Comments on: Fakealerts Invade Google Image Search Results for ’24′ Star

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:31:48 +0000

Got a fakealert by clicking on an image of Vitamin Water. I said what the heck! I ended up running Webroot full sweep while it was flashing and was able to close it eventually an put it into quarantine. I will now use alt-F4 when I run into trouble. I also us system mech. to clean up errors.

By: Kevin Russell

Kevin Russell — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:39:21 +0000

Great article Andrew – thanks. Very few articles (if any) I’ve seen detail how this thing gets on your computer – as an IT Admin, I’ve only seen the end result – and always get, ‘I just don’t know HOW it got on my computer’. I’ve seen these on nearly a dozen computers between 3 different clients – and one week had 6+ infections of this to deal with. Been trialing Webroot’s Websecurity Cloud-based product and really love it so far. Hoping it can stop a lot of these rogue antiviruses – as they’re almost (if not) as bad as the real thing since they essentially disable the computer by hooking into ANYTHING you try to run (even command prompt, task manager as you mentioned, etc.). System Restore (via XP or better) is a good way to quickly ‘remove it’ – then follow up with good spyware and antivirus scans to completely clean it. Wish things like this were going away – but it seems to be the trend for the moment among the scumware trojan writers out there. Hoping they all get infected by their own bug!

By: Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:47:28 +0000

Holy fatalistic outlook, Batman. You can, however, make sure your existing antivirus — whatever it is — is up to date and fully protecting your computer.

By: erin leager

erin leager — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:53:49 +0000

I have absolutly no flipping idea what is good and what is bad. Holy Similitude-so i have come to the conclusion that “whatever happens, happens and i can’t control much and therefore, i can’t stress about it.”

By: Jennifer Brace

Jennifer Brace — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:44:41 +0000

I have this on my computer…I didn’t have time to deal with it yesterday so my idiot boyfriend thought he was doing me a favor and paid $49.95 and downloaded the thing and now “miraculously” it works again. How do I get rid of this now?

By: Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:45:06 +0000

Use a good, reputable antivirus and antispyware product, and keep it up to date.

By: Kendra Seni

Kendra Seni — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:14:30 +0000

I am possative I have this. How do I get rid of? Not computer savey

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