Comments on: The story of the fake VirusTotal

By: Teqy0

Teqy0 — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:40:16 +0000

Ive never been to this website but i have seen that fake “drive scan” before it’s a load of crap what people try to do other peoples computers

By: Grr

Grr — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:55:04 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:07:59 +0000

@Someguy: It would be much easier to remove these types of programs using Malwarebytes or the like. @Josh: You're very welcome. :)

By: o(o.o)o

o(o.o)o — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:02:40 +0000

Sandboxed browser sessions is the way to go against these types of scumware. Close the browser and flush the sandbox and all is well. You can even set sandboxie to only run programs resident on your computer so any executables that get downloaded into the sandbox doesn’t get a chance to run.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:07:00 +0000

Good work Adrian! I am sure we will always have these Kamikaze website hijacking criminals around, aiming for a quick buck, but with watchdogs like you around, many potential users are saved from it. Thank you very much.

By: Someguy

Someguy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:06:18 +0000

I once was a victim of this type of software. Luckily, I could get to the registry and remove it as antivirus software was locked up by the fake antivirus.

By: Ramesh Kumar

Ramesh Kumar — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:41:42 +0000

@Adrian,
Yikes! If only I met the webmaster of the site (which got pulled down) I’d do so many $&*#@#&$ things to him that he & all those $&*#@#&$ things would also have to be put inside a sandboxie……….while I wait outside.That said I’ve etched into my mind the pics of the images in your article.
Thanks a ton Adrian :)
Ramesh :)

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:37:54 +0000

@Joji: Yes, WOT and Malwarebytes together will make a much better protection against scareware.

By: Joji

Joji — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:10:26 +0000

I once searched for “Robot Competition” for a school project… and I ended up getting that “infamous” web scanner that appears to be Windows XP themed “My Computer” screen thing, you get the point. :)

Unfortunately, I didn’t have WOT back then, so I didn’t know what’s safe or not… and I didn’t have Malwarebyte either. Now I’m safe ’cause I have both. :D

~Joji~

By: Doru

Doru — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:17:43 +0000

I hear about this and is not only in this style.In the past i have this message after install Pando.But not Pando is problem.Problem is from peoples who share this soft from differents soft for sharing.It is a method to introduce fake soft in your computer.It was ~3 or 4 years .Soo it work in a prezent?.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:30:14 +0000

@Ashraf,

Thanks for the editing – I’m not that good at writing.