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    Exclamation WARNING!! AVG POP UP ALERT is a .........

    SCAM. Please If you get one do NOT click on it. ANd here is why:
    Last night I was telling my dh that My computer has updated the last 2 days. And he asked me "what do you mean" and I said windows keeps updating.
    He went on to tell me his bosses computer got a bad virus when a AVG look alike popped up and the guy that lives with him clicked on it. It pop up and asks you to do an update. The guy said it looks just like the real one expect the color of the line at the top is a different color.
    Needless say He took it to the shop and they said his was the fourth one they have seen with this happen. I have not heard anything abou this.
    I never click on updates because I don't trust them either. I would go into AVG. I get little boxes saying similar things and I just get out of that page.
    But just thought I would pass along so no one else gets slammed with this.
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    Thanks.....I might have done that......
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    Is it an avg or av360? AV360 is a very nasty and extremely hard to remove. I haven't heard of the avg popup. Thanks for the heads up
    A wise man once said - if given enough rope, one will eventually hang themself


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    Quote Originally Posted by lassss View Post
    Is it an avg or av360? AV360 is a very nasty and extremely hard to remove. I haven't heard of the avg popup. Thanks for the heads up
    It took me over 2 hours to remove this from my friends laptop the other day!
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    The A/C contractor I work for got this on his home computer because his wife thought "oh this must be important". I was able to finally get rid of it and told them "don't click on anything".

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    Yes and it sucks!!! When I was still in PA, the same thing happened and dummy me clicked it. $100 later and it was fixed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Renrut View Post
    Yes and it sucks!!! When I was still in PA, the same thing happened and dummy me clicked it. $100 later and it was fixed.
    100.00??? Man I'm going to start charging people too! I only got lunch at Chili's.
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    Very valuable info, thanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lassss View Post
    Is it an avg or av360? AV360 is a very nasty and extremely hard to remove. I haven't heard of the avg popup. Thanks for the heads up
    I don't know really. He just said the guy said it popped up and asked to download and said it looked just like the real one only something about the color or lines was different.

    Quote Originally Posted by SLance68 View Post
    The A/C contractor I work for got this on his home computer because his wife thought "oh this must be important". I was able to finally get rid of it and told them "don't click on anything".
    That's my motto as well. I always figure AVG pulls when it needs an update or If I guestion it I open AVG and go from there.
    My "adopted" brother. Gone but not forgotten. 8/23/09

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    I'm guessing one would know if they did accidently download this?? Or do you know what it does to your computer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasmine View Post
    I'm guessing one would know if they did accidently download this?? Or do you know what it does to your computer?
    It will give you constant pop ups that you need to update your antivirus - I mean it will drive you crazy as soon as you close one box another pops up. It about drove me crazy.

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