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Spyware OR Scareware
gremlin666_2
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in Techie Stuff
A friend of mine went on to a website the other day and then a pop up claimed her computers hard drive was being scanned by a goverment program which was looking for offensive material on her hard drive. She quickly closed the window down before she could see what happened next. She is now panicking she has done something wrong . I told her it was just an add to get her to try and download some worthless software. Her question and mine would it be possible for the goverment to do something like this without you knowing it was being done. Spyware and Antivirus turned up with nothing to show.
Don't listen to the bad things about Vista its the best :beer:
Just because it's free don't mean it's good :rolleyes:
Ditch Norton Now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wall:
Just Because you read it some where don't mean it's right
Just because it's free don't mean it's good :rolleyes:
Ditch Norton Now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wall:
Just Because you read it some where don't mean it's right
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Sounds like scareware.
Is it possible, yes, anything is possible. google magic lantern.Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0 -
yep, scareware..
government not scanning PC but Russain Hackers will empty your bank account after you click on the window and download the "free" trial softwareEx forum ambassador
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Thats what i thought. lucky for her though the fright was enough to make her close the window straight away.Don't listen to the bad things about Vista its the best :beer:
Just because it's free don't mean it's good :rolleyes:
Ditch Norton Now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wall:
Just Because you read it some where don't mean it's right0
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