While on another site I belong to, and looking at a link for a map from WWII, I was hit again by an antivirus software installer. Name is - XP Antivirus 2012. This is an updated version of that last one I was hit with. You DO NOT know you have it until it pops up and runs. You cannot get rid of it, your antivirus software and your OS firewall will shutdown. It even stops Microsoft Security Essentials from running. It will also get by your router's firewall.
The only way I was able to get rid of it is by System Restore. Yeah, power up and tap F8 continuousely to get into Safe Mode. But here's the hitch. You MUST go in as the Administrator. If you try any other way to log in this malware will not let you go to System Restore. By using Admin you will go directly to System Restore. Run SR and this crap will be taken out of the loop and your computer will run ok once again.
If you don't get rid of it, it will not let you run various programs. They will be concidered malware by this piece of crap. And... you will have to pay for it's registration license. Thank the Russian programers for this crap.... as that's where it comes from from what I can figure out. It's a refined version of the last one that hit me and others. Some of you here on SOH saw that one too IIRC.
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