spyware

[radiogaga]

hi there, i was offline for 2-3 days there, i contracted a virus, backdoor trojan. wee bro (who's v technical) fixed it.
the thing is a pop up appeared and said i had to purchase spyware from this american company for $49.00.
this is a ploy as they hoped you would indeed enter your credit card details to purchase this spyware, therefore obtaining your details. wee bro said the best spyware is free to download, no need to buy. im well protected now, but am shaking my head as to the lengths these people will go to to obtain private details. *****

[vehelpfulguy]

It is a well known ploy by companies who make spyware programs or registry cleaners or other types of security products.

They tell you that you have 300 errors or viruses on your computer and offer to fix them for you if you pay them 29.99 or whatever.

NEVER fall for one of these scams.

A good free anti-virus program, a good free firewall, and a free spyware program like Adaware or Spybot is all most people need.

[taperface]

AVG free home edition is good as well. It found two trojan viruses in my computer today.