 Adware Faster Xp, comes up trying to install photo album 6 photorecovery software |
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 Apr 16 2007, 04:40 PM
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Moved from the "All Other Application" Forum. ~acklan~ This post has been edited by acklan: Apr 18 2007, 12:09 AM |
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Apr 17 2007, 12:48 AM
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I would definitely NOT install Adware Faster XP and if you are getting pop-ups asking you to install it then you are probably already infected.
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Apr 17 2007, 01:55 AM
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 -In Training- Group: Members Posts: 1,196 Joined: 26-February 07 From: Vladivostok Member No.: 114,097 |
Adware Faster Xp is an infection
it is Adware base on the name itself Just a precaution for all of you to watch out and be very very carefull when installing programs Usually,I had already seen malware makers have their strategy on "naming" their programs To convince users it is not malware I'll show you how: ex.Adware Faster Xp Adware is obvious as shown earlier Faster Xp makes you believe that if you install the program, it will make your computer faster which is wrong And also even naming programs closely related to anti-malware products one of my best examples are: Pest Trap&Pest Patrol their strategies prove very efficient thus,increasing the amount of infected computers world wide The victims are mostly non-malware experienced or newly users but the user-interface and the effects differs greatly which is the turning point and for those who are experienced enough to compare if it is malware or non-malware can clearly see if it is or if it is not malware but not all programs are adware by the name So do not Judge the program just by its name but by its content The Same as a book Don't judge it by it's cover,but by its content 
This post has been edited by Commander Gman: Apr 17 2007, 06:24 AM -------------------- It's cold in here... |
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