Computer Help Needed

I got this virus on my laptop last night:

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-warns-of-fake-quotsecurity-essentials-2010quot-anti-virus-software

I read the article and recovery seems pretty simple. My question is what does the trojan horse actually do? Should I be in fear of it gleaning my personal data? I have a wireless router at home that I also run a desktop off of - is my desktop now susceptible to this virus or will it remain localized on my laptop?

Keep your computer up to date with the programs that stop these virus's! 😉

No need thanking me, it is on the house!

Originally posted by Very Rusty
Keep you computer up to date with the programs that stop these virus's! 😉

Originally posted by Very Rusty
No need thanking me, it is on the house!

But yeah, I did update my desktop immediately and scanned - nothing found. Just worried it might linger on the router somehow (?)

The other thing I forgot to mention was that when I attempted to run the HP recovery partition or boot from my Windows XP installation CD, the laptop would shut down within a minute or so. I double checked the power supply as well so I know that was not the source of the issue...

do any routers run Windows?

there are a lot running Linux.

did not see anything on Microsoft's virus description page re boot problems.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Trojan:Win32/Fakeinit

Recovery
Use Microsoft Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, the Windows Live safety scanner, or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.

poor darvlay 🙁.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?Name=Trojan:Win32/Fakeinit

At the time of publication, one example was observed to block the following sites:

adultfriendfinder.com
amazon.com
ask.com
bbc.co.uk
bebo.com
bing.com
blogger.com
craigslist.org
digg.com
ebay.com
facebook.com
flickr.com
foxnews.com
go.com
godaddy.com
guardian.co.uk
hulu.com
imageshack.us
linkedin.com
live.com
livejasmin.com
livejournal.com
mapquest.com
monster.com
mozilla.com
myspace.com
mywebsearch.com
nytimes.com
photobucket.com
pornhub.com
rapidshare.com
redtube.com
thepiratebay.org
tube8.com
twitter.com
washingtonpost.com
weather.com
wikipedia.org
wordpress.com
xvideos.com
youporn.com
youtube.com

Anyways, I got my answers. Frig you all.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
i'm not the one whining because i can't visit

adultfriendfinder.com craigslist.org foxnews.com livejasmin.com myspace.com pornhub.com rapidshare.com redtube.com thepiratebay.org tube8.com youporn.com

Originally posted by darvlay
Whining, eh?

Interesting use of the word.

Now GFY.

What did Customer Support say? 😵