Its the muppet show....

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Its the muppet show....

Post by BBloke » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:09 pm

..not exactly but I had to post this up.

This is a new email to all employees with an old attachment of a warning about XP Antivirus program. I think it covers all bases!!


This is just a reminder that this program is still doing the rounds and is still a pain in the neck to remove. It is often installed inadvertently from programs that are received via email or from internet popups that make you believe that without it your life will end.

Reassuringly though, if you DO NO install it your life will continue as it has for many a day. Although if you do feel it necessary to install this monstrosity there is a large possibility that your life expectancy may shorten.

Please please please don't install it or anything else unless you have an absolute need for the program. If in doubt please ask. I may be grumpy, over worked and under pressure but that increases when I have to do more than I need to do.

Thanks for listening!

(Original email wanring)

Hi All,

I have now come across the above program three times within the company and have read numerous posts by other people discussing the program and all its faults.

Please note that this program is NOTHING to do with MICROSOFT or is part of WINDOWS XP standard installation or is required as part of WINDOWS XP (you PC's operating system).

It is a nasty piece of work with one purpose and that is to convince YOU that you have some serious virus infections and you need to BUY that product in order to get rid of these infections. It doesn't stop there either.

IT IS ALSO A NASTY PIECE OF SOFTWARE TO TRY AND REMOVE AND DOES IT'S BEST TO SERIOUSLY BUGGER YOUR SYSTEM.

PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE WHAT EVER YOU DO.

If you have this program installed please let me know immediately. I'm unsure as to where this comes from but the likelihood is from either a piece of email with an attachment or from unscrupulous websites.

Please be careful where you surf and remain vigilent to what you install.

For your information. Virus protection is dealt with via the servers locating in Sheffield and Westbrom. For those users that have laptops and are based away from the office you should have a Virus software already installed called AVG Anti-Virus.

Thanks and best regards,
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Post by MountieXXL » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:22 pm

Dunno, but you can use good old Norton to get rid of it:
Part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLPZSHkFjA
Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXWGDS3hoNM
Norton Punch!! (not that I would use Norton myself)
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I mean, it's all windy stairs. I'm not being funny.

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Post by BBloke » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:31 pm

I leave it down to Malware Bytes. Does a good enough job as some other spy ware programs are killed before they can load by this pesky fecker!
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Post by MountieXXL » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:03 pm

BBloke wrote:I leave it down to Malware Bytes. Does a good enough job as some other spy ware programs are killed before they can load by this pesky fecker!
You didn't watch my link did you? *points accusing crit-finger*
I mean, it's all windy stairs. I'm not being funny.

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Re: Its the muppet show....

Post by AngryWolf » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:15 pm

xexes wrote:So what is this virus?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xc7BH60ECQ
'The question is, what is a Mahna Mahna?'
'The question is, who cares?'

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Post by BBloke » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:25 pm

MountieXXL wrote:
BBloke wrote:I leave it down to Malware Bytes. Does a good enough job as some other spy ware programs are killed before they can load by this pesky fecker!
You didn't watch my link did you? *points accusing crit-finger*
Of course not.. there's a shit load of Rick Rolled shite out there and you fukcing bastards are not getting me!!! LOL and it said Nor..... (dare not speak such shit from my mouth) - Did I ever mention we have a guy in Italy that used to work for Symantec and confirmed that they have inhouse virus writers to ensure the virus software works!!

Go fucking figure!!!!
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Post by Jonnywhy » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:34 pm

MountieXXL wrote:Dunno, but you can use good old Norton to get rid of it:
Part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XLPZSHkFjA
Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXWGDS3hoNM
Norton Punch!! (not that I would use Norton myself)
Wow, that was brilliant!!
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Re: Its the muppet show....

Post by Fester » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:05 pm

With you in a big way with Malware Bytes Bbloke powerful little bit of software...
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