Fixing the infected Win 2008 and Win 2009 Antivirus. First Protect your computer against it.

The link provided from Microsoft to fix the problem did not fix the problem, it did however
show me what the problem was and how I might fix it with other solutions, hence the reason for the link. This is a long, long, story, however I will do my best to reduce the pain
as much as possible. The microsoft solution is a 30 day free trial. I just don't recommend it
because it takes forever to load and it doesn't fix the problem.

Had a friend get this virus on her computer so I said I would attempt to fix it however
my recommendation was to buy another computer and keep the old infected one off line
so she could make sure she did not give it to someone else.

How did she get this infection in the first place?

My guess is it is a small prompt pop up which means she did not have pop up blocker on,
which is very important. Anyway, the pop up comes on the screen and tells you that you may have a problem and the Win Antivirus is the solution. They make the virus look like it is
the solution to something you already have and then when you click on the pop up to get the help, guess what, you just infected your computer.

8 hours later I found a few working solutions as the virus fights you for control of the CPU
thus restricting your efforts to fix the problem. Then it becomes who do you trust to tell you
the true. Microsoft wants you to load something that takes up a ton of space and takes forever to download. Then they show you a security patch that costs money.

Most other sites show a fix that will cost money and the question becomes how many do you pay before you solve the problem. For me it is always none.

Yes the free downloads do gain access to the computer but if they fix the problem, I say,
who cares. You could pay to fix this deceptive nightmare and still not fix the problem.

You do need to ask yourself what is your time worth.

I have $450 to $500 for a like new laptop or PC these days so at some point my advise is get a new computer and keep the old one. I will do my best to clean it up after the new one is up and running. My feeling is everyone could use another desktop, or at least a laptop.

Whatever you do, don't save your profile names and passwords on anything. That is what these deceptive weasels are after.

Keeep your security high and keep your pop up blocker on.

If you need help, just write me, I am going to write down every move I made to fix the problem. Happy to share that info. with any friend.