@dunraven and Nstalnecker - I couldn't agree more.
I just fininshed cleaning up a notebook for a guy who can't stay off the torrent boards and managed to pick up the 'security suite' virus. McAfee hummed quietly along and let the virus totally take over his machine. The virus didn't activate in safe mode, but McAfee still didn't pick it up on a full scan with a current virus database.
If anyone else sees this virus, download CCleaner, Rkill, and the latest Malwarebytes. Start in safe mode with networking -Open Internet Explorer and change proxy settings back to NO PROXY - run Rkill, install and run CCleaner, install update and run Malwarebytes. Virus goes away.
YOU MUST open IE and change the proxy settings since this is how the virus gets control, otherwise you are wasting your time. It makes no difference what browser the user actually uses.
I am with Nick and Dunraven, AMD is looking even better now than it did before. Intel is getting too big for it's britches, and making bad choices like this isn't going to win them many friends. Especially if they combine a slower than dirt and inaccurate AV Mcafee into their CPU's.
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