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• Uniblue and very dangerous virus/malware scam

  I was doing an internet speed test and saw an advert for Uniblue and noticed that is called with Microsoft. I thought it would be safe to trust Microsoft Word. After the purchase of their product, there are several Trojan, carries horses stolen downloaders, etc.. This Uniblue it's complete bullshit. I can't believe that Microsoft would use their name. This opens my eyes to the point where even Microsoft can't be trusted. The fake anti virus will take over your machine and modify your registry to block any attempt to clean your computer. The fake virus 'Vista anti-virus 2011' will constantly you spam with false reports, while continuing to edit your registry database and other information. It also comes with a bunch of malicious software that steals your personal information such as credit card information, social security, etc. I want to know is which Microsoft intends to do about it? Or just do, they want money and can care, since this will lead to poorly informed customers to buy more security with Microsoft. At this point, I think even to use a Mac. This is the type of betrayal, that a company like Microsoft will put on its customers? This virus is very difficult to remove, usually requiring a complete reformat. If anyone knows what I'm not talking about spreading this news.

  I was doing an internet speed test and saw an advert for Uniblue and noticed that is called with Microsoft. I thought it would be safe to trust Microsoft Word. After the purchase of their product, there are several Trojan, carries horses stolen downloaders, etc.. This Uniblue it's complete bullshit. I can't believe that Microsoft would use their name. This opens my eyes to the point where even Microsoft can't be trusted. The fake anti virus will take over your machine and modify your registry to block any attempt to clean your computer. The fake virus 'Vista anti-virus 2011' will constantly you spam with false reports, while continuing to edit your registry database and other information. It also comes with a bunch of malicious software that steals your personal information such as credit card information, social security, etc. I want to know is which Microsoft intends to do about it? Or just do, they want money and can care, since this will lead to poorly informed customers to buy more security with Microsoft. At this point, I think even to use a Mac. This is the type of betrayal, that a company like Microsoft will put on its customers? This virus is very difficult to remove, usually requiring a complete reformat. If anyone knows what I'm not talking about spreading this news.

  I would like to add the following:

  In March of this year, I purchased Registry Booster and System Tweaker Uniblue.  I used it once and now it will not open again.  I tried to get decent help on their part for the past 3 or 4 weeks without success.  They continue to send the instructions includes 20 measures to this end.  I did what he told me and the software won't work.  I asked for a refund, but they have a stupid policy of 60 days.  I came to the conclusion that society Uniblue is nothing more than a scam.

• Virus? MacBook PRO early 2013

  While on Google, get a popup/audio saying I have a virus, should call this number. I do not read the popup, I try to X out but cannot X out of popup or tab, have to force quit to stop! Has happened twice today.

  2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 processor

  Windows pop-up stating that you have a virus is scams.

  Try forcing him to quit your browser and then depression shift when restart you.

• Received an email saying that my e-mail account would be terminated because a virus has been detected

  Don't tell me what you want would be yesterday evening because I read Freud.
  Dear owner,

  NOTIFICATION OF VIRUS

  A Virus of the DGTFX were found in your folders. Your email account must be upgraded to our new version of 2012 DGTFX secure antivirus to prevent damage to our web mail log and your important files. Click the response tab, fill in the columns below and send to us, or your email will be terminated to avoid the spread of the virus.

  Note that your password will be encrypted with keys RSA 1024 bits for the security of your password
  .

  * Full Name:......................................
  * Username:........................................
  * Password:.........................................

  * Date of birth:...

  * Country or territory:...

  WARNING! Account holder who fails to check access to his account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his account permanently.

  Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online privacy statement:

  http://go.Microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=741

  You have received this e-mail because you subscribed to Windows Live Alerts.This is an unmonitored email account. This email was sent by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052. ? Microsoft Corporation, 2012. All rights reserved

  Please do not forget to Hotmail, Messenger, and SkyDrive are available directly from your phone or a web browser on the phone. For more information, see Get mail on your phone, download Messenger on your phone and get SkyDrive on your phone.

  We remain focused on the provision of Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive and your Windows PC the best they can be. Note that this change does not affect your ability to access Hotmail, Messenger, and Skydrive.

  Thank you for your understanding and patience as we update our services.

  Sincerely,
  The Windows Live team

  E-mail address:

  E-mail address is removed from the privacy *.

  This is the forum for users of Microsoft Security Essentials.  Using MSE?

  Your question has nothing to do with what is discussed in this thread and you should have started the separate thread.

  You have not yet asked a question... just copied an e-mail and posted that is not the way to search for information.

  Suppose you wanted to know the authenticity of the message, but you did not bother to ask and rather just posted the e-mail.  See the following which was very easy to find by typing DGTFX in a search engine: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/dgtfx-virus-phishing-scam.shtml

  If you need to use the Forum of answers once again, please see the following:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/page/FAQ#faqGettingAnswers5

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555375

• Received an email asking for user information and password because of the DGTFX virus

  Original title: DGTFX Virus

  I received an email to this address * address email is removed from the privacy * asking for user information and password because of the virus of the DGTFX if I'm not so-called miscrosoft will terminate my account.  Is it a scam? or legit?

  Thank you

  Eric Schnepf

  It's a scam.  Happy that you didn't fall for it.

  http://www.Hoax-Slayer.com/dgtfx-virus-phishing-scam.shtml

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx

• I received an email that my account has a virus and I have to send my name, e-mail, password etc or my account will be deleted. It seems very very official. How will I know if it's for real?

  He said that it is a virus DGTFX. The e-mail comes from the "MSN & Hotmail account Support Team"

  It is a scam.

  See the following topics:

  http://www.windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?SolutionID=865a6311-3f1c-469F-9c2b-77664ea59623

  http://www.Hoax-Slayer.com/dgtfx-virus-phishing-scam.shtml

  Kind regards...

• Received a phone call which may be a scam

  PHONE CALL FROM A GUY SAYING HES FROM MICROSOFT AND HAVE A 1973 200 6677 THINK ITS VIRUS HAS SCAM

  Yes, it's a scam.

  Microsoft does not unsolicited phone cal to anyone.

  Here is just a small list of fake technical support calls. All of the scams.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/search/search?searchterm=phony+support+phone+calls&CurrentScope.ForumName=&CurrentScope.filter=&askingquestion=false

• address problem complete

  I don't know if I'm looking at the right place, but maybe someone can help with information.

  Previous Verizon DSL, now Frontier DSL for about 2 months (they bought Verizon).

  Until this morning, by entering the url of all that was needed was enough information (ie: "Amazon" for amazon.com.) ("drudge" for drudgereport.com, etc.) then FF would complement the address and ".com", ".net", etc., and then I went to the desired location.

  However, this do when used, rather than fill in the address and arrive at my destination, I would be redirected to a "Yahoo search assist border" page where I could then click on the result and get on the site, I desired. Only by typing the entire URL could bypass the redirect.

  I checked to see if my "true/false" for FF have been in operation required and they were. Scan virus Ran and came clean so contacted technical support online frontier, since Yahoo is the partner of their research and I continued to meet at the border home page.

  After pulling up from my account, the rep online (they have only one, only ONE, for the entire online tech support staff) told me that he has never heard of just by typing in keywords for addresses and that he STILL had to enter in all of the thing.

  O.o

  Then, he suggested I do a Google search for my problem.

  o.O

  Zero I cancelled the session online and called to the 24/7 phone support. At the time where my account information were fired upward with the phone rep, that the problem has disappeared as if by magic.

  O.O

  So my questions. Was it a coincident temporary bug with FF (I'm a beta tester crash test dummy), a bug not taken with my virus/malware scams or... Path of the border to distract me from Yahoo to generate advertising revenue.

  The calendar shows the third option, it's the first and only time this has happened since the online in 2003, but before we get IN. with Frontier, I felt I needed more information.

  Thanks in advance!

  I couldn't find specific information on the border, but many ISPS have begun to use a 'area of assistance Service' for stealing web addresses which do not solve exactly as you typed them. You should ask them how you can unsubscribe from this service.
  
  http://www.theregister.co.UK/2009/07/28/comcast_dns_hijacker

  Here is the page I should use with Comcast to disengage from Comcast 'service '. He seems to stand for 6 to 8 weeks, and then I have to reset this 'service' by the opt-in and then "opting out" all over again the next day.
  
  http://DNS-opt-out.Comcast.NET/Help-index.php

• claimrewards360

  All of a sudden, I can't use Safari on my iPad, until I click OK in a pop-window that says Google chose me, as a loyal user of Apple, to win an iPhone 6 s more 'or another Google award', and I have to click OK to "confirm that you are the owner of iPad.  Is it a scam? Something charge by Apple? What's happening - it won't let me in my other Safari or a new screen or anything, unless I click on the OK button.  Won't click!

  The site trying to make me click OK is http:claimrewards360.com-ne not click that it may be a virus or scam.  How can I force Safari to reset or get rid of this pop up window, in iPad?  I had another Safari windows open, but cannot access it until I have on that OK and impossible to open a new window of the same.

• I get an error number when sending e-mail.

  I get the following error when sending an email. My ISP is century link. It seems that what is happening when I have attached a picture.

  Your server suddenly put an end to the connection. The possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. "Austin and Michael in Orlando," account: "pop.mail.yahoo.com", server: 'smtp.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, secure (SSL): Yes, error number: 0x800CCC0F

  Hi Ashley,

  You cannot type the email addresses on this Web site, the site will remove them automatically to protect against e-mail spam attacks and phishing.  If you need to contact Bob, he should call Qwest or directly visit the site Web of Qwest.

  Bob,

  It is not recommended that you call a phone number if someone never puts on this site as a response to you.  You never know if the phone number goes to real society or just a con man (it is common that the fraudsters to make so that they may encourage you to install viruses or scam you more money).  So if you want to contact Qwest, only do this by going to the site Web of Qwest and call the official number for them.

• Microsoft__Is call this true

  
  

  • I got a call yesterday from someone who claims to work for Microsoft, telling me there were errors in my PC, they gave me a toll-free number to call for technical assistance. The number is in the United Kingdom.

    This call is genuine

  See also

  http://www.Microsoft.com/protect/fraud/phishing/msName.aspx

  http://www.guardian.co.UK/world/2010/Jul/18/phone-scam-India-call-centres

  http://www.guardian.co.UK/technology/blog/2010/Jul/23/phone-virus-PC-scam-Pecon-denies

• "This site has been blocked by the network administrator."

  I have a home network and I'm closest to "network administrator" that we have here.

  I often go to a web site especially www.aaca.org. Yesterday morning, I suddenly had the message given in the title. It's in a yellow background box with a triangle with an exclamation mark inside. No other information is given. The source html page includes this statement:

  {var base='http://107.1.225.1/';if (base == 'http:///')and various things are fetched from that address for display.The same message appears on two computers attempting to connect to this URL with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera.I don't think I did anything to cause whatever changed to cause this. The "base" address makes me think it is a virus or scam.I have powered down and restarted the modem and there was no change. The computers have been rebooted from cold and there was no change.Both computers are running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1.Malwarebytes is currently scanning this computer (over 100,000 objects so far) and has found "PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A" in the recycle bin (file name .... $RNUFVS7.exe) so far. I can't see that file in the Recycle Bin unless I go into Command Prompt as Administrator and do a CD to that entire string.Just a "dir" does not show it. The text files in there belong to software I have installed.What do I need to do to make this blockage go away?Thank you for any help you can give.
  

  Hi Graham,

  Thanks for the reply.

  Yes you are right, that the question is not specific PC.

  Asking the administrator web is the ideal solution.

  For assistance related to Windows please answer.

• security information for ms

  Hello MS Team... I have a few question on piracy of pc, I use windows 7 genuine and ms security essential. but my pc is hacked by someone and he got my user account name, and password. will u please update me how to secure all my data.and deos ms security essential stop and secure my pc of pirate? Thank you

  Microsoft Security Essentials is an antivirus/antispyware software.

  If you mean that your account for your Hotmail or another e-mail account information has been obtained by a 'hacker' which is not a problem on your PC in most cases.

  Malware can be installed on a PC to record keystrokes and send them to a 3rd party to steal your information. However, this is not typical. Hacks most account information are the result of a user by providing information in response to a phishing e-mail.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx

  http://www.Hoax-Slayer.com/dgtfx-virus-phishing-scam.shtml

  A hacker can also intercept your information if you are on an unsecured wireless network. They can access your PC if the firewall is disabled.

  Your question is better asked in the Windows 7 forum for security, so I'm moving it to this topic.

  If your Hotmail account has been hacked and you need some help with that:

  See: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/hotmail/hacked-account-faq

  -steve

• I received an alert that I had a virus and he was invited to dial a toll-free number; Is it a scam?

  I received a notice that I had a virus and I had to call a toll-free number to contact apple immediately.  He said that my personal information had been stolen and that I should contact apple to be walked through the steps of removing him.  I never got this kind of message or prior warning.  Is it a scam?

  Yes, it is, don't call him.

• Popup virus in Safari - scam?

  I got a popup in Safari which said I had a virus that could cause the failure of the system. and call Apple at 1-855-408-5105.  is this legitimate or a scam?

  A scam. To get rid of, choose force quit from the Apple menu, close Safari and then run it with the SHIFT key. If the message reappears, disconnect the computer from the Internet and close the tab Popup came.

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