A virus like that hit our old computer, not the one I use. My mom was browsing around (not research you pervs) and suddenly a dark golden shield appeared on the toolbar with black stripes. A window popped up saying she had to download a crappy antivirus or else she couldn't use it again. After a few phone calls,dealing with Dell's customer support, and about 18 hours of trying to get the damned thing out, she had to finally tear the OS down and rebuild it from the ground up. It also runs the modem, so we had to get THAT going again.
I loving hate Microsoft. And Dell. And the cigarettes who makes the viruses.