{"id":3701,"date":"2012-02-11T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2012-02-11T11:54:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T16:54:23","slug":"another-rogue-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/another-rogue-strikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Rogue Strikes Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sally was attacked by an online virus scanner and couldn’t get away.<\/strong>
\nI want to thank you for everything you do and for providing common sense, plain English answers to our computer questions.<\/p>\n

Recently I was browsing the Web and suddenly a window appeared saying I was infected with something. But it wasn’t my AVAST it was something else.\u00a0 I tried using the F4 key to close the window but it wouldn’t let me, it said something about if I close this window I might damage my computer. So, thanks to your newsletter I knew better than to click “Close” on that box. I had no choice but to shut down my computer by turning it off using the power button. Luckily when I turned my computer back on, everything was normal. Afterwards I scanned my computer with Avast andSuperAntiSpyware<\/a> but found nothing. What happened? Thanks!
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\nOur Answer
\n<\/strong>Hi Sally – thanks for your nice comments. Rogues are the most common form of malicious attack you’re likely to encounter these days. You’re much more likely to encounter a rogue as you are a virus. You cannot F4 yourself out of this one.\u00a0 But you did very well in not clicking any “Close” buttons or in trying to close these windows by clicking the “X” in the top-right corner. You would have ended up installing VirusDoctor – a rogue, malicious program most likely another AntiVirus2011 clone from the world of rogue security software.<\/p>\n

Here’s a tip for you the next time you find yourself in a similar situation. If the ALT+F4 key combination does not work, don’t panic.<\/p>\n