My PC suffered an attack recently that threatened to get out of hand. Would my credit card details and other sensitive information be stolen? Luckily I managed to fix the problem quickly.
Windows Updates was rendered unoperational, which was very worrying. Norton Antivirus detected trojan.VUNDO. It appeared to fix the problem, but then immediately reported the problem again.
Your computer could be farmed for sensitive information, such as credit card details and passwords. A criminal knows that if a PC is cut off from software support, either antivirus or operating system, he can exploit that at his leisure.
If security updates are disabled, it is like a bank that has its alarm system cut off. You ignore it at your peril, even if the computer is nomal in every other way.
The problem with my pc also stopped me from manually downloading updates. This severely limits what you can do. You are totally cut off from help from your software vendor.
The next resort was to go to the Windows forums and discussion groups to find an independent route to getting a fix. A report of the same problem was quickly found after doing a search of the discussion group. A software package was recomended that could deal with this problem. The package in question had the major advantage that it was free! It is called Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware 1.31 and it can be found at http://www.malwarebytes.org/ and I strongly recommend it.
There are paid versions as well. Updates are brought out every few days and so they are clearly responding to new threats rapidly.
There is a continual battle going on between criminals and the Internet community. Online fraud is always a potential problem for anyone who uses the Internet. However, it is good to know that companies like Malwarebytes are there providing solutions. They definitely knew how to undo the VUNDO for me!
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