So, I'm playing live chess today for the first time in a while...and I decide to use Mozilla since it is apparently so much better. I have a full green connection while I'm playing in this game, and then all of a sudden, my computer freezes up. Finally, some freaking virus named the "XP Police Antivirus" starts to take over my computer. Pretty cool virus, it took me a while to figure out it was all a hoax. I'm fairly computer illiterate, so I spent a good two hours of my life fighting that thing. I'm never going to get that time back...
Is this totally a coincidence that this is the first time I've used Mozilla? Or that I haven't played live chess for a while, and usually use internet explorer? Should other chess.com members be worried? I have Mcaffee and PC Tools anti-spyware and neither one caught this thing. I had to do some research on the internet, and this site has some info:
So, I'm playing live chess today for the first time in a while...and I decide to use Mozilla since it is apparently so much better. I have a full green connection while I'm playing in this game, and then all of a sudden, my computer freezes up. Finally, some freaking virus named the "XP Police Antivirus" starts to take over my computer. Pretty cool virus, it took me a while to figure out it was all a hoax. I'm fairly computer illiterate, so I spent a good two hours of my life fighting that thing. I'm never going to get that time back...
Is this totally a coincidence that this is the first time I've used Mozilla? Or that I haven't played live chess for a while, and usually use internet explorer? Should other chess.com members be worried? I have Mcaffee and PC Tools anti-spyware and neither one caught this thing. I had to do some research on the internet, and this site has some info:
http://www.zimbio.com/Spyware/articles/3583/How+remove+XP+Police+Antivirus+Removal+Guide
Downloading Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware cleaned it right up.
Good Luck!