New Posts For Thread: annoying pop up.anti virus vista 2010https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010keep getting this pop up advising me current state of my pc is infected and listing various c programme files.also another pop up advising my system is being hacked an unknown programme is scanning system registry an details of a trojan.its asking methe daft thing is there's lots of stuff on the web about how to get rid of this and it's associated clones, but i can't find anything which says "run this bit of kit and it will stop infection"https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809122#420809122the daft thing is there's lots of stuff on the web about how to get rid of this and it's associated clones, but i can't find anything which says "run this bit of kit and it will stop infection"Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:05:16 -0600My Laptop got this virus when I was browsing tinypic.com ( I think ). Its a very slick and official MS looking piece of software which can install itself via media player codec updates.I removed it by doing a system restore to a point a few days earhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809106#420809106My Laptop got this virus when I was browsing tinypic.com ( I think ). Its a very slick and official MS looking piece of software which can install itself via media player codec updates.I removed it by doing a system restore to a point a few days earTue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:29 -0600ttthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809082#420809082tttTue, 09 Mar 2010 06:04:27 -0600some *affiliates* were recently revealed to be making $5 million a year from these fake security scams. that is why they do it.as for the danger of social networking sites and the size of some of these operations take a read about koobface (gettit?)https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809046#420809046some *affiliates* were recently revealed to be making $5 million a year from these fake security scams. that is why they do it.as for the danger of social networking sites and the size of some of these operations take a read about koobface (gettit?)Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:26:56 -0600That one attempts to trick you into believing you have a virus, and if you're remarkably dumb... which surprisingly many people are, you buy their "virus remover" for $40 or whatever (which of course does nothing)https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809042#420809042That one attempts to trick you into believing you have a virus, and if you're remarkably dumb... which surprisingly many people are, you buy their "virus remover" for $40 or whatever (which of course does nothing)Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:13:59 -0600Someone obviously goes to a lot of trouble to come up with viruses like this so why do they do it and what advantage is it?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809038#420809038Someone obviously goes to a lot of trouble to come up with viruses like this so why do they do it and what advantage is it?Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:39:07 -0600thx for all the replies guys.seems to be hunky dory now with no pop ups.have installed avg anti virus and run scans so fingerrs crossed..think it may have come from a video streaming site p2p as thats the only potentially 'unsafe' site i have ever vhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809030#420809030thx for all the replies guys.seems to be hunky dory now with no pop ups.have installed avg anti virus and run scans so fingerrs crossed..think it may have come from a video streaming site p2p as thats the only potentially 'unsafe' site i have ever vFri, 05 Mar 2010 15:02:44 -0600btw i had it about 3 weeks ago, came from a russian newspaper site for mehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809026#420809026btw i had it about 3 weeks ago, came from a russian newspaper site for meWed, 03 Mar 2010 17:03:28 -0600gents,the malwarebytes mentioned above will solve it but you need to run an update on it prior to asking it to**the problem, once you have downloaded it look for the updates linkif you just download malware and run it it may not clear it out and it whttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809022#420809022gents,the malwarebytes mentioned above will solve it but you need to run an update on it prior to asking it to**the problem, once you have downloaded it look for the updates linkif you just download malware and run it it may not clear it out and it wWed, 03 Mar 2010 17:01:32 -0600mallard when i contacted them i was told the following:-came from a social networking site such as facebook or myspace- delete temporary internet files REGULARLY as thats where it had to be deleted from (therefore where it was saved)i normally deletehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531582/annoying-pop-upanti-virus-vista-2010?post_id=420809018#420809018mallard when i contacted them i was told the following:-came from a social networking site such as facebook or myspace- delete temporary internet files REGULARLY as thats where it had to be deleted from (therefore where it was saved)i normally deleteWed, 03 Mar 2010 16:30:47 -0600