Downadup virus...

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:46 pm

Also known as antivirus 2010. Anyone get infected?

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:04 am

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

felix'apprentice · Post by **felix'apprentice** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:27 am

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 · Post by **witchhunt** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:26 pm

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 · Post by **Mapex Drummer** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:48 am

What are the symptoms of the virus?

bfoust · Post by **bfoust** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:01 am

where are you getting it from?

felix'apprentice · Post by **felix'apprentice** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:31 pm

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 · Post by **witchhunt** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:44 pm

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 · Post by **KyleMayket** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:15 pm

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

bfoust · Post by **bfoust** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:36 pm

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

UncleScabby · Post by **UncleScabby** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:53 pm

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

Colton · Post by **Colton** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:26 am

i got a virus once..

haha j/k, newbs