How to get rid of Antivirus 2010

If you get a pop up that says you have been infected with a bunch of viruses from an anti-virus program that you did not install (such as Antivirus 2010 – which doesn’t really exist), you are being attacked by a variant of the SmitFraud virus. You should NEVER let it scan your computer or do anything to it. My clients that have immediately shut off their computers using the power button have been able to avoid getting an irreparable infection. If you get malicious pop-ups when you reboot your computer, then you should call a computer professional to remove it, if you don’t get pop-ups then you should update your anti-malware program and perform a complete deep scan of your computer before continuing to use it.

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