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So I was on FailBlog, just checking stuff out, when I decided to click "VOTE" and see some pictures to vote on. It brings me to a page called something like 'rootscan' that looks like the window that comes up when you hit "My Documents". So it starts telling me I have 9 critical viruses and wants me to fix them and it automatically starts downloading something, and I freaked out and canceled everything and closed my browser.

 

Has this happened to anyone else?

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automatically starts downloading something

 

That's probably the scariest part of your story.

 

lol

 

I've had that many times before.

I think it's like an advertisement.

Those "9 critical viruses" dont exist' date=' it's just trying to get you to download their product.

Instead of closing the browser you could have hit "Back", then a box pops up and hit "Ok".

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Yeah this has happened to me alot. Just go back and click ok so that it doesn't auto download.

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This is actually a webpage designed to look like the Windows Explorer to trick people into downloading a virus. I don't know for sure' date=' but I most likely IS auto downloading, but it's a virus, not virus protection or anything. How do I know? My friend got it on his Wii one day.

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It didn't do sheet, bro.

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This is actually pretty common. It's supposed to look like a routine scan, only it tells you that your PC has infections when it really doesn't (usually). It tricks people into downloading phony anti-virus executable files which are actually viruses or trojans.

 

One of the most common phony anti-virus programs is Windows Police Pro. So beware. If that page opens, close your browser IMMEDIATELY.

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There's actually this fake virus destruction thing that pops up every now and then, and it says you have a certain amount of trojans on 4 different files, and the amount of trojans on each file is the same, and so are the files.

 

I can't remember the number of trojans it says, but it will do a fake virus scan, and keep begging you to run this virus eliminator, which is probably a fake. I saw it once, ignored. Saw it again like a week ago, and it was the same amount of trojans n' stuff.

 

So I was liek "Dood, dis stuf iz faek."

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There's actually this fake virus destruction thing that pops up every now and then' date=' and it says you have a certain amount of trojans on 4 different files, and the amount of trojans on each file is the same, and so are the files.

 

I can't remember the number of trojans it says, but it will do a fake virus scan, and keep begging you to run this virus eliminator, which is probably a fake. I saw it once, ignored. Saw it again like a week ago, and it was the same amount of trojans n' stuff.

 

So I was liek "Dood, dis stuf iz faek."

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You have a spyware. Virus scan, NAO.

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