- Feb 28, 2010
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Oh man this oovoo has me so hot right now.
If you dont know what oovoo is,basically its an all in one confrence call/multi chat application kinda like skype and it has ads in the free version.Unfortunately i just discovered it seems to have a security hole with those ads.
If youve read one of my posts you may know ive put alot of effort into my pc's security,which is why im a little PO`ed that i got a popup/ad from one of those rouge antivirus telling me my pc is infected.This popup/ad originated from within oovoo's little ad box.Instead of displaying an ad it was an entire web page showing this "scanner" which i could move around on using the scroll bars.
I didnt get a good chance to look at the page since i almost immediately disconnected from the internet and closed oovoo,which closed the chat window that had the "scanner" page in the ad box.I did save a screenshot of the pop up dialogue,heres what it said
Warning!
Your computer contains various signs of viruses and malware programs presence.Your system requires immediate antiviruses check!System Security will perform a quick and free online checking of your PC for viruses and worms.
Can anybody tell me about any experiences with this?Any advice?
Im running a scan with malwarebytes in safe mode now,so far it hasnt found anything.
And yes,i already gave the oovoo team an earful.They should be reading it shortly.
FYI,i have:
Avast home edition
PC Tools Threat Fire,on medium high sensitivity(4)
Malwarebytes
Zone Alarm Firewall
All are up to date as of a few hours ago
If you dont know what oovoo is,basically its an all in one confrence call/multi chat application kinda like skype and it has ads in the free version.Unfortunately i just discovered it seems to have a security hole with those ads.
If youve read one of my posts you may know ive put alot of effort into my pc's security,which is why im a little PO`ed that i got a popup/ad from one of those rouge antivirus telling me my pc is infected.This popup/ad originated from within oovoo's little ad box.Instead of displaying an ad it was an entire web page showing this "scanner" which i could move around on using the scroll bars.
I didnt get a good chance to look at the page since i almost immediately disconnected from the internet and closed oovoo,which closed the chat window that had the "scanner" page in the ad box.I did save a screenshot of the pop up dialogue,heres what it said
Warning!
Your computer contains various signs of viruses and malware programs presence.Your system requires immediate antiviruses check!System Security will perform a quick and free online checking of your PC for viruses and worms.
Can anybody tell me about any experiences with this?Any advice?
Im running a scan with malwarebytes in safe mode now,so far it hasnt found anything.
And yes,i already gave the oovoo team an earful.They should be reading it shortly.
FYI,i have:
Avast home edition
PC Tools Threat Fire,on medium high sensitivity(4)
Malwarebytes
Zone Alarm Firewall
All are up to date as of a few hours ago
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