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Jun 12 2011 08:06am

That's not completely correct. Those "fake anti-virus" programs come through malware. Even virus scanners like Avast can't protect your computer from every malware. Therefore I always suggest to scan your computer with malwarebytes as soon as something seems to limit your computer rights or starts advertising through windows popups.

Edit: You will have clear symptoms when being infected with a malware: Mostly you can't open your task manager and some programs don't start anymore.

This post was edited by iDGames on Jun 12 2011 08:08am

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Jun 12 2011 09:50am

Quote (Michael515 @ Jun 11 2011 11:39pm)

So I was researching sites for information for school project, and then when i clicked on a site something popped up it said something like:
MAlicious things may be in your computer. Do a security check?
(but of course more official-sounding.
I immediately just turned off the computer, and restarted in safe mode with networking. i dont have any anti-virus programs, and im not sure if its an actual virus.. what should I do?

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Jun 12 2011 10:18am

Open your computer in safemode, and install the malwarebytes and run it.. I've just deleted a virus, and it was similair to yours..

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