From: siljaline on
More info >

<http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2010/02/24/if-it-calls-itself-security-essentials-2010-then-it-s-possibly-fake-innit.aspx>

<http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Trojan:Win32/Fakeinit>

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/26/microsoft_security_essentials_rogue/>

Silj

--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

From: siljaline on
"siljaline" <spam(a)uce.gov> wrote in message news:hma5fv$5rv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
More info >

<http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2010/02/24/if-it-calls-itself-security-essentials-2010-then-it-s-possibly-fake-innit.aspx>

<http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Trojan:Win32/Fakeinit>

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/26/microsoft_security_essentials_rogue/>


Bleeping Computer now has a removal guide >
<http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-security-essentials-2010>

Needless to say, not without expert assistance at the risk of losing your whole OS.

Silj


--
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_