme and see if there's any possible way to get rid of this notification boxes.
BUT then i found out it was a malware:
the description says that:
"it is a program called Vista Anti-spyware 2011 has appeared to have attached itself to windows defender and is interfering with web access and other programs. It is claiming that my computer is infected with numerous tracking, keylogging and trojans I have Mcafee total protection and after running a full scan it said the computer was secure, and also this Vista Anti-spyware 2011 is asking for payment to provide a service, again it appears incorrect."
 and lucky i didnt subscribe to it, i ALMOST wanted to do so because it was soooo irritatiing to see the alerts every few minutes! then i saw someone had done the payment and their pc was FREEZE after this.
with evelyn's laptop, i download and installed the spybot search and removed this spyware
Thanks God now my laptop is in peace and it is functioning well once again :D

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