jsinger - 6:27 pm on Jan 26, 2009 (gmt 0)

Many symptoms:

1)(fake) popups purporting to be from users computer saying machine is infected and urging the purchase of antivirus software

2) Google searches to (legit) antivirus sites are hijacked

3) Inability to access antivirus software thru usb ports

4) Machine runs erratically and very slowly. Sometimes won't boot at all

5) System restore shows no date before infection date

All in all, very nasty.