Goofball
06-12-2006, 04:46
So, about every ten minutes while I am using my PC, I get a pop-up box that tells me either my "computer is being hacked," "somebody is trying to steal my personal info," or some such other nonsense. If I click on the pop-up, it takes me to this site:
http://antispywarebox.com/
that is trying to sell me anti spy-ware protection called Titan Shield. They make the following sales pitch:
IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS, THERE IS 95% CHANCE
THAT YOUR COMPUTER IS ALREADY INFECTED WITH SPYWARE!
Q: Do you receive a large quantity of SPAM (unsolicited advertisements)?
Q: Your PC is running extremely slow?
Q: You are pestered by those horrible popup ads?
Q: Your homepage keeps changing?
Q: New icons and shortcuts appear on your desktop?
Q: Do you get toolbars in your browser that you don't want?
Q: Do you download any music files from the Internet?
Q: Do you download and install free software from the Internet? Q: Do you use any P2P file exchange systems - for example, Kazaa, eDonkey?
Ironic, that, because those are all things they have done to me in order to get me to by their crappy product.
I have tried to rid my system of these guys, and nothing works. I have the latest McAfee "Security Suite" operating, and it doesn't pick this stuff up like it does other spyware.
Anybody have any experience with these idiots and know how to help me?
Thanks in advance.
PS: Every time I access the Internet, my home page is reset to this:
about:blank
I'm seriously going out of my frickin' mind. Those of you who know me from the Backroom know I am very anti-gun, but I would happily pump these morons full of lead if the opportunity presented itself...
http://antispywarebox.com/
that is trying to sell me anti spy-ware protection called Titan Shield. They make the following sales pitch:
IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS, THERE IS 95% CHANCE
THAT YOUR COMPUTER IS ALREADY INFECTED WITH SPYWARE!
Q: Do you receive a large quantity of SPAM (unsolicited advertisements)?
Q: Your PC is running extremely slow?
Q: You are pestered by those horrible popup ads?
Q: Your homepage keeps changing?
Q: New icons and shortcuts appear on your desktop?
Q: Do you get toolbars in your browser that you don't want?
Q: Do you download any music files from the Internet?
Q: Do you download and install free software from the Internet? Q: Do you use any P2P file exchange systems - for example, Kazaa, eDonkey?
Ironic, that, because those are all things they have done to me in order to get me to by their crappy product.
I have tried to rid my system of these guys, and nothing works. I have the latest McAfee "Security Suite" operating, and it doesn't pick this stuff up like it does other spyware.
Anybody have any experience with these idiots and know how to help me?
Thanks in advance.
PS: Every time I access the Internet, my home page is reset to this:
about:blank
I'm seriously going out of my frickin' mind. Those of you who know me from the Backroom know I am very anti-gun, but I would happily pump these morons full of lead if the opportunity presented itself...