[pianotech] OT: WARNING about bogus system scans and automaticdownload of an "install.exe" file

[David Ilvedson]

I think Duaine know full well what is going on...but he always likes to let us know...he's on Linux, so he doesn't know about viruses... '-]   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Patrick C. Poulson" <pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 2/22/2010 5:07:15 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: WARNING about bogus system scans and automaticdownload of an "install.exe" file


>Duaine: DO NOT ALLOW THIS PROGRAM TO OPEN! It is a Trojan horse virus, 
>apparently the same one that killed my last computer. It installs itself, is 
>undetectable by any anti-virus program I have heard of, and will not go away 
>unless you "subscribe" to its "anti-virus" service. In other words, it 
>hijacks your machine and extorts money out of you to let the machine 
>function properly. I took my computer to a tech, who was unable to remove 
>it, short of installing an entirely new hard drive and all system programs. 
>The father-in-law of a customer of mine, a computer service tech, said that 
>he has gotten many, many computers in with the same problem.  A very clever, 
>diabolical piece of software design.
>Good luck,
>Patrick C. Poulson
>Registered Piano Technician
>530-265-1983