For those of us who regularly work with malware-infested machine as part of our jobs, rogue anti-malware software is absolutely nothing new. In Windows XP in particular, rogue software often portrays itself as Windows Security Center (while disabling the actual Security Center) to provide false warnings to users about (usually) non-existent virus and spyware infections. Now, Microsoft ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by DXR88:Doesn't matter. Non-computer-savvy people usually have horrible memory. Anything red will spark some fear enough to do whatever the screen says. It's all well-documented stuff for anyone who studies UI design.
Fail, it looks nothing like the real MSE.
Quote:You got that right! That goes for at least 80% of the world's population.Originally posted by DXR88:Doesn't matter. Non-computer-savvy people usually have horrible memory. Anything red will spark some fear enough to do whatever the screen says. It's all well-documented stuff for anyone who studies UI design.
Fail, it looks nothing like the real MSE.
Originally posted by g_slide:Before going to such an extreme, try MalwareBytes Antimalware (MBAM) (very well known and trusted FREE tool to remove such crapware). RubberDucky, the developer of MBAM, is very good at adding support for these new scareware's too his scanner and safely removing them.
my wife and inlaws got this from a link within MySpace that they use that pointed to a 3rd party link while they were using the MySpace tool to add images to their profile.
The only way to resolve this was to do a google search for hours and remove the file 1 by 1 and the other option i had was to redo the OS on the computer and start from scratch.
I hate that stupid fake program and such a pain, which is why I'm careful when I visit a site and use the status bar to see where it's going and if it looks fishy I simply don't go to it.
Originally posted by Mez:Hi Mez
Ditto on Malwarebytes
There is a great deal of very nasty malware out there. Key loggers and trojan downloader/installers will steal your idenity and/or passwords credit and #s and anything else of value on your computer.
ChappyTTV what exactly happened? You were not specific about the damage. Why were you googling? What it posting the images/files on the web?
Originally posted by Tristan_2:A virus download legitimate apps with old create dates so unless the file name in on the scanner's list you will NEVER find it. Check for automated tasks that you didn't make. After the initial infection the maleware can look clean.
However I may not have a screen shot but my once then Windows Live One Care picked up a file called ave downloaded itself on my computer but instead of fake trojans it showed regular programs,rather odd if you ask me.
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