Has anyone heard about a virus that imitates a virus protedion download?

I finally got through to the forums on the AVG website and found out that the .bin problem was not a virus but a problem with the update on AVG's side. They are working on it. So, I do not have a virus and just need to get a new update.

I actually tried downloading the updates manually. But, I got into the AVG website and they said this was a problem on their end and they were fixing it. Needless to say, the next day everything was fine with my AVG.

Thanks for telling me, but I went back to Avira AntiVir. It detects more worms and trojans than Avg. and also I can update at any time during the day and scan it any time. With AVG I had to do a certain time each day and for some reason, it took way too long to scan.

I usually use AVG but it got in that one, but luckily the bin was destroyed so I removed AVG and repaired the Avira Antivir I had, it seems that it goes after the popular ones. I went to the AVg site and found it was blank, and figured that something was wrong.

yeah it seems to be a pretty crappy or more annoying virus, still don't understand why people bother with writing the virus's

My theory is that they are University students and they hate that ordinary people like you and I are on the internet and this is their way to discourage us from getting on the web because they despise us. The second theory is that they are from a certain country and they hate people in the West from getting on the internet and this is their way at getting back at one or more countries they hate. If it were just an experiment they would ask the University to set forth several computers on a private lan to do it, so obviously the virus makers are up to no good.

I am useing COMONDO now does a great job!

I do not go by emails either but it seems my aunt-in-law does. And she uses Norton. I stopped using it because I like free. I find the one I use now, Avira is very good and much better than AVG.

That Norton was not from Norton, I bet. It comes first through the email, but it is not an attachment, it is the email itself. That is what makes it dangerous and after you open the email, it gets in. So if you are using preview pane I would not use that anymore.

I deleted it right away because i never even tried Norton before and just all of a sudden it tries to take over and i did not like that so i deleted it...Thank you for this information and i am glad i was causious....

I made sure that I do not put any of my emails on the preview pane, just in case. My Yahoo gets lots of spam and trojan type email and if I had on the preview pane, I would be in trouble.

That sounds like it. Anyway it comes from an email telling that you need to upload your anti virus, you do what it says, it blocks the regular anti virus and then you cannot get on the internet. I still think it is from a university student who hates ordinary people got on the internet and wants to regain control for himself and his 'deserving' cronies.

It seems to be an old virus that used to be on dos, and it imitates the notification that you get for upgrades. It pretends to be Norton and I also learned it also pretends to be a Windows XP upgrade. And it is not an attachment, it goes through firewalls, and it will eventually keep you from getting onto the internet. If you get it, you may have to format your hard drive.

I do not have it, but I do belong to Cnet and I will see how to remove it if I get it. I hope it is not as complicated as one that I heard had got through Norton. I was reading all the instructions and you practically had to jump through hoops.

It seems to be a new one that mimics the upload of different anti viruses. What it does is spoof the home page of the anti virus, asks for your name and password and gives you the trojan. I have no idea of its name, but my aunt-in-law said that the company she works for are very careful and even they got it.

Yeah I was using Norton when I got the new computer but when the 60 days trial ran out, I couldn't afford to upgrade at the time and had to go back to AVG. I wish I had the money to upgrade because I really like the new Norton. AVG is good though. I never open emails that I don't recognize. You never know what kind of virus you can get by doing that. Anyway thanks again for the warning. :)

I did not get the virus, my aunt-in-law got it at work, and when we at my daughter-in-law's birthday party, she told me about it. So I decided to warn everyone here that there was a virus that mimicked the upgrade notification of Norton and the other anti virus companies.

I use Avira and so far I have never had any problem with that one. My aunt in law uses Norton and I do know that Norton usually warns when you have to pay for an upgrade by email, so this virus mimics the Norton anti virus.

The company my aunt in law works for uses Norton Anti-virus, so it goes after paid version not just free versions. Anyway I heard there is workaround for the AVG. Someone on this post printed the instructions. Anyway I usually delete email that is not from my friends and I know what they would say, and from what I have not subscribed to. So I would never get that virus. I have one of the best free anti viruses that is better than AVG.

You have to be careful when you get an email asking you to upgrade your virus protection. If you know the time when you should, just go to your anti virus web site and avoid the email. When they find a fix, your anti virus will let you know.