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Apparently, I Have 3,041 Viruses...

Spoom182Spoom182 Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
What the fuck? "Antivirus XP 2008" is telling me I have 3,000 viruses, and so far in my scan, McAfee hasn't picked up one. My computer still appears to be working fine and I have no idea where these came from. Basically I'm just confused as shit right now and have no idea how to get rid of all these.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080809184441AAz7d0D

    Short answer Antivirus XP 2008 is malware. It's lying to you, get rid of it.

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  • PulvaanPulvaan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yea seriously.

    I'd say download Malwarebyte's Anti-malware program and do a full scan.

    Then click on remove all.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Oh man Anvtivirus XP 200x is such a bad program. Seriously it tricks EVERYONE into thinking they have viruses then has them click on a link to "remove them", which of course adds more viruses/spyware on your computer.

    Make sure to run a lot of anti-spyware programs after you've cleaned it up. Either that or just format and start over. It's good to do that at least once a year. :)

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  • TransparentTransparent Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    It's funny getting an Antivirus XP popup with tons of results on Ubuntu.

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  • tallgeezetallgeeze Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Wow, that thread title made me chuckle. If I had 3,000+ viruses I would expect big red letters to pop up saying "YOU FOOL!" and then the computer just blows up.

    Anywho, that antivirus xp junk is spyware/malware it makes it through my pop-blockers sometimes. never click on the window or it may lead to the endless pop-ups. Even worse, it may do that giant pop-up that won't let you click X to close it. Then you just have to hit the alt+f4.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    tallgeeze wrote: »
    Wow, that thread title made me chuckle. If I had 3,000+ viruses I would expect big red letters to pop up saying "Flagrant System Error" and then the computer just blows up.

    Fix'd.

    Never trust a popup window that you don't recognize. Ever. If you run McAfee anti-virus, that is the only virus report you trust. Nothing else. The internet is very predatory. :)

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