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Total Security 2009 update

Oct 7

Posted by Alan in Computer Services | No Comments

We’ve now developed a reliable method for removing this latest version of System Security 2009. As with the last version, this particular virus requires the use of an external OS like a “bootable antivirus & recovery tool” or BART, and therefor this method is not reliable with systems that have Norton GoBack or disk encryption installed. Please fill out a service request form or call to schedule an appointment if you would like a Nerd to take care of your infection!

If you don’t already have an antispyware program to augment your security software, feel free to choose from this list of free and effective antispyware utilities.

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Acrobat Infection Advisory

Jul 31

Posted by Alan in Uncategorized | No Comments

In the last couple of weeks we’ve seen a few infections pop up that were propagated via Adobe PDF files. The origin of these attacks seems to be from certain ads linked to delzzerro.cn and updatedate.cn. You will generally get a prompt to download or open a document called a PDF which is used with Adobe Acrobat Reader for a variety of purposes. This particular infection uses an exploit in this software to spring a trap on an unwary user which then allows the virus to install a fake antivirus program like the one shown in our Malware section above.

Ways to avoid infection:

  1. Keep Antivirus Software up to date
  2. If you are prompted to download an Adobe PDF document that you were not expecting, do not click “OK”
  3. Be sure to manually re-scan any PDF files with odd names like “536.pdf” or “856.pdf” or something similar

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