Facebook users beware

[ILLMAS]

Today I regret letting my nephew (10 yes old) open a facebook account, according to him I was the only person in the world that didn't have an account. Well last night just before closing shop I checked it, this morning I get a message that I have virus and to download a program called antivirus soft, this damm virus doesn't allow you to do much + it blocks your antivirus software, finally after 3 hours of down time I am up an running. So please update your antivirus periodically and avoid using facebook on you tax computer. From now on i will check my facebook via the iPhone or mac computer.

[Bart]

Today I regret letting my nephew (10 yes old) open a facebook account, according to him I was the only person in the world that didn't have an account. Well last night just before closing shop I checked it, this morning I get a message that I have virus and to download a program called antivirus soft, this damm virus doesn't allow you to do much + it blocks your antivirus software, finally after 3 hours of down time I am up an running. So please update your antivirus periodically and avoid using facebook on you tax computer. From now on i will check my facebook via the iPhone or mac computer.

I got the same kind of virus over the weekend. My computer guy says another of his clients also got it. The only site visited by both of us was www.whitepages.com.

[TAXBILLY]

Antivirus Soft is a rogue anti-virus program designed to redirect Internet users to scam security websites.

A false alert is shown and you are tricked into downloading this program which is the real virus.

taxbilly

[Margaret CPA in OH]

Today I regret letting my nephew (10 yes old) open a facebook account, according to him I was the only person in the world that didn't have an account. Well last night just before closing shop I checked it, this morning I get a message that I have virus and to download a program called antivirus soft, this damm virus doesn't allow you to do much + it blocks your antivirus software, finally after 3 hours of down time I am up an running. So please update your antivirus periodically and avoid using facebook on you tax computer. From now on i will check my facebook via the iPhone or mac computer.

Tell your nephew that you were not the only one in the world without an account. I don't either and cannot imagine that I ever will. I have enough trouble keeping up with just my email! And I don't really care if I miss out on something - I'm too busy to notice and haven't enough time now to do what I need to do let alone what I want to do. Extra bonus - no virus.

[ljwalters]

I'm with Margaret. I have clients that send me invites to join their face book. Hell I just got text on my cell this holliday season past. I started getting text mesages and after some research from my son he determined they were from a few clients with Holliday wishes. So I did breakdown and add minimal texting to my cell account. But Facebook is a whole nother matter. No plans at all to put my mug out there in that cyber storm.

So the count is growing.

and neither is buddy

Linda and buddy

[Pacun]

To solve your problem, look for av.exe services and stop it. Then go to c:\documents and setting\yourname\local settings\application data and delete av.exe. The go c:\windows\Prefetch and look for av.exe or av plus numbers and delete it. If so far, you have found what I said, let me know and I will send you a little program that will fix your registry.