Security Basics: Re: FakeAlert virus removal

[jfvanmeter () comcast net]

I've tried TrendMicro's "HouseCall", search and destroy, ad aware, the best luck I've had is with a program called 
malwarebytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Alexander Swensen <alex.swensen () gmail com>
> On Tuesday 02 December 2008 3:07:34 pm John Williams wrote:
> > Dear LIst,
> >
> > I am working with a small local police department to resolve a malware
> > issue on their police web site. When the web site is access directly
> > from a browser address bar, the web site displays properly. But when
> > the web site is accessed via a google search, the "FakeAlert" virus
> > for AntiVirus 2009 takes over the browser. I am interested in a)
> > understanding how this virus operates, and b) advice for removing the
> > virus from the web site.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your expert advice.
> I am probably not the best person to answer your question, but ill give 
> accurate answers based on what i know and the little you have told me.
> First, A URL would be helpful. Besides that there is the possibility that its 
> not a website problem at all, and that it is infact that the antivirus 
> software is messed up, thinking its a problem. That is very common. 
> Furthermore info on what kind of OS the website is hosted on would give a lot 
> of answers as to the probability of it being on the website itself.
>
> - Alex