Most common infection at the moment is the fake Police Warning virus that pretends to be from some of the leading UK police forces such as The Metropolitan, Strathclyde, Yorkshire and others.
The fake police warning virus makes itself evident by displaying this false demand for money:
This pesky virus stops all downloads and also blocks loading anything loading from the CD/DVD drive or USB.
It also stops the computer booting into Safe Mode which is what most folk will try and do as the firt step in the virus removal process
As this virus has bi-passed the anti-virus protection to infect the machine, it's highly unlikely that your current internet security will be able to clean your machine.
Unless you have the specialist knowledge, it's probably best to take it to a virus removal specialist
As an update, over the weekend, a new variant which we have named PC EU has started infecting computers.
The PC EU Virus seems to prefer XP hosts and is a real pain to remove but PC Solutions has developed a method to clean it from XP. Vista and Windows 7 computers.
If you are infected, you might want to consider our Best Value Computer Health Check which includes a year's Bullguard Internet Security for just £59.99.
We give free advice on all aspects of computers and laptops so feel free to call us or pop in
