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newgranny

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    http://liveantimalwareproscan.com WINDOWS or SCAM?
    « on: March 04, 2009, 11:47:48 AM »
    So, I'm reading my emails.  I never EVER open an email from an unknown sender, I just delete them.  I clicked on a trusted email from a company that I do surveys for and instantly my browser closed and another opened!

    The new browser window looked exactly like the window when I open 'my computer' with the same panes and words etc., except the colors seemed slightly off.  I was told Windows had detected that my computer was infected with email worms.

    I have several anti-spyware, malware, and anti-virus programs running on my computer at all times and nothing else popped up with a warning except for this one.  So, I was a little suspiscious and I clicked 'cancel' because it was asking me if I wanted to download and run this 'windows' anti-worm program.  Immediately a small box popped up with 'Windows Security Alert' and it had a list of my supposed infections.

    Now I'm really confused.  The little box looks legitimate, but I learned the hard way in the past that some scammers can make their things look like they're legitimate, so I minimized this warning window and opened up Malwarebytes and did a Quick Scan.  Nothing showed up.

    So, I went back to the warning screen and thought, well, maybe I'm being just a little paranoid and I clicked on RUN and a warning popped up asking me if I really want to run this software because if I don't know for sure what it is, it could damage my computer.

    There was a web address on that screen so, before I ran potentially dangerous software on my computer, I went to that web address in another browser.

    It looked legitimate, but there was nothing indicating that it was from Windows or Microsoft or that Windows or Microsoft is affilliated with them in any way.  So I clicked on some of the links on their home page to get more information.  I clicked on FAQ, COMPANY, and others ... but they only took me to a page to order their software!

    Are they a legitimate company???  Is this software nothing more than adware???

    I'm so confused!  Should I just close the browser and not worry about it?

    PLEASE ADVISE, thank you so much!

    newgranny

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      Re: http://liveantimalwareproscan.com WINDOWS or SCAM?
      « Reply #1 on: March 04, 2009, 12:06:53 PM »
      I forgot to mention, it's saying it wants to add ANTIVIRUS 360 components to my computer to be sure it is clean.

      Also, you know the WINDOWS SECURITY ALERT window that I told you popped up with a list of my infections?  Well, I just clicked on the down arrow of the scroll bar to see what the infections are and the FILE DOWNLOAD SECURITY WARNING box popped up.  I thought that was strange, so I clicked on another area of the window and the same thing happened.  I really don't think this is a legitimate WINDOWS SECURITY ALERT window.

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      Re: http://liveantimalwareproscan.com WINDOWS or SCAM?
      « Reply #2 on: March 04, 2009, 02:29:42 PM »
      Yes it's a scam site. It's the Antivirus 360 Scanner, which is a rouge.