Comments on: How To Identify And Avoid Anti-Virus Scams http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html Security FAQs - answers to common questions about antivirus and other infosec issues. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lee http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-12634 Lee Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:33:26 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-12634 Thanks for the encouragement Will - its always good to know that what I do actually helps a few people :) If you get the pop ups or any other issues you need help with then please do ask. Thanks for the encouragement Will – its always good to know that what I do actually helps a few people :)

If you get the pop ups or any other issues you need help with then please do ask.

]]> By: Will http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-12632 Will Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:18:33 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-12632 Thanks LEE. I may have fallen for the whole virus scan. One came up saying files were infected and I just xed out of it. Haven't gotten pop ups yet but fear they may start. This information helped though, both by you and the other comments. Thanks LEE. I may have fallen for the whole virus scan. One came up saying files were infected and I just xed out of it. Haven’t gotten pop ups yet but fear they may start. This information helped though, both by you and the other comments.

]]> By: Lee http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-12616 Lee Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:51:40 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-12616 I'm glad it worked for you FrancieJ :) I’m glad it worked for you FrancieJ :)

]]> By: FrancieJ http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-12600 FrancieJ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:22:05 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-12600 Lee, Thank you so much for the information you gave Helen. I had her same problem and did what you suggested and it worked. This is my second time with an uninvited antivirus group. It is hard to know who to trust and where to go. Appreciate the help...Thanks Again.... Lee, Thank you so much for the information you gave Helen. I had her same problem and did what you suggested and it worked. This is my second time with an uninvited antivirus group. It is hard to know who to trust and where to go. Appreciate the help…Thanks Again….

]]> By: thunderwolfxp http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-12512 thunderwolfxp Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:40:51 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-12512 thanks my computer is always getting attacked by all these scams i never buy into them tho and i had avast personaly it isn't the best out there it never told me these were in my computer intill the viruse showed itself it was a b***h getting rid of them secerity tool that was an easy one to get rid of and pc tools i couldn't get rid of it sooooo i tryed system restor perfect everything is perfect again my virus protection didn't help one bit i had to do it all thanks
my computer is always getting attacked by all these scams i never buy into them tho and i had avast personaly it isn’t the best out there
it never told me these were in my computer intill the viruse showed itself it was a b***h getting rid of them
secerity tool that was an easy one to get rid of
and pc tools i couldn’t get rid of it sooooo i tryed system restor
perfect everything is perfect again
my virus protection didn’t help one bit
i had to do it all

]]> By: Bunny http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-11593 Bunny Sat, 22 May 2010 05:31:22 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-11593 Hi, reading this webpage has confirmed my fears - it's not legit. I was downloading a document from a trusted website absolutely fine, but then the downloading suddenly quit out on me and this pop-up thing came up, saying I had 21 infected files, and I needed to remove them. At first, I was absolutely shocked, because we have AVG 8.5, and it's been working fine for years. But then, I decided to look up the said files in the Run Program - they didn't even exist. I was pretty sure that it was a scan - if I was infected, surely AVG would tell me so? Now that I know it's a scam, I want to scan my Laptop with AVG, but it won't let me open it. And I want to get rid of it, and ALT + CTRL + DEL doesn't want load either. Help! Hi, reading this webpage has confirmed my fears – it’s not legit. I was downloading a document from a trusted website absolutely fine, but then the downloading suddenly quit out on me and this pop-up thing came up, saying I had 21 infected files, and I needed to remove them. At first, I was absolutely shocked, because we have AVG 8.5, and it’s been working fine for years. But then, I decided to look up the said files in the Run Program – they didn’t even exist. I was pretty sure that it was a scan – if I was infected, surely AVG would tell me so? Now that I know it’s a scam, I want to scan my Laptop with AVG, but it won’t let me open it. And I want to get rid of it, and ALT + CTRL + DEL doesn’t want load either. Help!

]]> By: The Nocebo Effect On The Web : Rise Of The Fake Antivirus http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-11441 The Nocebo Effect On The Web : Rise Of The Fake Antivirus Sat, 15 May 2010 23:02:21 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-11441 [...] reason why I say that is because what I described above is fake antivirus, not the real [...] [...] reason why I say that is because what I described above is fake antivirus, not the real [...]

]]> By: Recent Email Scams http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-11245 Recent Email Scams Sun, 09 May 2010 10:12:29 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-11245 [...] If you don’t already have a virus scanner that scans email messages and their attachments as they are received then get one but do be aware of anti-virus scams. [...] [...] If you don’t already have a virus scanner that scans email messages and their attachments as they are received then get one but do be aware of anti-virus scams. [...]

]]> By: The Basic Anatomy Of A Program And How It Can Take Over Your System http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-10179 The Basic Anatomy Of A Program And How It Can Take Over Your System Mon, 03 May 2010 10:33:12 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-10179 [...] a rogue program is in the memory, it can spell disaster. AKPC_IDS += "14542,";SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The [...] [...] a rogue program is in the memory, it can spell disaster. AKPC_IDS += "14542,";SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The [...]

]]> By: Lee http://www.security-faqs.com/how-to-identify-and-avoid-anti-virus-scams.html/comment-page-1#comment-9770 Lee Sat, 01 May 2010 11:00:09 +0000 http://www.scamtypes.com/?p=1536#comment-9770 I would like to think that most people are using a modern enough browser that blocks pop ups but that obviously isn't the case. Ad-blocker would work for them, or the old Ctrl+Al+Delete method of getting into Task Manager and then ending the process. I would like to think that most people are using a modern enough browser that blocks pop ups but that obviously isn’t the case.

Ad-blocker would work for them, or the old Ctrl+Al+Delete method of getting into Task Manager and then ending the process.

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