Originally Posted by
Beaavis
I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this but i did a search for something harmless(not pr3n) that i can't remember, went to the site, then all of a sudden i get this fast text of some worm virus and what looked like an antivirus program detecting it(I only have AVG). It looked like it was coming from a 'My Computer' interface with it saying i had all of these trojans and it looked like they were all downloading themselves real fast. It asked me if i wanted to go to the site to download the anti-trojan/virus software, but i clicked no, and exited out of the window completely.
I downloaded Malware Bytes and ran AVG Antivirus which didn't detect anything. Is this a scam? I couldn't tell if it came from my AVG detecting it, or if it was some internet scam. I'm leaning towards the latter, but what i don't get is if its a scam how can these guys get away with a fake worm screen then selling their supposed antivirus as a result?
I hope this was clear but if not reply and i'll try and clear up any questions.