winchester21 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I am posting this under another heading from my other thread seeking assistance. I wish to advise of a friends expierence. Sat morning-My buddy was out of town on a golf vacation. his wife was checking out the weekend mall specials online . The computer starts acting funny and virus messages start popping up. they look like legit windows messages. Then a green screen appears with an official looking antivirus company logo that resembled Mcafee. She figured that the virus protection was up for renewal and promptly provided debit card information. When Jim returned on Monday the bank was overdrawn fron the debit card. There were a number of overdrafts and fees. He could not get gas or buy groceries. The bank restored the money- but that was on Wednesday. I got this same virus on Sat as well- So did 4 of my co -workers. it appear thjat mine came from tracking a shipment on an e-bay purchase. My boss's computer picked up while nobody was even in the room. The intention is to obtain credit card info for hackers from the bogus AV site. Please warn any unsuspecting family members who have access to your computers. This is a really bad one. You do not have to click on any attachments or nothing. Watch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 good warning- this one popped up on my machine. I didn't click anything but shut it all down and unplugged my external HD (with all critical data) just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 It is apparently related (or was related....) to facebook at one point. It happened on my son's computer, but he had the common sense to come tell me that something was not right (the pop-up...). We immediately shut it down, turned off the router to keep it from accessing the i-net, did a safe mode boot and ran Centurylink (F-secure) and AVG on it. I then called my daughter who lives with the "geek squad" (serious computer engineering majors...) who told me what it was and where it had first "popped up". According to them, it was a popup ad on facebook, that when you "clicked" the x button, it closed the ad, but ran a script that caused the computer to run the fake antivirus ad. Since it was new and quite clever (as in it slipped by the the ad control folks on facebook), it took several weeks for the AV big boys to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennie Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Sorry to hear about this, but thanks for the warning! [Y] Dennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Thanks for the heads up. I finally signed up to a back-up service. It gives me some peace of mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockOn4Klipsch Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Also an important reminder, most identify theft that occurs is because "you" have given your information to them. Always be skeptical of giving any information online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Never ever give your CC# to a pop-up on your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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