Security news and informationDON’T CLICK ON POPUPS!
If I could hazard a guess, I would say the vast majority of people who surf the web have at one time or another received a popup stating that they are infected with a trojan and to click on the popup to remove it. Want my advice? DO NOT CLICK ON THE POPUP!
The majority of these popups are for antispyware and antivirus software that are of low quality and are not actually able to remove much of anything. These popups are just a scare tactic. Popups are just small bits of html that are displayed in a small window when you visit a page. The warnings in these popups are just as valid as a stranger calling you on the phone and stating your computer is infected. How do they know? They don’t!
For those that may have inadvertantly downloaded one of these products you will find that they will list a whole slew of infections while other more quality products, like the ones listed in the previous entry, state that you are clean. This is done purely as a scare tactic in order to push you into purchasing their product. Go ahead and uninstall the software as it is probably just wasting space on your hard drive.
Be careful on the Internet. Do not click on popups and do not believe what they say. Your computer will stay that much cleaner that way. If you are in the need of a legitimate and quality antispyware application then you can see the ones listed in the following links:
