Lipa Virus (Grrr)

Last week, our home computer was hit by a virus. We noticed it when our antivirus program (AVG Free) popped up with a virus warning. We cleaned it and thought nothing more of it... until we opened Internet Explorer. There it was, on our IE header.

It was the "TAGA LIPA ARE!" virus.

Of all the virii in the world, we had to be hit by a pinoy (I'll give you one guess from where in the Philippines) virus! Well, maybe its not that surprising considering we do visit alot of pinoy sites and receive alot of emails from our friends and family in the Philippines.

I immediately did numerous and more thorough virus & spyware scans, and I searched the internet on how to completely remove that annoying message from IE and the system registry. So, if you ever get infected by this annoying thing, I can help you remove it from your computer.
Fortunately as far as I know, this virus did nothing more than to change the IE header and possibly spread itself using my computer. It really could have been worse.

The most annoying thing about this virus (after all was said and done) is that I found out on the internet that the person who "created" this virus merely copied it from someone else. He just edited the code and placed his own personal "message" in it. Where did he get this, in Recto? If you're going to make something such as a virus (which, more often than not, showcases that creators programming / hacking ability), you have to make it original. If this dude wanted himself to be known, well, he just made himself known as nothing but a copycat.

Mabuhay!