Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic virus?? help...=\ Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post dont wanna live Posted at 6:55 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 a malware thing suddenly popped up while i was using my laptop saying something about my laptop probably having a virus if it was running slow. so i didnt think and i clicked in it and ran the test and it told me i had about....7 viruses in my laptop. then i came to my senses and closed all the windows from that because i realized i had never downloaded any malware-anythings before. so i ran my own test using AVG and it told me the laptop is clean. i should have ignored the malware thing when it popped up right? and should i have anything to worry about since i actually clicked it and opened it. also, my AVG test says there isnt anything 'deadly' in my laptop, so i should be safe right...? thanks.

Replies ekmiss Posted at 7:22 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from dont wanna live at 7:02 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from dinosaur egg at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from Al Legator at 3:57 am on Feb. 19, 2008 It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus or simialr products up to date.    Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says. i really hope this is the case.   hope this one isnt a real virus like what esmiss says...>< i usually dont click pop-ups....god knows what i was thinking just now well, on my old computer, i clicked on one of those, and my whole computer crashed the instant the program started doing a system scan, but since yours didn't crash after you did it, then i don't think its possible that you have a virus. dinosaur egg Posted at 7:12 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from dont wanna live at 4:02 am on Feb. 19, 2008 Quote: from dinosaur egg at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from Al Legator at 3:57 am on Feb. 19, 2008 It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus  or simialr products up to date.    Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says. i really hope this is the case.   hope this one isnt a real virus like what esmiss says...>< i usually dont click pop-ups....god knows what i was thinking just now   We all click on a wrong link now and then, but I would personally not be worried at all. I let AVG run every night, do all anti-spyware measures plus a rootkit revealer now and then. Now, one piece of advice, legal or not - if you do download software from torrent sites, never install it right then. AVG usually needs some time (up to three weeks) to get some new virus signatures (usually trojans in illegal keygens). As long as they just sit there, nothing will happen. dont wanna live Posted at 7:02 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from dinosaur egg at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from Al Legator at 3:57 am on Feb. 19, 2008 It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus  or simialr products up to date. Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says. i really hope this is the case. hope this one isnt a real virus like what esmiss says...>< i usually dont click pop-ups....god knows what i was thinking just now   dont wanna live Posted at 7:01 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from joziah at 6:56 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 sry ill try not to do ur labtop anymore.. .. ... .... on further note ur labtop may just be running slow cuz of to many programs open? that's ok. if you screw it up, i'll just make sure you get me a new one. haha.... yeah. i think it's youtube actually. cos it was running fine before i opened youtube. dinosaur egg Posted at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from Al Legator at 3:57 am on Feb. 19, 2008 It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus  or simialr products up to date. Quite true. Ignore such sites - it's just a way to promote their services. It's a silly trick, but still, do exactly what the person I'm quoting says. Decadence Posted at 7:00 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Get BitDefender v10. dont wanna live Posted at 6:59 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Quote: from Decadence at 6:56 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Do you have XP? erm...yeah. mine's a window xp. if that's what you are asking... Decadence Posted at 6:58 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Try System Restore as well. Al Legator Posted at 6:57 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 It was likely just a lot of popup ads trying to scare you (into buying their product?). Try ad-aware and/or spybot Search & Destroy if you wnat to be absolutely certain, and be sure to keep any antivirus  or simialr products up to date. ekmiss Posted at 6:56 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 those things are the real viruses Antigen Posted at 6:56 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 sry ill try not to do ur labtop anymore.. .. ... .... on further note ur labtop may just be running slow cuz of to many programs open? Decadence Posted at 6:56 pm on Feb. 18, 2008 Do you have XP? All 12 previous replies displayed.