I clicked a link provided by an answer on Yahoo Answers and it directed me to this antivirus/antispyware website. A pop-up came up and told me that I had to install their program, I clicked cancel, but despite this, the program had started to scan or download into my computer. I quickly left the website before it finished.
I suspected it must have been that Antivirus XP 2009 going around. I scanned my computer with Malwarebytes and Superantispyware and it detected nothing. On top of that I see no symptoms…no weird pop-ups, wallpaper is the same, everything SEEMS normal.
My question is, could I be infected? (because i entered their website and it started to download automatically) It might possibly take a while to take affect my computer?
and I’m going to buy Norton today. If Norton scans it and says everything is OK, should I still continue to worry?
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Jim B // Nov 10, 2008
Canter S is one of them posting this link.I have added that person to my contacts so i can keep tabs on them.When his/her name changes,I will Know.
2 David R // Nov 10, 2008
avg 8.0 is free and it works why pay when you can get it free
http://www.avg.com/download-trial
3 Mathew // Nov 10, 2008
no, since you scanned with malwarebytes and superantispyware. it could just be a tracking cookie. delete all your cookies and everything should be fine.
4 cotojo // Nov 10, 2008
reboot into Safe Mode to scan, it's important to do this in Safe Mode
Better safe than sorry.
Have reported several of these malicious links today, they are on a real damned spree posting links everywhere
Also use Site Advisor and mywot addon, warns of dangerous sites:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
http://mywot.com
5 lucee // Nov 10, 2008
If you are buying Norton just to fix what you consider to be a problem with this, you are wasting your money. If you scanned with SuperAntiSpyware and it didn’t find anything, relax. I use that also, and trust it to find any screwy random spyware. It does, if it’s there. If you are buying Norton for antivirus purposes, my question to you is why? There are much better, more reliable, FREE products out there that aren’t the space and memory hogs that Norton is, and they don’t require a special manufacturer’s tool to remove them! The two top rated are: Avira AntiVir and Avast.
http://www.download.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
6 Preciosa // Nov 10, 2008
XP Antivirus 2008, XP Antivirus 2009, and XPAntiVirus are rogue antivirus programs that, when run, display false results as a tactic to scare you into purchasing the software. Older versions of XP Antivirus would create 9 entries in your Windows Registry that impersonate infections on your machine. In reality, though, these registry entries were harmless and had absolutely no effect on your computer. Instead, these entries were set so that XP AntiVirus can find them when scanning your computer and report them as infections. The newer of versions of the program , such as XP Antivirus 2008 and XP Antivirus 2009, instead just display false results when scanning your computer that state infections were found. In order to remove these fake infections, though, you would first need to purchase the software as the trial does not allow you to remove them.
While running, XP Antivirus will also display fake alerts stating that you are infected or under attack from some type of
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this is the perfect solution to this problem. everyone is using this popular product. 100% safe and trusted. and doesn't slow down your pc.
good luck
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