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Dennis M. Marks
My brother-in-law has a big problem with adware which we are slowly getting
rid of. He sometimes gets notification boxes that indicate that they are
system generated referring to some problem with a box to click to clean the
problem. He usually just clicks on the X to close the box. I am not
referring to obvious adware.
These may be legitimate system messages. It would be very easy to create an
adware popup that looks exactly like a system message box, at lease to a
novice. Would there be any danger to click on a yes, fix or any other
button? I assume that if someone has access to the computer and wants to do
damage he could do it directly without displaying a fake message.
I assume that the worst that could happen would be a transfer to a web site.
He has SP2 and obviously would get notified of any attempted downloads. It
this true?
rid of. He sometimes gets notification boxes that indicate that they are
system generated referring to some problem with a box to click to clean the
problem. He usually just clicks on the X to close the box. I am not
referring to obvious adware.
These may be legitimate system messages. It would be very easy to create an
adware popup that looks exactly like a system message box, at lease to a
novice. Would there be any danger to click on a yes, fix or any other
button? I assume that if someone has access to the computer and wants to do
damage he could do it directly without displaying a fake message.
I assume that the worst that could happen would be a transfer to a web site.
He has SP2 and obviously would get notified of any attempted downloads. It
this true?