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Email-Worm.Win32.Net

6 February 2009

Email-Worm.Win32.Net is a threat detected by a “My Computer Online Scan,” a fake security scanner website that pose as a Windows Explorer and deceive computer users of its scary alert messages. One rogue program that the website promote is called Security Shield.

Aliases:
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Risk Level: Low

File Size: Varies

Affected System: Windows

Common Symptoms:

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8 Comments »

  • 1 }
    Amanda said:

    My computer online scan scam

    Hi, My partner ran this without me realising. When I saw it I googled and found your scam alert. Is there anything we can do to reduce the risk now?

    Thanks

    10 May 2009 at 7:36 pm
  • 2 }
    kayla said:

    hi i was on a movie website and clicked on a popup and then this trogen and email – worm thing popped up exactly how you show it above…
    what can i do to remove this???

    18 June 2009 at 4:25 pm
  • 3 }
    Evan said:

    Thank God for this website. That thing scared the **** out of me!!!!!

    28 July 2009 at 10:47 pm
  • 4 }
    Mel said:

    I got the trogen email worm exactly as you show it. I did not download anything like it was trying to make me do. But now my question is do I have the WORM???

    7 September 2009 at 4:38 pm
  • 5 }
    jakecue said:

    Well, you can use MBAM for this one. Make sure that you can computer while in SafeMode.
    http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/adware-tools/malwarebytes-anti-malware/

    8 September 2009 at 1:20 am
  • 6 }
    Theresa said:

    This is a scam and is not actually running on your computer at all. The virus does not exist. I appreciate this site for helpful information.

    7 December 2009 at 6:38 pm
  • 7 }
    greg said:

    I only get it on a yahoo message board. If its not a real scam, why can’t I shut the virus warning windows down? I can only restart my pc to get the warning pages to quit. Thanks

    21 February 2010 at 4:22 pm
  • 8 }
    offitt said:

    This thing from Security Shield keeps popping up on me to! If it doesn’t exist…. why does it do it?

    27 December 2010 at 2:32 am

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