Was what i saw a bogus popup warning about 'dangers'' ???

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edythe

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think i was checking mail at RoadRunner - suddenly a popup claiming ''Defender' found potential dangerous items that may cause a crash of my computer'' and - did i want defender to fix problem? - I am using McAfee Internet Security - i was under the impression that ''Windows Defender' is turned 'off' because of another security system in place so how did 'defender' detect anything ?... did i make the right choice by closing out the window for that ''warning'' ? I closed-out my brower & I then did complete full scan with McAfee + scan by SuperAntiSpyware - nothing found ... what happened ? thanks so much
 

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    CHROME & /OR AOL
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    McAfee ISS
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    SuperAntiSpyWare/MalewareBytes
The last time I did work on a system with McAfee installed I believe it will leave Windows Defender still active. So It's possible the two are generating a false positive.

If the system was scanned and reported nothing you should be ok.
 

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It is bogus.
 

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To find out, type 'defender' into your search, click it, and see what it says. Most likely it will say deactivated or some such.

I would not recommend McAfee as a preferred antivirus, however. Avast! or AVG are both much better (if the above proves that you did get a bogus pop-up, ask yourself, 'why didn't McAfee not catch it'?).

Defender itself has been scoring low on charts as of late, unfortunately.
 

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DustSailor said:
It is bogus.
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can a 'bogus' item like that 'stay' on the computer ? any suggestions to see if i can find it? i did the full scan & SuperAntiSpy scan -nothing turned up - went to McAfee logs - nothing there either ... did i do anything to 'cause' this to happen? thanks for any suggestions, etc. edythe
 

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    CHROME & /OR AOL
    Antivirus
    McAfee ISS
    Other Info
    SuperAntiSpyWare/MalewareBytes
What you probably saw was a well sculpted pop up that mimicked the standard warning in an attempt to get you to click on it. If you would have clicked on the yes, it more-then-likely would have d/l ed some kind of fake AV or malicious software into your system. Yes, you made the right choice, & a good one at that.

Malware & Rouge AV companies go to great lengths to make their pop-up warnings look like legitimate ones, usually with lots of warning messages & lots of red. The things practically scream at you: "OMG!!! YOU'RE INFECTED!!! CLICK NOW! FAST!!!" Unfortunately, it fools a lot of people.

To be one the safe side, d/l & run Malwarebytes. Get the free version & do a full system scan. If it finds anything, check the boxes of found items & quarantine them.

Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware FREE
 

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Borg 386 said:
What you probably saw was a well sculpted pop up that mimicked the standard warning in an attempt to get you to click on it. If you would have clicked on the yes, it more-then-likely would have d/l ed some kind of fake AV or malicious software into your system. Yes, you made the right choice, & a good one at that.

Malware & Rouge AV companies go to great lengths to make their pop-up warnings look like legitimate ones, usually with lots of warning messages & lots of red. The things practically scream at you: "OMG!!! YOU'RE INFECTED!!! CLICK NOW! FAST!!!" Unfortunately, it fools a lot of people.

To be one the safe side, d/l & run Malwarebytes. Get the free version & do a full system scan. If it finds anything, check the boxes of found items & quarantine them.

Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware FREE[/QUOTE
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thanks for the above - have downloaded mbam and will do the install ... luckily i didn't click on anything - also went to logs with nothing showing as 'quaranteened' and the windows -view-log - nothing there .. this was a 'first' for me! thanks so much for helping - very much appreciated!
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  • OS
    Windows 8 (plain '8')
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    Browser
    CHROME & /OR AOL
    Antivirus
    McAfee ISS
    Other Info
    SuperAntiSpyWare/MalewareBytes
Yep, bogus message...
 

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