A lot people are finding out their computers are experiencing undue slowdown due to the reality they have inadvertently downloaded a malicious malware application named the System Security Virus or System Security 2009. The consequences of this nasty virus are well authenticated but there is some mix-up as to how this virus is getting past antivirus software already established on home computers and laptops. It now appears even if you have an up to date antivirus protection installed the System Security Virus has a couple of ways to get past your security.
I have had my own bad experience of this virus on my work computer and it caused me a lot of frustration and so I decided to ascertain how I got contaminated with this nasty piece of work. Interpreting assorted other accounts on the internet I discovered the most common way the virus gets established on your PC is through browser security gaps. As I use the latest version of Firefox I ruled this method out and looked at a few of my log files through the windows event viewer. I was able to trace back to see the last thing I installed and ascertained I downloaded a video codec which I needed for a dvd player 4 weeks ago. The codec was from a authentic author (or so I believed) and it installed and worked with no bother. In some manner the System Security Virus piggybacked onto my PC with the codec and never really confronted itself until a couple of weeks afterwards.
Another way the System Security Virus can be established:
Email attachments
Unpatched and out of date Internet web browsers
Bundled with other software products or applications you may install
User installations due to being fobbed along by popups on screen
From external USB drives which have been connected to other computers
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