New threat concerning the F1 Key

[Plastic Nev]

A little bit late being a month on from first discovery perhaps, but better late than never.

For people using Internet explorer, if you see a pop up requesting you to press the F1 key, do not do so, close out the window, preferably close Internet Explorer, reboot and then run anti malware programs, malwarebytes or similar.

I have been made aware of this threat and also a link to Snopes for more information here-

 

snopes.com: F1 Key Virus

 

Also a link to the Microsoft security bulletin regarding this problem.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-022.mspx

 

This vulnerability should now be patched by the recent Windows updates, however not all people will either have installed that update or worse have Windows updates turned off.

Nev.

[muppet rebecca]

Thanks to know nev you are right now all of us have windows updates on automatic....kind of getss annoying when they install things I don't want...*huggles*...