One of the bad things about getting hit by a virus or a virus-like thing?

[elionwyr]

The feelings of shame.

I am SO annoyed and insecure and full of 'but but but I thought I was being fairly careful/I'm not stupid/I run AVG/how could this have happened?'

Poor sealgair has had to talk me down a few times over the past 24 hours. justthedriver is also reassuring me. Thing is, I know I f'ed up when the virus-thing first hit because of what I didn't know.

Didn't know that when you see a window pop up that says something that looks scary, clicking on the little "x" in the upper right corner may actually trigger the virus rather than making it go away.

0_o

That's pretty dang evil stuff right there.

So! Anyway.

If anyone out there gets hit with the Antivir Solution Pro "virus checker" - its icon looks like a shield and it will auto-install itself on your taskbar - should check this out:
http://www.softsailor.com/how-to/32770-how-to-uninstall-remove-antivir-solution-pro-virus-removal-guide.html

And use Malwarebytes if you do have it.

And if you're using Firefox, use the NoScript plug-in.

And don't click on that stoopid X to close the 'do you want to install this?' box.

*grumble*