Was this a Virus or a scam?

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Greg Spaulding

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I have Windows Live One care as my Virus protection. I was just on Facebook and it popped up saying I had a Trojan Virus. So I hit clean. It had all the graphics and fuctionality of One Care I've seen once before but it wanted to download a file from a site, part of the site's name was PC16. This made me think and I canceled. I had to use Ctrl-Alt-Del to escape. I then ran a full Virus scan and it reported nothing. I looked at the months report and nothing. Was this a Virus or a scam? Fooled me.
 

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Sounds like one of these fake anti virus programs.
I have gotten that on facebook aswell.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    intel core 2 Extreme QX6700
    Motherboard
    intel
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDA
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-FI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Gateway 24 HD Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920 by 1200 pixels
    Hard Drives
    2-500 gigabyte hard drive Western digtal
Greg Spaulding said:
I have Windows Live One care as my Virus protection. I was just on Facebook and it popped up saying I had a Trojan Virus. So I hit clean. It had all the graphics and fuctionality of One Care I've seen once before but it wanted to download a file from a site, part of the site's name was PC16. This made me think and I canceled. I had to use Ctrl-Alt-Del to escape. I then ran a full Virus scan and it reported nothing. I looked at the months report and nothing. Was this a Virus or a scam? Fooled me.
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Is your computer running normally at the moment?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS. Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device Drive 2. [ All as above.] CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.
Thanks. Unreal how real it was! I'd still like to hear from a Moderator. Isn't this illegal? Why is it so hard to get in touch. Do I have to scrutinize One Care?
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS. Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device Drive 2. [ All as above.] CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
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