Well they have Dusted it off and Re Written it for the newer Windows Versions. back in Windows 98 and Windows ME we saw another version of this. And then there was a version for Windows XP back in the early part of 2008 I saw about 4 cases of this. Each of those were scareware designed to make you buy their "removal" tool. Their tool of course would remove it but would then capture your credit card info and logins to sites you would use. Thus was a tool for Identity Theft, Norton would not catch it and neither would McAfee. the 2 that would catch it were Avira and AVG Anti Virus. If you ever get one of these sor t of virus's Never Buy thier Tools.
First thing that should be a red flag is a Virus that tells you the victim what tool to buy and use to remove it. This alone says it is released by the same author or one author is connected to the other in some way.
If you ever get something like that, Stop what you are doing and Call Us or Your Local Repair Specialist. Make sure to tell them You May have a Fake AntiVirus or Scareware on your system.
Steven Young
Technician Supervisor
S.a.A. Computer Repair
steven@saacomputer
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Cell 503-927-9098
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