I got a funny thing that claimed to find viruses on my system then wanted to download and install a security screen. I have Avast Pro and that showed no threat. Is the thing I got fake?
The only other thing I can describe is the screen shot claiming that my system was infected. I don't believe it and the file it wanted me to permit was not a mozilla address and not a .com or .net.
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It will be a fake, there are many of them out there. For a description of one of the variants of this type of malware see http://www.2-viruses.com/remove-anti-virus-2011
If you believe you may have been infected, try running several malware scanners. It is best to run several as each will pick up things that the others miss. Some scanners you can try are:
- Malwarebytes - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
- SuperAntiSpyware - http://www.superantispyware.com
- Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
- Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx
- Spybot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
Thank you. I'll give some a try. Only thing, they all are like one another -- pay us, we're the best...we're FREE but you get "more" when you buy PRO..... Borderline scam again. I've added a screen shot of the fake scan
Was looking for 3-view drawings of tug boats, to make a model for my HO scale railroad, when I got an alert that my system (firefox in particular) was infected. Ran my security software which found no problems. Kept getting popups that wanted to run security scans. I allowed the pop up to run once and none of the files that the scan indicated were infected are on my system. This is a bogus Security program that only wants your money ($80.00) to be downloaded. Watch out for this scam as it looks a lot like the "Windows Defender" that comes with Windows 7.
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