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She-Wolf · 12-16-08, 11:15 AM

Reece, I have come in late on this and someone else may have already covered - but the message you were getting is NOT genuine, it is a false claim caused by a driveby download, nothing to do with Filefront.

You have picked it up from somewhere without realising it ( which is by design), and it will pop up these lurid messages about infections you haven't got, trying to get you to by the product, which is a scam and a waste of money.

This link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7779223.stm

tells you about scareware, and though the one you have may not be named here, it is of that class.Sorry if this is already dealt with - in a rush and no time to read all messages

Here is a very good anti-malware site that has removal instructs for this.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malw...-antivirus-360. Hope it helps

12-16-08, 11:15 AM	#14
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Reece, I have come in late on this and someone else may have already covered - but the message you were getting is NOT genuine, it is a false claim caused by a driveby download, nothing to do with Filefront. You have picked it up from somewhere without realising it ( which is by design), and it will pop up these lurid messages about infections you haven't got, trying to get you to by the product, which is a scam and a waste of money. This link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7779223.stm tells you about scareware, and though the one you have may not be named here, it is of that class.Sorry if this is already dealt with - in a rush and no time to read all messages Here is a very good anti-malware site that has removal instructs for this. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malw...-antivirus-360. Hope it helps __________________ Last edited by She-Wolf; 12-16-08 at 11:27 AM.