Computer Science Canada Anti-Virus/Security software trial version scam? |
| Author: | riveryu [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Anti-Virus/Security software trial version scam? |
Recently, a friend of mine downloaded a trial version a anti-virus software (that will not be named), and it gave about 100 something virus reports. It demanded him to purchase a license in order to delete the viruses. It also gave information for each virus found. Maybe I am just newbe about this kind of stuff on the net, but is this just another crappy scam? Anyone found similar things like this? Btw, I told him about the free ver of AVG as a solution. |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Anti-Virus/Security software trial version scam? |
Yep, definitely sounds like a scam. |
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| Author: | Dan [ Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Anti-Virus/Security software trial version scam? |
There are several scams that work like this. Some used to even be advertised late night on t.v. comerceals a few years ago. The worst part is the anti-virus you end up paying for is close to malware or adware it's self. I recall testing one threw wine on Linux, witch ended up reporting a bunch of worms and trojans that would have been imposable. Your friends best bet would be to try and uninstall the fake anti-virus and install a more well know and free alternative. |
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