You visit a site and a little graphic pops up telling you that your computer is infected. Are you going to click on it?
Your answer should be a resounding NO! Thesee are all scams. Each and every one of them! Clicking the pop-up WILL infect your computer with crap.
Never, ever, for any reason, click a pop-up! Not even in an attempt to close it! Just leave that site and go someplace else!
2007-02-11 08:10:40 · 15 answers · asked by afreshpath_admin 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Good advice.
Don't click anything.
The "No" button could be any instruction at all ... doesn't have to mean what it says.
Use ctrl-alt-del to close the window.
regards,
Philip T
2007-02-11 08:15:47 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never gotten a pop up like this, altho I did get a worm put into my hard drive from a website, locking up my computer until I agreed to buy their anti virus program. I bought it so I could contact them with a threat of a law suilt. I canceled payment, then took my computer to the shop and had it stripped. I reported this company to the F.B I and F.C.C. I haven't been bothered sense. This company was out of California that sold anti virus hardware.
2007-02-11 16:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats funny. The reason I say this is because half the people asking for help with virus' and spyware probably clicked on it to get protected.
2007-02-11 16:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never do, but really the only place you can get a trojan or a virus is from a warez site (i.e. torrent-sites). But, no I can't say I have fallen for this one.
2007-02-11 16:14:28 · answer #4 · answered by imma o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you. I usually close them. Pop-ups won't close if you just leave a site, will they?
2007-02-11 16:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by itry007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never fallen for that. Mostly because I don't have a virus scan that does that, so I have no need to believe it.
2007-02-11 16:14:02 · answer #6 · answered by dbybell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea.... i accedently downloaded 1 and it wants me 2 buy "antivermeans" and i cant get rid of it it popus up like every 5 minutes
2007-02-11 16:17:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!!If a site is telling me this, theyre definitely lying.If my computer was infected,it would notify me.
2007-02-11 16:21:39 · answer #8 · answered by Fritz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE ONLY THING I CLICK ON FOR THOOSE IS THE CLOSE BOX,IN THE RIGHT HAND TOP CORNER LOL
2007-02-11 16:14:29 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everybody knows that. But I do it anways. haha
I trust my Firewall.
2007-02-11 16:14:00 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋