Downadup virus...

[witchhunt]

Also known as antivirus 2010. Anyone get infected?

[MeYatch]

I did about a month ago, prompting my reformat and switch to windows 7 beta.

[felix'apprentice]

ya that damn thing got two of our computers at work, its a tricky lil bastard. i downloaded that patch for it twice on one computer, and it kept coming back.....so i called in reinforcements lol. when the second computer got it, i didnt even touch it. just called the techs in.

good luck gettin rid of it.

- k a Y l a

[witchhunt]

Yeah, it apparently won't let you download any security stuff from Microsoft. I was able to download a removal utility that it must not have recognized. The site was bleepingcomputers.com. Scary shit. Probably some 13 year old.

[Mapex Drummer]

What are the symptoms of the virus?

[bfoust]

where are you getting it from?

[felix'apprentice]

this virus actually shows up on your computer as an Antivirus program, it honestly looks authentic til you start thinking about it. it prompts you to update your antivirus 2009/2010 whatever ... and i really dont know where it comes from, but its a trojan. and i dont know how to get rid of it, ive tried and failed lol.

[witchhunt]

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware ... virus-2010

Here's a link that shows what it looks like and how to get rid of it. It looks like an official Windows program.

[KyleMayket]

or as I did with my parents computer when they got it, Wipe and Re-Install.

[bfoust]

where do you think you got it from? an email? a website? i haven't heard about it until this thread

[UncleScabby]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/01/1 ... newssearch

[Colton]

i got a virus once..


haha j/k, newbs