Just removed this one from a friend's PC. Right royal pain in the butt, but MalwareBytes (free version) did the trick to get rid of it.
If I could just now convince him to PURCHASE a security product .... Tina -----Original Message----- From: MB Software Solutions, LLC [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 6 November 2010 1:40 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Malware as M$ anti virus Security Essentials On 11/5/2010 10:32 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > I know some people here were talking about using this and an article > on fake versions of it. > > <http://www.bnet.com/blog/businesstips/beware-of-malware-masquerading-as-mic rosoft-security-essentials/9471> > > > They list what to look for if you have the false product. > > My daughter got bit by something like this. "Think Point" (fake) anti-virus software. Something in its beginning screen(s) were eluding to Microsoft Security Essentials. Big nuisance. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
