Virus Warning

[andy-hughes]

If you start getting pop-ups on a light blue background from a company called Security Shield - adivisng you of all sorts of nasties on your hard-drive - you have picked up a seriously nasty virus.

My work PC (I work for BT) has got it - and if it can get through our firewalls and virus protection, it;s got to be good (or is that bad!).

Our tekkies advise that the only way to lose it is for my PC to be re-builkt from a wiped hard drive - so please be very careful when surfing.

[cazzz1975]

they just want to fleece you for money andy, they are as bad as the security shield virus

[ChuckFickens]

There are certainly occasions when it's a more efficient use of time to wipe and reinstall, but not to remove a fairly simple bit of spyware!

[andy-hughes]

Actually no cazz1975 - they are employed by BT and salaried - they don't charge me to fix my PC - it's not 'mine' - it's theirs.

[ChuckFickens]

"Naz. Why are you a green cream cracker?"

Could be worse, he could have been a blue waffle.

[cazzz1975]

maybe the tech team need to look at their approach, there are easier ways of removing malware than a complete wipe