Resolved the threat, what is good preventative
My brother-in-law is a hypochondriac and PC Virus phobic, I like him but he is paranoid.
He called me in a panic late Tuesday night that his PC had become affected and some phony Anti-virus had locked him up, not allowing anything else to run, and said unless he paid them $95, his bank balances were at risk and all his personal information would be compromised.
I talked him in "off-the-ledge" and told him to turn the PC off and I'd take a look at it the next day.
I took my laptop and the "tools" and directions on a USB drive that I copied from this site. I ran everything listed (about 2 hours) and in no time his PC was back to normal and running better than before the outbreak.
He doesn't know how he got it, said he doesn't open attachments, got to unknown websites / links, and doesn't go to "bad" sites. It appears to be quarantined and running fine, but he's still paranoid and asking what can be installed to avoid this.
I already had Super Anti-spyware and MS Security Essentials installed and running. And he also runs Malwarebytes and RogueKillerx64 periodically.
Please recommend additional / better tools to give him piece of mind. Thanks
