Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
July 04, 2009, 07:12:30 PM

Login with username, password and session length

298141 Posts
33018 Topics
74980 Members

Latest Member: arceri

Search:     Advanced search | Tag Cloud
+  Welcome to the Comodo Forum
|-+  Learn about Computer Security and Interact with Security Experts
| |-+  General Security Questions and Comments (not product related)
| | |-+  Rouge antivirus program circulating the net.
« previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Rouge antivirus program circulating the net.  (Read 2148 times)
frogger
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 399



« on: August 30, 2008, 02:50:39 AM »

OMG i almost got this one i was searching the net i clicked on a site that said it had info  about what i was searching for. and Firefox shrunk into a small window that said my computer was infected i new this wasn't true. the name of the program it tried to give me was Antivirus 2009. i did a search on the net to find out upon install this program is nothing but a giant pice of mallware. thank god i immediately killed Firefox with process explorer or i could caught this. word of caution if you see this alert don't click on it its a nasty trick.  I did scan with mbam and superantispyware and they came up zero i got lucky all be careful.
Logged

God Bless
WaterWall
Guest
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2008, 07:54:01 AM »

Btw, XP Antivirus has changed it's name to MS Antivirus so be careful and don't download anything from M$  Grin
« Last Edit: August 30, 2008, 02:37:19 PM by Commodus » Logged
frogger
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 399



« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2008, 12:03:55 PM »

OH wow I think the only whey you can get it is by clicking on the thing if i'm not correct
Logged

God Bless
.FaZio93.
Global Moderator
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 2205



« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2008, 12:05:12 PM »

OMG i almost got this one i was searching the net i clicked on a site that said it had info  about what i was searching for. and Firefox shrunk into a small window that said my computer was infected i new this wasn't true. the name of the program it tried to give me was Antivirus 2009. i did a search on the net to find out upon install this program is nothing but a giant pice of mallware. thank god i immediately killed Firefox with process explorer or i could caught this. word of caution if you see this alert don't click on it its a nasty trick.  I did scan with mbam and superantispyware and they came up zero i got lucky all be careful.

thanks for the tip.

 Kewl
Logged

Vista Home Prem x32 SP1
CIS 3.10.102194.530
Please remember to follow the Forum Policy.
eXPerience
Malware Researcher Virus Removal Helper Advanced Tweak Freak Crazy Little Devil
Global Moderator
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 5621


Why not ? The choice is yours !


« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2008, 12:09:03 PM »

You don't like it ? You get an AV for free and it uses almost no recources. On the bad side, it detected Opera as malware while it is itself malware  Grin.

Well, just stay away from it ...

Xan
Logged

frogger
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 399



« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2008, 02:22:26 PM »

You don't like it ? You get an AV for free and it uses almost no recources. On the bad side, it detected Opera as malware while it is itself malware  Grin.

Well, just stay away from it ...

Xan


 Laugh very funny Xan don't tell me you actually tried this thing out. i'm so glad i did not click that link that it showed in a small window.
Logged

God Bless
JamesFrance
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 538



« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2008, 03:29:54 PM »

So its moved on from 2008 to 2009 then.

This is probably the most common problem being posted on the help forums for removal this year.
Logged

James
frogger
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 399



« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2008, 03:45:22 PM »

Yup it's changed names for the upcoming year 2009
Logged

God Bless
Goose19
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 1218



« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2008, 10:05:24 PM »

Btw, XP Antivirus has changed it's name to MS Antivirus so be careful and don't download anything from M$  Grin

LOL Most of us should know Microsoft would never provide a legit free anti virus  Grin
Logged

System Specs:  Pentium 4 with HT 3.06 Ghz,  1.5GB RAM, 160 GB WDC HD, Nvidia Geforce 7600GT 256MB DDR3



New Build: AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000 3.1 Ghz  4 Gb RAM 320GB WDC Hard Drive 650 watt quad rail Power supply(overkill Cheesy) 9500GT Hybrid SLi with 8200 (onboard video) Decent Gaming rig Smiley
CGPMaster
Guest
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2008, 10:09:55 PM »

LOL Most of us should know Microsoft would never provide a legit free anti virus  Grin

WALL-E!!!

Off Topic....

Of course microsoft would not give their best to us for free....

CG
Logged
eXPerience
Malware Researcher Virus Removal Helper Advanced Tweak Freak Crazy Little Devil
Global Moderator
Comodo's Hero
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 5621


Why not ? The choice is yours !


« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2008, 01:13:51 PM »


 Laugh very funny Xan don't tell me you actually tried this thing out. i'm so glad i did not click that link that it showed in a small window.
I did  Grin, just for testing...


Xan
Logged

Tags:
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
Jump to:  

SSL Free Technical Support Firewall
Page created in 0.11 seconds with 19 queries.
Powered by SMF 1.1.9 | SMF © 2006, Simple Machines LLC
Seo4Smf v0.2 © Webmaster's Talks
Design by 7dana.com