21 April 2009
“Spyware Alert!” Popup description
“Spyware alert!” popup is yet another fake warning from rogue anti-spyware called AV AntiSpyware. The fake notification warns the user that he is trying to download a file that may contain dangerous code and damage his computer. Full “Spyware alert!” popup text:
“Spyware alert! You are trying to download a file. This file may contain dangerous code and seriously damage your computer. Downloading and running files from Internet may be dangerous. If you do not trust this download, do not open this program without activated antivirus software! It is strongly recommended to activate your security software to prevent malicious code execution and your private information damage.”
It is very important to ignore such disinformation and to remove “Spyware alert!” pop up from the system immediately. Read more about this parasite:
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