Comments on: Rogues Impersonate Google, Firefox Security Alerts

By: antivir2010

antivir2010 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:08:48 +0000

Just a Fail

By: Roberta

Roberta — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:41:25 +0000

I already have norton 360 and did a full sweep and that exact red dialog box keeps appearing and when i click on the box to continue unprotected, it keeps coming back- How do i get rid of it? Any help is much appreciated

By: Carole Quille

Carole Quille — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:51:22 +0000

I got a rogue security product called Active Security and the shield in the bottom right corner looked like something from a Windows product with the same colors. There is actually a program in the Startup list by the same name.

By: Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:25:37 +0000

If you can’t buy an antivirus product, you may be able to find some help from the various online forums which deal with manually removing malware infections. Take a look at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html as just one example.

By: Cyber X

Cyber X — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:25:54 +0000

i downloaded a program called Alpha AV it downloaded without my even clicking it when i went on twitter and when i click uninstall it will not uninstall please help i want to know how to get rid of it without erasing all my computer files and i cant buy antivirus programs

By: Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:57:52 +0000

We’ve observed this fakealert being downloaded by the Koobface worm, but the fakealert’s components aren’t, technically, a worm. But I think that’s splitting hairs. Perform a full sweep with updated definitions, just to be sure.

By: Lozano

Lozano — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:09:42 +0000

Glad to know you guys are aware of this antivirus scam. Also getting this personal antivirus message and pop-ups, I was told this is a worm, are you sure there is no danger to my computer?. I have deleted the icons, but how do I get the pop-ups to stops, and get rid the little shield in bottom right hand corner?

By: Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:07:21 +0000

Unfortunately, try as we might, it’s difficult to keep up with every single variant of this spy. We’ll have someone in our support organization contact you, though if this happens in the future, you should probably just go there first.

By: B.L.L.

B.L.L. — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:24:03 +0000

Thank you for the information. I have Webroot and just up dated to the new verion. I began to see this personal antivirus message a couple of days ago and finally came to the conclusion it was a scam. I ran webroot and my computer is clean, but please tell me how to get these messages off my computer. I keep getting those pop-up messages and there is a personal antivirus icon on my desktop. Thanks.

By: Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:48:01 +0000

While not technically entirely accurate, I’m glad to hear that ISPs like Cox Cable, who serve a significant chunk of the home broadband market in the US, are warning their customers away from rogue antivirus products.