Softcop - scam? dangerous?

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Softcop - scam? dangerous?
Topic Started: Oct 20 2009, 02:19 AM (31 Views)
Nhadnay	Oct 20 2009, 02:19 AM Post #1
Asha'man al'Aman Val Posts: 80 Group: Asha'man Member #82 Joined: December 28, 2004	Ehm.... so; i don't really know what happened here but i'll have a go... i came here, did a quick refresh of the page, and all of a sudden i get a message popping up saying something about virusses... it looks very windows-like so i click it to run a scan and as it runs it shows that i have a number of trojans; but when i shut off my Opera not too have that much fuss around, it's gone too... figures it was just a website. http://pcsafetytest.com/online/f22ee97807224a8b1074f667e1993310/672c969a2ce268a7d9e243449d8d94ec/3656b9eddb95cfb9d7f013ed46b015a2 Does anyone know what this site is about? i'm quite a computernoob but this still sounds like a scam to me... but still anyone had this happen too? hmmm so it was some sort of scam thingie... have no clue why it came up though blink Edited by Nhadnay, Oct 20 2009, 03:41 AM.
	Nhadnay Tüm YellowBritches Ashaman al'Aman Val


Tyrael Ardinsol	Oct 20 2009, 05:41 PM Post #2
Warrior Of Bears Posts: 35 Group: Recruit Member #331 Joined: July 19, 2009	Okay what happens is people make those things and if you do anything with them other than shut them down as soon as it appears you risk having real viruses put on your computer. Most of these are key loggers and Trojans so they can get your info or screw with your stuff because they are jerks.



Sapphira Calren	Oct 20 2009, 05:53 PM Post #3
High Queen & Chancellor Posts: 3,160 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 23, 2004	It sounds like some kind of virus to me. I got 2 within a week about 2 months ago. I got a warning like what you got, and it ran a "scan" telling me I had bunches of trojans and stuff. I, assuming it was a scam, closed the window. Unfortunately, it was a virus, and I kept getting pop-ups from this bogus program telling me I had trojans and needed to pay to have them removed from this "excellent" software. Maybe yours was just an add or scam, but it might have been a virus. I used a program called Malwarebytes to get rid of it. It ran a scan on my computer (and found several viruses), then gave me the option of removing them. Haven't had any major troubles since.
	Unweaving, Healing, Warding


Nhadnay	Oct 21 2009, 01:29 AM Post #4
Asha'man al'Aman Val Posts: 80 Group: Asha'man Member #82 Joined: December 28, 2004	nods poked the hubby about it as soon as he got up; he ran a real scan after it which got rid of some junk; it should be fine now. bleh, don't see why people keep bothering with that stuff.
	Nhadnay Tüm YellowBritches Ashaman al'Aman Val


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