It’s what I was trying to point out in my last post, My PC Has Virus. You can have a bullet proof system with a great antiv-virus program, but if you download something you could be toast.

Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure
By Robert McMillan
October 23, 2009 06:28 PM ET
IDG News Service – It’s become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It says there’s something wrong with the computer, and click here to fix it. A few clicks later, the victim is paying out US$40 for some bogus software, called rogue antivirus.

The rest of the article is worth a quick read. What happened to my virus? I did it on virtual machine so it didn’t really affect anything real. Between school and work, I’m still playing with it.

The Real Fix

For an ordinary person is to backup your data and reinstall Windows. If you don’t already have a backup, it’s usually safe to backup only your Document folder, just none of your program folders. Reinstall with a quick format should do it. If not you don’t have a backup or your backup is infected, then you’re getting into the paid part of the program and finding someone that can boot into Linux or a specialized program on CD or bootable USB and cleaning it that way.