I Hate Computer Viruses
Beware Of This Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Warning!... A couple of weeks ago, i was trying to log into EP, when a large red box appeared on my screen. The box said “Microsoft Security Essentials has detected the following on your computer which might jeopardize your safety:
Hack Tool Win 32 Elevate A
Adware win32. Fraud
TrojansPSW.Win32. launch
Underneath it was a box that said “Clean Computer Now”
The first time it appeared, I closed that box, ran McAfee and all seemed fine. On Friday night, I was trying to log in again and the same box appeared. I got a little worried. I checked Microsoft security and noticed the virus names did not match what was on my Security screen. I called AT&T and as usual, they would not help me unless I paid 15.00 for 12 months.
Luckily, I was under a call warranty with Hewlett Packard. We ran malwarebytes, McAfee, quick scan and Microsoft Defenders..Nothing showed up. We did a system restore back to 2 weeks ago and all was fine.
For the heck of it, I googled Microsoft Security Essentials and sure enough, it was a hoax..Had I clicked on the “clean computer”, I would have allowed the Trojan into my computer. The warning was made to look exactly like Microsoft official notices!
I am including the link here in case you want to arm yourself , hoping this does not happen to you..this tells of the hoax and the remedy to solve the problem.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-fake-microsoft-security-essentials-alert
Hack Tool Win 32 Elevate A
Adware win32. Fraud
TrojansPSW.Win32. launch
Underneath it was a box that said “Clean Computer Now”
The first time it appeared, I closed that box, ran McAfee and all seemed fine. On Friday night, I was trying to log in again and the same box appeared. I got a little worried. I checked Microsoft security and noticed the virus names did not match what was on my Security screen. I called AT&T and as usual, they would not help me unless I paid 15.00 for 12 months.
Luckily, I was under a call warranty with Hewlett Packard. We ran malwarebytes, McAfee, quick scan and Microsoft Defenders..Nothing showed up. We did a system restore back to 2 weeks ago and all was fine.
For the heck of it, I googled Microsoft Security Essentials and sure enough, it was a hoax..Had I clicked on the “clean computer”, I would have allowed the Trojan into my computer. The warning was made to look exactly like Microsoft official notices!
I am including the link here in case you want to arm yourself , hoping this does not happen to you..this tells of the hoax and the remedy to solve the problem.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-fake-microsoft-security-essentials-alert
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