Personal Antivirus SCAM
Posted by FLATOUT JIM in scam, virus
So this was the deal. My machine was NOT infected with a Trojan. It was another program called Personal Antivirus. Here is how it works.
It is basically an ad for a version of an anti virus program. The way it works is it makes it’s way onto your computer the same way a virus or spyware does. It then starts running fake scans and fake warnings that your computer is infected with Trojans and Worms, and that you can pay a fee to the company to delete the virus’s.
While doing this, it robs your computer of resources, and in my case, I think it corrupted my internet settings.
It took a simple restart of my wireless hub, and computer to get me back in cyberspace, so I am back to making some decent posts.
