I'm not exactly an expert at viruses but this one seems pretty new. A family member called me up yesterday (before taking action thankfully) and asked me about a Microsoft Windows activation screen on his computer and mentioned that it prompted him for a credit card number. When I went over to inspect the virus I was thrown off by how real it was.
I really like the ATM PIN NUMBER field. Beware of this one!
- It launches on startup
- If you select "No I will do it later", it goes away to convince you that it is real
- It tried to run a file called dell.bat on exit (this is an HP box) but it was blocked by his virus software
- It won't let you run Task Manager for process information (and often results in a lock-up when you try)
- The graphics are not perfectly aligned either (a dead giveaway but only for a trained eye).
