If you get this one, you’ll know…Antivirus 2009.

It is a nasty piece of malware (malicious software). It pops us, tells you that your anti-virus is out of date, and asks for your credit card and such to “update” your anti-virus software.

It is spyware/malware, so that means DO NOT give any data at all!

This one is ugly. The best way to handle it when this comes up? Shut your PC/workstation down using the power button, then call your IT services provider for a fix. If you click anywhere on the window – even the “X” in the upper right corner to close the window – it plants itself. The task manager can sometimes be helpful if the malware has not completely nailed itself in to your system. You will know if you are hit by this baby when you restart your PC and it is there…and won’t go away.

Once you have been infected, there are some things you have to do manually to make this baby go away.

Here are some links here and here with good info on how to clean up this beast.