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Windows Message - is it a hacker?
TraceyB_2
Posts: 678 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
A message has started appearing on my PC along with an icon I have never seen!
The message that appears if I hover over the star symbol says 'you may be a victim of software counterfieting'.
Sometimes another balloon appears that takes me to a page that says the same but that also appears to be an american site.
I havent got any software on my pc other than what was provided with it when I originally bought it.
Does anyone know if this is some kind of hacking or if it is just a usual Microsoft message.
Many thanks.
The message that appears if I hover over the star symbol says 'you may be a victim of software counterfieting'.
Sometimes another balloon appears that takes me to a page that says the same but that also appears to be an american site.
I havent got any software on my pc other than what was provided with it when I originally bought it.
Does anyone know if this is some kind of hacking or if it is just a usual Microsoft message.
Many thanks.
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can we have a link to the site? that it directs you to? sounds like some sort of spyware£10 a day - Sept 08 £245/£3000
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the american site wouldn't be microsoft would it? not sure what the warning is with dodgy copies of windows XP, but this sounds about rightUtinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.0
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does sound right to me aswell sounds as if its a dodgey copy of xp£10 a day - Sept 08 £245/£3000
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Does it look like this
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Go to whoever you bought your computer from and make them put on a legit copy of XP on.0
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Thats the message that comes up globalds!
The software has been on the PC since I bought it - which was about 5 years ago!0 -
where did you buy it ??
if it;s a branded Pc ..ie Dell or HP it may be a mistakeEx forum ambassador
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Its a Phillips one.0
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is there a sticker on the pc with a windows hologram and keycode?Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.0
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There is - its got a product keycode on it.0
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