Author Topic: 'Your Windows XP might be in danger!'  (Read 2707 times)

I keep getting this stupid popup that won't go away about how I might have 'a virus' I already have my protection on, no viruses or spyware. I even have my popup blocker on. How do I keep this annoying bug away.

Do you have norton by any chance?

do this:

1: Take a baseball bat
2: Take your computer to a demolision terrain
3:
   SMASH IT!!!

Who let honytawk out of his cage?



It's called adware. Google will help you fix it.

1: Take a baseball bat

   SMASH IT!!!
Do it to your own Skull first.


Do you have any virus/spyware protection?

That sounds more like some spyware/adware that I just got than a windows bug I would run some anti spyware anti virus scans.  Try running the trail of Norton Ineternet Security 2009 that seemed to remove it for me.
« Last Edit: November 11, 2008, 01:45:15 PM by GUNBREAKER »

That sounds more like some spyware/adware that I just got than a windows bug I would run some anti spyware anti virus scans.  Try running the trail of Norton Ineternet Security 2009 that seemed to remove it for me.
Norton is a worthless program. Run AVG.

Do you have any virus/spyware protection?
Yes. I use CA Internet Security. It hides me from hackers :o

Yes. I use CA Internet Security. It hides me from hackers :o
Yes in the article it does have a decent firewall, but it fails epicly at anti-virus and anti-spyware/malware so you are not safe when you browse the internet and download things.
Quote from: Erik Larkin,PC World
But beneath the surface, CA proved abysmal at the fundamental task of identifying and blocking malicious software. German research company AVTest.org performed the malware testing portion of our "All-in-One Security Suites: Tried and Tested" story. When it pitted CA's suite against its 674,589-strong collection of dormant malware samples, AV-Test.org found that the suite caught only 63 percent, meaning that almost four out of every ten pieces of malware slipped right by its defenses. This result isn't even in the same league the other suites we tested. The next worst product, McAfee Internet Security Suite, caught 86 percent of the samples in this test.

In addition, CA failed to detect almost half of all spyware and adware; its catch rate of 56 percent was the worst recorded for any of the eight suites in our roundup. And in tests of the suite's ability to use one-month old signature files to detect newer malware, it again hit rock bottom. The suite spotted a scant 3.5 percent of new threats.
The article ends with this.
Quote from: Erik Larkin,PC World
Though CA might provide some nice hand-holding for a beginning user, its terrible performance at keeping a PC safe makes it suitable for no one. Avoid this suite.

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/30871/review/ca_internet_security_suite_plus_2008.html