Nasty Virus Going Around

Just a warning about a nasty Virus going around.
Someone in our office got it, and it was a pain to FIX.
When you click on the link, it makes it look like you are downloading an adobe product, however, if you look closely at the link it says that the publisher is unknown.
Either way, once you click on the link it is a .EXE file and it will automatically start to download on your computer.
It is for a software scanner program. Your computer becomes totally crippled until you BUY the software cleaner for $59.95
You cannot do anything on your computer (open any of your programs (it says it is corrupted), such as excel, word, explorer) until you purchase it, then they have their software installed on your computer and track all your moves. There are some ways around it if you are an IT pro, by disabling some of the services in the task manager. But i couldn’t do it, and i consider myself pretty computer savvy.

I guess the moral of the story is to NOT CLICK on it, and if you do, PRAY.

Here is a pic of the email that is going around

Nacha Virus Adobe

Virus Email Using Adobe Shell

You can also download a Free Excellent Anti Malware program here and run it on your computer.

I would also recommend that everyone uses this tool on their computer for cleaning up all excess fat on their system (also a free tool)

UPDATE:

I sent an email to the Company that is sending the email (I assumed the email was being hacked), they informed me that the email is a fraud and it is in fact a virus. Below is a picture of the email I got from the Company.

Abuse Response Email

Abuse Response Email

And if after all this you still get it, I would recommend calling Levi Lieder from Datatech (818-668-2011) to Fix it, since so far he is the only one that I know who can.

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