[BC] Apparently have a virus making the rounds (again)

[Glen Kippel]

emembe hat On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Lane Lindstrom (shop computer) <
lane at radiolanes.com> wrote:

> I got something similar on one of the studio computers, it was another
> vundo
> variant....this time it left system restore on, but deleted all the resore
> points.  Had Norton corp 8.0 and it was nuetered.  Ran smitfraudfix, using
> hijack this removed the startup entries, cleared temp files as well as some
> obvious weird named ones in the system32 directory. Then load Symantec End
> Point to clean it up.  A real pain since the whole popup warning is a link
> to download more crap.
>
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Yes, there are real scams.  It's actually an extortion racket of sorts.  One
of our computers at R&R had a popup with some really vulgar porn and the
message: "WARNING!!  YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH ILLIGAL
PORNOGRAPHY!" and a notice that, if we sent them $49 they could clear it
up.  Well, it wasn't really illegal, but certainly gross, and the point is
-- THEY PUT IT THERE.  I don't remember what I used to get rid of it, but
this stuff happens once in awhile.