Liveantiviruspccheck.com – dangerous site,store house of Antivirus 2009

Liveantiviruspccheck.com is a malicious site since it is the home of Antivirus 2009 which sets about to convince the users for buying this software eventhough it is useless.

Virus Type: Rogue Security Application
Risk Level: High

The scan will make the users to go to this link,http://liveantiviruspccheck.com/2009/1/en/_freescan.php

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Manual Removal

Normally,Antivirus 2009 popups from the website Liveantiviruspccheck.com can be removed by analyzing your HijackThis log.

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Twitter Worm called Mikeyy on the loose

Mikeyy virus is a twitter worm which is actually nuisance rather than dangerous.

The only activity by this virus is to post messages into the users’ twitter streams without the knowledge of the users and all the messages contains the word “mikeyy”.

The messages will be like this:-

This worm is getting out of hand Twitter. – Mikeyy
This is all Twitters fault! Don’t blame Mikeyy!!
Twitter, your community is going to be mad at you… – Mikeyy
Twitter, freaking fix this already. >:[ – Mikeyy
Twitter, hire Mikeyy! (718) 312-8131
Mikeyy I am done…
MikeyyMikeyy is done..
Twitter please fix this, regards Mikeyy
Man, Twitter can’t fix sh*t. Mikeyy owns.
Dude, Mikeyy is the sh*t!
Twitter should really fix this…

Mikeyy adds an executable script after #colour in the CSS.They exploit by using a different field of input since there are more than one user-editable fields in the twitter settings.It is more of irritating for the users rather than malicious.

Steps To prevent Mikeyy Twitter Virus

  1. stop visiting twitter profiles on the web because these are the source that it can infect
  2. Better to use a third-party application like tweetdeck or seesmic desktop
  3. Disable javascript from your browser settings or use firefox add-on like no-script which prevents unwanted scripts from running

Steps To Remove Mikeyy Twitter Virus If Infected

  1. clear your cache and cookies from your browser settings and also your javascript
  2. Log into Twitter. Go to your Twitter settings and check for anything suspicious, specifically in the URL or location. If something is there, remove it fully and replace with your actual URL and location.
  3. Re-enable javascript and check the Design section of your Twitter profile to ensure that there are no changes to your profile colors. If there are, remove these too and replace with whatever colors you want.
  4. Remove unwanted Tweets containing Mikeyy
  5. Reset your Twitter password as an extra precaution
  6. Log out of your account.

The best option is to use the use the twitter by using a TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop, rather than on the web.Twitter accounts are also found to happen on the sites like orkut.