I have come across a piece of malware quite frequently lately. It generates a pop-up about your computer being infected with a virus. My most frequent encounter was with the Antivirus Soft version. In a nutshell, the pop-ups are actually the malware and by clicking on anything in the pop-up you are telling it to install thus causing more problems. If you see a pop-up while browsing the internet about your computer being infected, do not click on it; not to close, not to cancel. Immediately go to Start -> Shutdown or Restart on your computer and do not return to that website. If you continue to get the pop-ups after restart, click here for more information about the virus and the location of removal instructions.
As a side note, remember to keep your programs up to date. Especially Windows and Adobe Acrobat. Here are a couple of links to update said software:
Also, you may want to consider using alternate Internet and PDF software such as Mozilla Firefox, or my favorite Google Chrome. A great alternative to Adobe reader is Foxit Reader.
February 18, 2010 Comments
