Quote Originally Posted by Richard Lane View Post
If anyone has to close a fake anti-virus scanning window, the best way to do this is from the taskbar (bottom toolbar in windows) and right click on the link in the bottom toolbar and choose close, or you can possibly close the malware in task manager. Most of the time, just clicking on the "X" on the pop-up window will trigger the malware app.
I have been doing this for as long as I remember.

But actually the "best way" to end this problem is when money permits, go buy a Mac .