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fake AVG malware infection on Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="areddesign" data-source="post: 1598775" data-attributes="member: 242842"><p>ok, I only reposted because I don't want to repeat over and over again the same things u just asked me. I'm not sure if you're actually reading what I said happened or skimming thru. I really do appreciate your help but I actually pasted a link to the specs of my macbook pro and that does list how many disks I have. and at the time I had 4GB of space free on the main drive I was using. AND, AND AND LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR ONCE AND FOR ALL. MY PC DELL LAPTOP FAILED AT THE SAME TIME AFTER I PUT THE SAME, now please please please pay CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS PART: </p><p>THE SAME f a k e, not the real AVG Anti-Virus software. it looked just like the interface that was shown on my local cable news station on channel 9 called WGN Morning News they have a segment called the at&t tech report here's a link to part of the report I saw: <a href="http://thetechreport.tv/2014/08/06/best-free-antivirus-programs/" target="_blank">Best, Free Antivirus Programs | AT&T Tech ReportAT&T Tech Report</a></p><p>onto my Dell PC that I use for non image files like MS office files and some web things from time to time. my macBook and dell laptop are NOT networked, they share NO FILES I don't even wifi files between them. my macbook pro was slowing down so I turned to my dell to look on the web to see if there were instructions that might help with this when the f a k e AVG file after I had allowed it to open started doing pop ups with warnings of viruses that should be deleted by it's software. I allowed it to so, but it kept doing more pop ups. so I went in it's settings to see if it had a disable for the pop ups and found that it didn't have a way to do so or QUIT the program. I deleted the program and a minute latter my dell shut down on it's own saying the system is shutting down. I tried to restart it but it wouldn't not, not even in safe mode.</p><p></p><p>WHEN I CALLED THE NUMBER LISTED ON THE SITE FOR TECH SUPPORT THEY HAD ME GO THRU THE USUAL DIAGNOSTICS WITH COMMAND R AND START AND ALL THE OTHERS. all that didn't work THEY TRIED TO GET MY CREDIT CARD INFO TO CHARGE ME $99.95 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THE GUY DIDN'T EVEN PAUSE AFTER THE FINAL DIAGNOSTIC TO ASK FOR MY CREDIT CARD INFO, I hung up. they called me back immediately from 3 different states, so that means they were using a net caller. so when I reported the # the web site dissapeared AND the number disconnected. so I'm leaning toward this being malware. and it probably won't show up in my files with that actuall name but I can track it by date as it was the last thing I downloaded. </p><p></p><p>my main hard drive's memory partition was damaged by the malware highjacking. my dell memory is completely wiped out and it wouldn't go back to the restore points. windows 7 was wiped out completely and the windows 7 recovery disc didn't work, LOL. so I had to reinstall windows. but the files are small MS office files that are save in my email. </p><p></p><p>u mentioned DR3, and that's the best way that I'm going to restore most of my files because the Catalog file entry couldn't be found. so that means the best recovery will be as deleted files. but hopefully it's just that the partition has been moved or something but it sounds like it's been overwritten or damaged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="areddesign, post: 1598775, member: 242842"] ok, I only reposted because I don't want to repeat over and over again the same things u just asked me. I'm not sure if you're actually reading what I said happened or skimming thru. I really do appreciate your help but I actually pasted a link to the specs of my macbook pro and that does list how many disks I have. and at the time I had 4GB of space free on the main drive I was using. AND, AND AND LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR ONCE AND FOR ALL. MY PC DELL LAPTOP FAILED AT THE SAME TIME AFTER I PUT THE SAME, now please please please pay CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS PART: THE SAME f a k e, not the real AVG Anti-Virus software. it looked just like the interface that was shown on my local cable news station on channel 9 called WGN Morning News they have a segment called the at&t tech report here's a link to part of the report I saw: [url=http://thetechreport.tv/2014/08/06/best-free-antivirus-programs/]Best, Free Antivirus Programs | AT&T Tech ReportAT&T Tech Report[/url] onto my Dell PC that I use for non image files like MS office files and some web things from time to time. my macBook and dell laptop are NOT networked, they share NO FILES I don't even wifi files between them. my macbook pro was slowing down so I turned to my dell to look on the web to see if there were instructions that might help with this when the f a k e AVG file after I had allowed it to open started doing pop ups with warnings of viruses that should be deleted by it's software. I allowed it to so, but it kept doing more pop ups. so I went in it's settings to see if it had a disable for the pop ups and found that it didn't have a way to do so or QUIT the program. I deleted the program and a minute latter my dell shut down on it's own saying the system is shutting down. I tried to restart it but it wouldn't not, not even in safe mode. WHEN I CALLED THE NUMBER LISTED ON THE SITE FOR TECH SUPPORT THEY HAD ME GO THRU THE USUAL DIAGNOSTICS WITH COMMAND R AND START AND ALL THE OTHERS. all that didn't work THEY TRIED TO GET MY CREDIT CARD INFO TO CHARGE ME $99.95 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THE GUY DIDN'T EVEN PAUSE AFTER THE FINAL DIAGNOSTIC TO ASK FOR MY CREDIT CARD INFO, I hung up. they called me back immediately from 3 different states, so that means they were using a net caller. so when I reported the # the web site dissapeared AND the number disconnected. so I'm leaning toward this being malware. and it probably won't show up in my files with that actuall name but I can track it by date as it was the last thing I downloaded. my main hard drive's memory partition was damaged by the malware highjacking. my dell memory is completely wiped out and it wouldn't go back to the restore points. windows 7 was wiped out completely and the windows 7 recovery disc didn't work, LOL. so I had to reinstall windows. but the files are small MS office files that are save in my email. u mentioned DR3, and that's the best way that I'm going to restore most of my files because the Catalog file entry couldn't be found. so that means the best recovery will be as deleted files. but hopefully it's just that the partition has been moved or something but it sounds like it's been overwritten or damaged. [/QUOTE]
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