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Tech Clinic / XP antivirus & other viruses/scams
« on: July 26, 2008, 05:58:27 PM »
My first problem:
I'm sure you've all heard of the XP Antivirus virus. (A virus called XP Antivirus) You usually have to installit from their website right? Well, I don't. It comes up with a pop-up saying something like:
If your computer is infected with malward or adware it may cause data loss or erratic computer behaviour. Click here to get a 100% FREE scan to remove any malware that may be on your computer.
I can't remember exactly what it says but it's something like that. When I click cancel or close the pop-up it opens up a website and pretends to be scanning my computer, saying I have something like 7000 viruses on my computer. If I wait until the end of the 'scan' it tries to install the program on to my computer and starts downloading. I have never let it. Even with pop-up blocker on it still comes up. Anyone know how to get rid of it?
My second problem:
Most of the time when I'm on the internet pop-up web pages open up and run through a bunch of random pages until it gets to a site called "Livefreesearch" or another one called something like "Myonlinedirectory"
Same as the XP Antivirus, pop-up blocker won't do help.
Anyone know how to stop them?
Sudden brainwave RIGHT as I'm about to post. Maybe I have to block the sites. And that's why it goes through so many different sites. So Iwill never have enough time to block all of them. Possibly I will have to block them one by one until there are no more pages to go through. But that's just my opinion. Anyone else got any ideas?
I'm sure you've all heard of the XP Antivirus virus. (A virus called XP Antivirus) You usually have to installit from their website right? Well, I don't. It comes up with a pop-up saying something like:
If your computer is infected with malward or adware it may cause data loss or erratic computer behaviour. Click here to get a 100% FREE scan to remove any malware that may be on your computer.
I can't remember exactly what it says but it's something like that. When I click cancel or close the pop-up it opens up a website and pretends to be scanning my computer, saying I have something like 7000 viruses on my computer. If I wait until the end of the 'scan' it tries to install the program on to my computer and starts downloading. I have never let it. Even with pop-up blocker on it still comes up. Anyone know how to get rid of it?
My second problem:
Most of the time when I'm on the internet pop-up web pages open up and run through a bunch of random pages until it gets to a site called "Livefreesearch" or another one called something like "Myonlinedirectory"
Same as the XP Antivirus, pop-up blocker won't do help.
Anyone know how to stop them?
Sudden brainwave RIGHT as I'm about to post. Maybe I have to block the sites. And that's why it goes through so many different sites. So Iwill never have enough time to block all of them. Possibly I will have to block them one by one until there are no more pages to go through. But that's just my opinion. Anyone else got any ideas?