Submitted by another seniors' site webmaster - with thanks - July 2008
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This is no hoax. My son was continuously getting a flashing notice on his Taskbar to update his Windows Antivirus with "Ultimate Antivirus 2008". He did, it was listed at $29.99. The Taskbar then displayed a Windows logo displaying a question mark.

A call and a remote access with Microsoft indicated he was not a subscriber to any Windows AV. The Microsoft contact was able to install and run Windows Live OneCare http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/center/cleanup.htm on his system (it took approx 2 hours)

4 Trojans and other garbage were removed and his system is now running much better. The flashing icon promoting the fake update was also removed.

He notified his credit card company to Stop Payment and he received a new credit card.

The bandits had charged him $69.99, not $29.99 as previously listed.  

My son also mentioned all headings, forms and logos looked 100% real, payment was by any of the major credit card companies  and they were using something similar to, but not the Pay Pal option. 

For more info, use any search engine and type in with quotation marks - "ultimate antivirus 2008"