My wife called me in a panic a few days ago with the same message. She had heard me talk about AVG so she called me right away. Thankfully I had removed AVG from the system a few weeks ago when my contract with them finally expired (that's a story for another thread) so I knew it was bogus.
What also got my attention was even if AVG found something, why would it need to download something (an update?) to continue? That isn't how it updates itself. Had I actually had AVG running, and not been paying attention, I may have fallen for it especially when I'm on the phone and can't see the screen. I'm sure that is what they are counting on... The web is NOT a safe place. Lou -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Demon Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Fake Antivirus Software Hi Yesterday I went onto a site via Google which I have used before to download a particular printer service manual. A message popped up to say that AVG had found virus like activity. But first of all I haven't got AVG on that computer and it wasn't the norm AVG message just a plain windows dialogue box. Being curious I clicked on the message and the page came up with an Explorer like window showing Hard drives DVD roms etc. and the bottom of the page showing virus's which it had supposedly found. Eventually another box came up showing these virus's and with a button saying Remove All. At this point I closed Internet Explorer. I ran Malware Bytes and MS Security essentials which both scanned OK. ... _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/02b401cbea2f$6e869f70$4b93de50$@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
