NJres

This thing is a virus, malware, spyware, evil! It pretends to be an anti virus program and then takes over your computer and disables your real antispyware programs which makes it difficult to remove.

But here is my real question. The program tells you that you have all these virus infections and tries to sell you antivirus software that either won't work or you don't need. If they are set up to receive payment, can't we find out who these people are and throw them in jail? (I was actually going to offer to visit them with a baseball bat)

ucsd_ucla_dad

It doesn't sound that difficult to go after them on the surface but many of these are actually located outside of the USA which can make it very difficult. I'm sure the enforcement agancies, if they can determine which one s/b involved, are overwhelmed also. On top of all that, there may be some legal issues that make it difficult to do much about it - for example if you essentially consented to downloading the software app by clicking some button on the popup.

If you ever see any of these popups I recommend bringing up (on Windows) Task Manager and doing an 'end task' on the browser to make the whole browser (whether it's IE , Firefox, or another one) go away without having to click any windows. Sometimes these apps have what appears to be a 'close window' function but it's really a consent function.

Lergnom

Because the internet is borderless and these people are really located somewhere else, like Russia, and may be routed through some island somewhere.

chubeebo

This virus is a real bad hassle. Once it loads, it disables you from doing almost anything else. And I hope nobody got baited into "purchasing".

BunsenBurner

If it is similar to the #$&@* that affected my really old computer, nothing worked until we deleted its nasty traces from the registry.

menloparkmom

Njers, if you want to call me I can explain how to get rid of it. Pm if you want my phone #.

NJres

Thanks! I was able to run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware from a flash drive and got rid of it. I had the mbam program on that computer already but Security Tool wouldn't let me run the installed program... grrrrrr!!! This is my son's computer. He fell for some pop-up that warned him of viruses and urged him to run a scan. He clicked, which installed the virus program. When it asked him for credit card info, fortunately he shut down his computer. I think I cleaned it up. My purpose for starting this thread was to, 1) rant! 2) warn others to avoid "Security Tool" and 3) Seriously wonder out loud why these things are allowed to exist so openly and blatantly.

NJres

Here is a new twist, at least for me, and one more thing to watch out for. I ran a search on Google for the new Microsoft Essentials antivirus program. It is microsoft, and it is free, so I thought I would give it a try. The search results are "poisoned" and turned up links that appeared to be on the microsoft.com website but when I clicked on the link I got redirected to one of those fake anti-virus websites. Many pitfalls out there.