[Mishmash] win 7 home security 2011

[fatkinson at mishmash.com]

Folks,

     I got it off.

     I used 'Spybot: Search and Destroy'.  It eliminated it.

     Regards,




                                        Fred

> Folks,
>
> 	There is a piece of malware running around called 'win 7 home
> security 2011'.
>
> 	Look out.  It will sucker you.  It will tell you that your computer
> is infected (the only thing that is probably infecting your computer
> is 'win 7 home security 2011').
>
> 	It will tell you that you need to purchase their software to remove
> all of the many threats (the many threats are legitimate files in
> your system).
>
> 	My Sunday School teacher was taken by this.  Fortunately, she had
> something like LifeLock.  They shut down her credit card immediately
> and protected her.  Otherwise she might have been out a bunch of money.
>
> 	Don't fall for it.
>
> 	It just showed up on my PC.  I'm trying to find a way to remove
> it.  So far, McAfee wants ninety dollars to do it.  And others want
> me to download and install their software.  That makes me a little
> nervous.
>
> 	Has anyone found a way of removing it that works and doesn't require
> downloading and running other software to fix it?
>
> 	Regards,
>
>
>
>
> 									Fred
>
>
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