Computer Virus Protection

[Bostondevil]

I have MacAfee and SpyZooka. I run each regularly. Is that enough? I keep getting a pop-up that purports to be from Microsoft that I do not trust at all but it's telling me I've got Trojan horses all over my computer. Things are running fine, except when I get this pop-up.

[DevilAlumna]

It's possible that's Microsoft's "Windows Defender" - it comes installed automatically on Vista, and is a free download for Windows XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/produc ... fault.mspx

It's also possible that the pop-ups are phishing attempts and/or trying to get you to install malware, but those usually only come from suspect web sites. When does the pop-up occur?

Are your virus definitions up to date with McAfee?

For general security information, this site's a good start:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/default.mspx

[colchar]

I keep getting a pop-up that purports to be from Microsoft that I do not trust at all but it's telling me I've got Trojan horses all over my computer.

To my knowledge, that pop-up is a virus/adware/whatever. It tries to convince you to download somethign to fix the problems it claims exist and that download would contain all sorts of problems.

[Bostondevil]

I keep getting a pop-up that purports to be from Microsoft that I do not trust at all but it's telling me I've got Trojan horses all over my computer.

To my knowledge, that pop-up is a virus/adware/whatever. It tries to convince you to download somethign to fix the problems it claims exist and that download would contain all sorts of problems.

Thanks, that's what I thought. I update with the Microsoft website fairly often. I think it's only come on when I'm on Facebook.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Can you post a screenshot?

[Bostondevil]

Can you post a screenshot?

Me?

(See my avatar?)

[Bostondevil]

I update my MacAfee and my SpyZooka regularly. I run them on my computer fairly often. This thing pops up and is hard to close and just acts weird so I don't trust it. It's happened a couple of times. I run MacAfee afterwards when it does. Even if it is legit, I don't feel like I need it. If I had that many harmful programs on my computer, I think I'd be having problems. Other than this particular pop-up, I'm not.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Can you post a screenshot?

Me?

(See my avatar?)

It's easy. Click on the offending window. Then hit "Alt-Print Scrn". Then open paint, click edit, and then click on paste. Save it and post it. :geek:

[Bostondevil]

If it ever pops up again, I will try that.