virus alert

[heathercobbett]

Our IT dept sent us this message today:

Rogue Antivirus Warnings

Please be alert for any rogue antivirus warnings that may pop-up on your screen, generally whilst on the internet. A popular one at the moment is Antivirus 2010 that will appear on your screen, advising you that you have a number of viruses/trojans installed on your machine and to click "Remove" to rectify.

Clicking "remove" will actually install malware on your machine. It may look something like this:

[wrpac00]

Like what????????

[jolliffee]

see this link for more info:-
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/rogue.aspx