07-15-2011, 02:36 PM
My mom got one of those just by looking at a website. She promises that she didn't click anything, so I think it used an IE exploit.
It wouldn't let me run antivirus software, or delete its .exe file (which opened on startup.) So I renamed the file instead and rebooted... the fake antivirus program was gone.
However, Google was still redirected to some spam site, and MalwareBytes wouldn't fix it so we had to reformat. I made sure she switched to Firefox after that.
It wouldn't let me run antivirus software, or delete its .exe file (which opened on startup.) So I renamed the file instead and rebooted... the fake antivirus program was gone.
However, Google was still redirected to some spam site, and MalwareBytes wouldn't fix it so we had to reformat. I made sure she switched to Firefox after that.