Actually

Posted By: AnnuderMT on 2009-05-28
In Reply to: Any advice on the best anti-virus for home office?? - Infected MT

I think the popup you were getting is spam. I seem to recall a couple of years ago when these first started showing up on tech forums. If I recall correctly, they are basically a popup commercial telling you that you're infected, and if you click on it, it installs its own crap on your computer... if you didn't have a virus before, you will then, or at least tracker cookies. I'm going to try to add a link to an article about it, but just in case it doesn't work, the address for it is:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Computer-is-Infected!---Fix-the-Windows-Has-Detected-Spyware-Infection-Popup&id=1695728

If that doesn't work, just Google 'pop up says computer is infected' and you'll find a ton of information about this little scam.

LINK/URL: Infected popups

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Any advice on the best anti-virus for home office?? - Infected MT
- Actually - AnnuderMT
- Thx so much for your helpful FB! Here's what I've done...sm - Infected MT
- I use AVG 8.5 and LOVE it!!. sm - MT and worn out
  - Did you upgrade from 8.0? - Infected MT
    - I had the free version at first,, probably 7.0 or 7.5. sm - MT and worn out
- Kaspersky - NM
  - Yes, I agree. Kaspersky is the best! - and I have tried many.
  - I have found great reviews on Kapersky. Do you know if... - Infected MT
    - They do have a free trial - yes
      - Shoot I forgot - sorry
- interesting... - sm
  - Norton 360 was installed, I did a full scan, and it found nothing...MUST SM - Infected MT

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