Pesky Viruses & Malware You Should Know About

During the past year I have had the misfortune to encounter some viruses and malware infections. Trying to remove them from our families computer has been frustrating. The viruses and malware are ransomware, virus warnings, torpig, and mebroot. Here is some important information that I have learned and want to share with other computer owners.

Ransomware

Ransomware is prevalent in the UK. It is a malicious software. It installs pornagrapy on your screen or encrypts your data so you cannot read it. Then demand you pay a "Ransom" to remove the porn or access files. Ransomware causes data loss and identity theft.

A person is tricked into clicking on a popup advertisement. Clicking on the pop up activates the ransomware. Suddenly an embarrassing porn site appears and a statement saying that your computer data will be destroyed if you do not pay or force you to buy a software program to uncrypt your data.

Payments are demanded by Western Union or online payment. Even if you make the payment the malware stays hidden on your computer and steals personal information.

I was advised by private technicians and Microsoft technicians that the best way to protect your computer from being infected by ransomware is to do the following:

When popups suddenly appear DON NOT CLICK ON THEM! IMMEDIATELY PULL THE PLUG FOR YOUR COMPUTER OUT THE WALL!

Do not worry about unsaved data. Pulling the plug on the computer prevents personal information from being sent back to the culprit and prevents the malware from being installed on the computer.

If the malware does get installed on your computer, it can only be removed manually. The computer should be taken to a technician. It can also be removed manually by Mirosoft technical support for free. Simply call 1-866-727-2338 then press 9 to speak to someone.

Virus Warnings

Other troublesome viruses are virus warning pop ups that tell you to download their software to remove the viruses. However, the download infects and spread through the computer. They con only be removed manually. The security support department at Mirosoft is skilled in removing these viruses too. They will do it for free. Just call 1-866-727-2338 the press 9 to talk to a technician.

Torpig & Mebroot

The torpig and mebroot are two other troublesome malwares I was bothered with. They attach themselves to trojan viruses to get in the computer. The they encrypt themselves in the registry of the computer. The torpig and mebroot, also known as boots, will read keystrokes to get information on what websites are visited and get passwords.

An antivirus software regardless of how up-to-date it is will not detect and remove the torpig and mebroot because they are encrypted in the registry. Encrypted malware cannot be detected if they infected the computer before an antivirus software is installed. They can only be completely cleaned off the computer by removing all of the systems registries and reloading them brand new. To have this done you can pay a local computer technician or contact your computer's manufacturer who may offer software to remove them. Removing the torpig and mebroot can cost from $120 to $140. So be prepared to pay up.

Torpig and mebroot come through email attachments and links within the email. The best way to avoid infecting your computer with them is to not open email attachments and do not click on links in emails.

Use an antivirus software that is in constant operation as long as the computer is on, and always keep the software up to date. If you must open an attachment, before doing this first run a full system scan with your antivirus software. Because the attachment has not been opened the torpig or mebroot, if they are there, have not been released. They are isolated in an area where the antivirus software can detect them and remove them.

A person does not know a torpig or mebroot is on his or her computer. However, if a person is a Qwest Internet customer, Qwest will periodically scan the customer's internet connection. If a malware or virus is detected, Qwest will disconnect the connection and send the customer stating that a malware or virus is detected and needs to be removed.

Ransomware, virus warnings, torpig, and mebroot are viruses and malware that I have encountered. They are troublesome and take up time and cost a lot of money to remove. So be careful with your internet activity.