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cubfan531
Antivirus live
January 25, 2010 at 04:39PM View BBCode
Is easily one of the most annoying Trojan Horse scams out there.
Duff77
January 31, 2010 at 03:15AM View BBCode
It's a fake antivirus program. I almost got hosed by one of those things once. The 50 or so viruses it reported were on my computer were, well, kind of a tip-off, thankfully.
cubfan531
And, yeah, when it claims Task Manager is infected, you know something's up.
January 31, 2010 at 03:29PM View BBCode
[url=http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus-live.html]Link. Has a screenshot of the thing.[/url]And, yeah, when it claims Task Manager is infected, you know something's up.
happy
(sorry. But really? Do this many people fall for this stuff, because if so, I want to let you guys know that I am a nigerian prince, and I need your help.)
February 03, 2010 at 03:43PM View BBCode
ha. idiots.(sorry. But really? Do this many people fall for this stuff, because if so, I want to let you guys know that I am a nigerian prince, and I need your help.)
cubfan531
February 03, 2010 at 06:41PM View BBCode
Apparently people do fall for it. I googled it right away, cuz I hadn't downloaded/installed anything for weeks when it popped up.
happy
And the virus that tells you to download antivirus is funny too. The way most of them work is that they are internet addons (because internet addons are much less secure, but they can only affect the internet), and then it causes a bunch of pop ups to "antivirus" sites, which lets you fix them.
My favorite one was the AIM one where it would randomly send messages to people that said things like "I just got this cool camera (link)." and then you click on the link, and it gives you the same virus, and then you go download the antivirus (which is also a virus) and then their signature automatically gets updated to say something like "If I gave you that virus, here is the link to the antivirus (link)" and then you think the problem is solved as a wonderful trojan horse rips your computer apart from the inside.
February 03, 2010 at 09:43PM View BBCode
I think scams are the funniest thing. I have never been scammed, and I think ive had a malicious virus a grand total of once. Ive run into a lot of scamming recently though. My friend responded to a post on craigslist for his 42" HDTV for 299 dollars, and the guy responded back to him and said "oh, I just moved to the UK, you can put your money into this escrow account (link to obvious scammer site) and then you can pick it up at my sister's house." And my GF got a call from some weird hispanic woman in the boston area who told my GF that she had won a prize and she needed to give her credit card number and social security number or something. She googled the number later, there were tons of posts about her, and also apparently if you call the number it goes to an answering machine that says "press 1 to win 1,000 dollars".And the virus that tells you to download antivirus is funny too. The way most of them work is that they are internet addons (because internet addons are much less secure, but they can only affect the internet), and then it causes a bunch of pop ups to "antivirus" sites, which lets you fix them.
My favorite one was the AIM one where it would randomly send messages to people that said things like "I just got this cool camera (link)." and then you click on the link, and it gives you the same virus, and then you go download the antivirus (which is also a virus) and then their signature automatically gets updated to say something like "If I gave you that virus, here is the link to the antivirus (link)" and then you think the problem is solved as a wonderful trojan horse rips your computer apart from the inside.
Duff77
February 04, 2010 at 08:48AM View BBCode
The antivirus thing is a pretty good scam, because if you're looking for a virus program that's cheaper than the name brands and the site looks legit enough, you can easily be fooled by it. I think the best rule of thumb is to just google anything you find online before you download it--and sure as hell before you pay for it, because if it's a scam, somebody else has probably already been taken by it.
sycophantman
My, how savvy you are, and at such a young age, too! Such self-confidence is like a rare flower coming fully into bloom!
February 04, 2010 at 01:00PM View BBCode
Originally posted by happy
I think scams are the funniest thing. I have never been scammed, and I think ive had a malicious virus a grand total of once. Ive run into a lot of scamming recently though. My friend responded to a post on craigslist for his 42" HDTV for 299 dollars, and the guy responded back to him and said "oh, I just moved to the UK, you can put your money into this escrow account (link to obvious scammer site) and then you can pick it up at my sister's house." And my GF got a call from some weird hispanic woman in the boston area who told my GF that she had won a prize and she needed to give her credit card number and social security number or something. She googled the number later, there were tons of posts about her, and also apparently if you call the number it goes to an answering machine that says "press 1 to win 1,000 dollars".
And the virus that tells you to download antivirus is funny too. The way most of them work is that they are internet addons (because internet addons are much less secure, but they can only affect the internet), and then it causes a bunch of pop ups to "antivirus" sites, which lets you fix them.
My favorite one was the AIM one where it would randomly send messages to people that said things like "I just got this cool camera (link)." and then you click on the link, and it gives you the same virus, and then you go download the antivirus (which is also a virus) and then their signature automatically gets updated to say something like "If I gave you that virus, here is the link to the antivirus (link)" and then you think the problem is solved as a wonderful trojan horse rips your computer apart from the inside.
My, how savvy you are, and at such a young age, too! Such self-confidence is like a rare flower coming fully into bloom!
cubfan531
Dude, it just pops up out of nowhere.
I mean, if anyone's reported this to some sort of authority, how hard would it be to track the $49.95 payment?
February 05, 2010 at 01:35AM View BBCode
Originally posted by Duff77
The antivirus thing is a pretty good scam, because if you're looking for a virus program that's cheaper than the name brands and the site looks legit enough, you can easily be fooled by it. I think the best rule of thumb is to just google anything you find online before you download it--and sure as hell before you pay for it, because if it's a scam, somebody else has probably already been taken by it.
Dude, it just pops up out of nowhere.
I mean, if anyone's reported this to some sort of authority, how hard would it be to track the $49.95 payment?
Duff77
February 05, 2010 at 09:25AM View BBCode
I'm going to guess the payment is going to an account within a country where pretty much nobody that cares has jurisdiction. But the fact that this thing just sort of shows up on your PC is, I would say, a better indication of its fakeness than the one nearly got me.
cubfan531
Honestly, though, most people are not as tech-savvy as we are, I bet a lot of older people have lost $50 to this.
February 08, 2010 at 09:37AM View BBCode
"Cannot open taskmanger.exe because it is infected!"Honestly, though, most people are not as tech-savvy as we are, I bet a lot of older people have lost $50 to this.
Duff77
February 09, 2010 at 08:49AM View BBCode
True. I can see my mother-in-law getting scammed on this. Most of the people I work with, too.Pages: 1