Hacked!

[mythteller]

My PC's been infected with the #@$#@$@ Ultimate Cleaner virus thing. Every 5 minutes or so, warning pop-ups say my computer's been infected and I MUST install this Cleaner app. Even if I shut all that down, it pops-up again later.

The thing has disabled Norton (can't run a scan). Adaware finds the spyware, says it's been removed, but the pop-ups keep coming.

I could probably hack my way through the registry, but it'll take hours. I hate this stuff! I'm usually pretty careful about it, but this @#$% somehow sneaked it's way in.

So the PC is closed until I can dedicate some time to fix it and I'm logging in via the laptop.

Leave Osama alone... crack down on these computer terrorists with their spyware and viruses. I swear, if I ever find one of them, I'm buying one of those electro-magnets you put on a flatbed and pinning every one of their hardrives to the wall for a few minutes.

Comments

[kallisti.livejournal.com]

If you are going after people...start with Bill Gates, and the people who let Windows become such a mess of kludges that it is ridiculously easy to infect...especially if you are using IE, or Outlook/express!

ttyl

[silly-imp.livejournal.com]

Odd, my Norton flagged and diabled that one the moment it saw it a few weeks ago.

Maybe there is a fix/remove thingie for it (I'm so technical!) that you can download to get rid of it?

Good luck

[nightdemons.livejournal.com]

The "security warning" pop ups are annoying but so long as you haven't downloaded the Ultimate Cleaner you aren't in tooo tooo much trouble.

From a respected website ....http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic98916.html

I have a Mac at home now. This is why.

;-)