God damn fake antivirus programs popping up everywhere.

[WingZero]

Recently, I was using my mother's laptop to go and check the forums (I am posting from an older laptop.) and I get this message from the task bar claiming that the laptop's security has been breached and a second later a window appears showing supposedly "infected" files that didn't even do anything. I close the programs and move on and when I open Google Chrome instead of the usual search page I get another antivirus message from the same fake antivirus stuffheads. It calls itself "Win 7 Antispyware 2012." It's just so blatant that it's a scam that keeps begging for your money. It's like a chicken that's going to peck you 24/7 until you give it what it wants. It keeps popping up every 10 minutes and it's just so frustrating.

Discuss.

[Ad Bot]

[Blastdown]

Run a virus scan.

[Trogtor]

Yeah I used to get this crap all the time. There is an actual virus in your computer though. It causes it to pull of these advertisements (EDIT) that looks like a Ainti-Virus Program. So you can click on them and make it worst. Try using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

[TheArmyGuy]

Computers and viruses 101:
Press alt-F4 next time instead of pressing the close-screen button.

[WingZero]

Run a virus scan.

My mother already ran it with Super Anti Spyware and the files were supposed to be "deleted," but I still keep getting the annoying ads.

[KoopaScooper]

Get Malwarebytes and avast!, run scans with both (preferably in safe mode [if possible]).

[Man 2]

Win7 calls itself Win7 as opposed to Windows7 because Windows7 would violate copyright laws. Imagine that.
Yes, I had one once that kept telling me every file on my computer was infected and if I didn't buy their product it would stay that way and my computer would disappear in a puff of purple smoke.

[Trogtor]

Win7 calls itself Win7 as opposed to Windows7 because Windows7 would violate copyright laws. Imagine that.
Yes, I had one once that kept telling me every file on my computer was infected and if I didn't buy their product it would stay that way and my computer would disappear in a puff of purple smoke.

I should smack them in the face because of stupidity.
If they want scam people you don't tell them every single file on their computer is infected.

[WingZero]

Win7 calls itself Win7 as opposed to Windows7 because Windows7 would violate copyright laws. Imagine that.
Yes, I had one once that kept telling me every file on my computer was infected and if I didn't buy their product it would stay that way and my computer would disappear in a puff of purple smoke.

It's like a salesman throwing a brick at a person's window with a note attached to it saying "Need window repair? Call xxx-xxx-xxxx."

Those guys are really desperate for money.

[LeetZero]

My mother already ran it with Super Anti Spyware and the files were supposed to be "deleted," but I still keep getting the annoying ads.

Something with the word "Super" in it is a quality product, guys!

[WingZero]

Something with the word "Super" in it is a quality product, guys!

This isn't my own laptop, learn to read.

[Trogtor]

Something with the word "Super" in it is a quality product, guys!

Quality program right here folks

[Sheath]

Yeah, sounds like you have a virus and its suggesting more malicious things for you to use and download to make the problem worse. The general idea is that people believe the antivirus program displayed can't be infected and that they have to do something because of the fake infected files. You probably do have something iffy on the computer, but the messages you are getting are created by the virus itself probably.

[Timezbrick]

I had this at school once, It said I had tons of Trojan Horse's
But the next day when I logged IN at my school account it was gone.

[pecon7]

It is a Trojan.FakeAV
Use Malwarebytes to remove it.