Trojan horse dial up virus

[Andre]

Saw this on the news tonight and realized I had it on my computer. A pop up box keeps opening with an agreement to get rid of of your dial up provider. Each time you X out the box it makes an international call. We have calls to Austria on the bill that came today. We have 10 cents a minute international calling so the damage hasn't been to bad. At least I think I have all the facts straight. Run your virus scanner.

 

[fcch]

Unfortunatly the "Badguys" are starting to use the "X" as "OK" So when someone tries to close the window, it actually executes.

I'm from the old school of IT (before computers had rodents (mice)).

It's faster and more ergonomic to close windows with the "alt-F4" combo on the keyboard.