Virus (Conficker) was found on your computer!

13 July 2010 Popup 1 Comment

When a computer becomes a victim of malicious attack from rogue security software, it will produce too much alerts. Most of these are fake security messages that reveal various infections that do not exist at all. Attackers behind rogue programs present these alerts as misleading technique to convince you into buying an endorsed product.

If you observed a fake pop-up alert stating that “Virus (Conficker) was found on your computer!” it implies of an infection originating from rogue software System Security Antivirus. Several of these alerts will contain various threats. Computers that are compromised with Trojan normally see this fake warning. Its specific goal is to promote the fake antivirus program. The fake pop-up alert will contain this message:

Windows Security Center
Virus (Conficker) was found on your computer!
Click ‘OK’ to install System Security Antivirus.

This intrusion may lead to a disastrous effect. Being infected with rogue security software is one click away. It is important that you must carry out a virus scan right away. This warning will only stop after removing the Trojan that causes it on a troubled computer.

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Systems Affected: Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7

Additional Information:

How does fake alert gets inside the PC?
- A malicious website was visited and downloaded malicious files on to the computer.
- Trojan has exploited security and software weakness that allow it to infect a system without antivirus detection.
- Executed infected e-mail attachment.

What are fake alerts objective?
- Pull down additional threats from a distant computer.
- Blocks access to computer security website and anti-virus provider to prevent its removal.
- Scare computer users and make them believe that contamination can be eradicated by getting the registered version of the rogue program.
- Redirect Internet browser to a web page that will automatically drop malware on visitor’s device.

Here is a simple step-by-step procedure to remove "Virus (Conficker) was found on your computer!" virus from an infected computer. Please follow the steps carefully.

1. Download removal tool from this page and save it on your Desktop or any accessible location of your hard drive.

2. After downloading, double-click on the file to install the application.

3. Follow the prompts and install the program using the “default” settings.

4. Before the installation completes, you need to update the database. - Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
- Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

5. Click Finish. Program will run automatically and you will be prompt to update the program before starting a scan. Please proceed with update to obtain the latest database necessary to detect and remove "Virus (Conficker) was found on your computer!".

6. Scan your computer thoroughly and completely check all files, folders and registry entries for possible infection.

7. When scanning is finished, click on Show Results.

8. Make sure that all detected threats are marked, click on Remove Selected.

9. After removing items associated with "Virus (Conficker) was found on your computer!", it will prompt to restart the computer. Click Yes to complete the cleaning process.

10. When computer starts, open MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. Go to Quarantine tab and click on Delete All to fully remove all malicious items.

Note: "Virus (Conficker) was found on your computer!" may prevent mbam-setup.exe from downloading and running. You can download and rename this program from a different computer before running it on infected system.