An example of scareware.
An example of scareware.
Figure 1 - Scareware pop-upmessage masquerades itself as legitimate Windows Security Alert with warning about "Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Tiny.h"
To make this post I booted a computer normally used by Windows with a Puppy Linux CD. Since the CD drive is read only there simply is no way any virus could ever take hold. Amazing how people will stick with a weaker choice simply because they are use to it.
The popup in figure one is from the Messenger Service which is one of the many security flaws in windows. You can get rid of them by:
start, Control panel, performance and maintenance (if you are in category view), administrative tools, services. From here you find “messenger service”, right click on it, and choose to stop the service.
There are programs that show up on the messenger service that will stop the service for you, but they cost $20. And while I support entrepreneurial spirit as much as the next man, I also support self reliance, so do it yourself.
There are a few other scam ware (or rogue programs) that try to swindle you out of money. Internet Anti virus 2009, Anti virus 360 and Internet Anti virus pro are just a few of them. Anti virus 360 in particular is bad because it tells you your computer is infected and it will gladly take care of the problem for a mere $99. It won’t take care of the problem, of course. They just run off with your money. And if you ignore it, your computer’s performance will degrade until the computer is not usable any more.
Hope this helps people. I work in tech support so I get news like this all the time.
Might just save you time, and govt property aka money.
Those fake antivirus programs are a menace.