What Happened
I have had Bitdefender for about a week...yesterday while on a web page my computer went off the internet to the desktop and a pop up appeared. It said your computer may be at risk etc...you should down load "longlifepc.com" etc etc.
I didn't down load of course, but was concerned that perhaps Bitdefender should have stopped this maleware. What do you all think? Is it malware?
Comments
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Dear bibamufu
This is some kind of malware but more specificly rogue software. Which means that they aren't trustfull. Never download software that is being showed in a pop-up. It could be just a pop-up. BitDefender will only react on installer and infections. But BitDefender will not detect everything that is the same thing by other antiviruses.
Best regards
Niels0 -
It takes just some javascript code to close your browser window and display a popup. That's not something BitDefender or any other antivirus can stop. For a better browser protection, you may want to start using Firefox, and also SpywareBlaster, which blocks malicious web contents.
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Dear bibamufu
You can use this modified hosts file so you can't visit riskfull sites. For more information take a look here.
Best regards
Niels0 -
It takes just some javascript code to close your browser window and display a popup. That's not something BitDefender or any other antivirus can stop. For a better browser protection, you may want to start using Firefox, and also SpywareBlaster, which blocks malicious web contents.
I already use Firefox...and have now installed spywareblaster, we'll see what happens.
Thanks for your help0
