AntiSpyware Soft is a nasty skank of a virus... [View All]

[Drunken Irishman]

My mom's laptop was infected by this bugger. She's not very computer literate and was fooled by the fake virus scan once it popped up on her screen. So she ran the 'scan' and it infected the entire computer. It was a mess. For starters, you can't load any program. If you try, it says the program can't load because it's infected. No internet, no anti-virus programs, no nothing. Then it will tell you to run a fake scan on the computer and after running it (which is oddly quick for a scan of the entire hard drive), it'll take you to a website that asks you to purchase their virus software to delete what has infected your computer.

But like I said, nothing can run. Even task manager shut down seconds after bringing it up.

I eventually downloaded a program on my computer, burned it onto a disc and loaded it there in safe mode on her laptop and eventually got rid of it. But yeesh, that thing was nasty.

So be on the lookout. If you see any program named AntiSpyware Soft, DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR RUN. It'll overrun your computer with the equivalent of PC herpes.