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Hi there
at least you know what you are doing and as you wipe an infected machine you have also more or less agreed that using AV software to disinfect a machine is a total waste of time.
Actually an even nastier tactic than malware are these SNEAKWARE sites such as DRIVERMAX -- you know those sites that say FREE driver search or free computer scan -- and when the program has done its stuff it tells you that you have to PAY/ REGISTER or SUBSCRIBE in order to use anything useful that you want to do such as obtain the driver or registry cleaner or whatever.
None of these sites contain any malware so no AV virus will dectect anything amiss -- but by suckering people into PAYING and REGISTERING these horrible sites have actually earned far more money than by employing people to write viruses with the intent of infecting computers.
Cheers
jimbo
at least you know what you are doing and as you wipe an infected machine you have also more or less agreed that using AV software to disinfect a machine is a total waste of time.
Actually an even nastier tactic than malware are these SNEAKWARE sites such as DRIVERMAX -- you know those sites that say FREE driver search or free computer scan -- and when the program has done its stuff it tells you that you have to PAY/ REGISTER or SUBSCRIBE in order to use anything useful that you want to do such as obtain the driver or registry cleaner or whatever.
None of these sites contain any malware so no AV virus will dectect anything amiss -- but by suckering people into PAYING and REGISTERING these horrible sites have actually earned far more money than by employing people to write viruses with the intent of infecting computers.
Cheers
jimbo
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