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Warning spyware detected on your computer

Postby or 1=1 » Sun Aug 24, 08 10:55 pm

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I can't neither change my desktop, there was also a pop up asking me to install some software " antyspyware xp 2008 only $ 79.99 " but ofcourse I refused. I've found the infected files, I've deleted it but nothing changes... I've restored them to scan them with zone alarm but it found nothing... oh no wait it found a super dangerous tracking cookie ( woooow 50 € wasted on a shitty antivirus )

I tried googling but most of the time I found wrote things like " men you have to buy the software also format "


HJave you already encountered something like that ? Help pls !
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Postby Survive. » Mon Aug 25, 08 12:07 am

Get Norton.
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Postby Baleout » Mon Aug 25, 08 12:21 am

I remember someone else posting about a virus similar to this. The blue desktop is a popup or something.

Hey, this post helped right? D=
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Postby Dae » Mon Aug 25, 08 12:26 am

¤[ß2S]¤Sürvívë wrote:Get Norton.

which would disable the internet connection at all? Well I would agree, its a solution in some way :lol:

And on a side note, there is a new, modern threat called "fake antiviruses". You download some "spyware removal tool" or an "award winning antivirus" from a popup, it acts like a scanner and finds some shit on your computer, but in fact it does nothing at all besides spying and collecting your data.
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Postby or 1=1 » Mon Aug 25, 08 1:11 am

wow pay $ 80 to get spied ! kewl...


I find out a program who spotted teh malaware but when I pressed remove it asked me 39$ :roll: FFS what internet have become...

still haven't fixed the problem
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Postby clyzm » Mon Aug 25, 08 1:52 am

Sorry, a bit offtopic

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MY DEUS EX FONT?
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Postby or 1=1 » Mon Aug 25, 08 1:54 am

Yes.
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Postby clyzm » Mon Aug 25, 08 1:55 am

Cheers, didn't know anyone actually used it/liked it.
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Postby ~DJ~ » Mon Aug 25, 08 4:13 am

Download spyware doctor..

And spybot..
And AVG too

Run them together..

Also i dont know that they confilct or not.. (IMO Spyware doctor is the best, but not free Spyware doctor is..)

But do it hurry, the internet will be gone after 5-6 Days..

It do popup's like download this anti-virus, the company needed money, thats why they did this so people will buy it and stuff... :$

If you need serials.. i will Pm.. yeah i know illegal stuff but.. :$

I Had this..

Its not a keygen though its a serial number well..
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Postby Leenuks » Mon Aug 25, 08 7:31 am

Ive encountered many clients who get similar popups. They are all a scam to make you think
there is a danger to your pc and to get your money so they can tell you all is ok.

Popup says you have virus etc. You pay for the program it tells you to get. Program scans and
finds a load of virii and spyware and fixes the problems that didnt exist in the first place.

The thing is you already have some maliscious software on your computer hence the popup.

[url]free.avg.com[/url] is the free version if AVG that I use all the time.

Spybot Search and Destroy and others mentioned in previous posts.

I also use Glary Utilities.
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Postby Mr. Tastix » Mon Aug 25, 08 7:35 am

The ad itself isn't really spyware, not always anyway. It is of course, spam and it is adware. Adware is usually just fucking annoying and as Leenuks said, it's made to make you believe whatever the message is.

Btw, correct link: http://free.avg.com/
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Postby Kaiden » Mon Aug 25, 08 8:37 pm

You get Spyware
Spyware says "Lol you have virus, oh no, it's ok though, you can use our FREE TOOL to remove it"
You go to site
It attempts to charge you £90 for said "Free tool"
You leave site, install anti spyware/virus and live happily.

You can do a System Restore to before the spyware appeared on your comp.
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Postby or 1=1 » Mon Aug 25, 08 9:12 pm

~[A]Kaiden~ wrote:You get Spyware
Spyware says "Lol you have virus, oh no, it's ok though, you can use our FREE TOOL to remove it"
You go to site
It attempts to charge you £90 for said "Free tool"
You leave site, install anti spyware/virus and live happily.

You can do a System Restore to before the spyware appeared on your comp.


Nop, the only one I had is named " Last good restore point " ( strange... wrote in english although my pc is italian ? :roll ) whic have been made approsimatively 3 minutes before my desktop changed.

Anyway it's fixed now :P never missed my bugatti so much :P

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