- Report: #723573
Complaint Review: karen huebert
| karen huebert 10602 s 359th e ave
coweta, Oklahoma United States of America |
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supposedly a virus was on my computer, bestsoftsolutions locked my computer until I re-newed my McAfee @ 59.95. Now I have a virus coweta, Oklahoma
*Consumer Comment: Update to my previous rebuttal...
*Consumer Comment: Your problem sounds more like a malware issue
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Update to my previous rebuttal...
AUTHOR: spc3rd - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, May 03, 2011
#2 Consumer Comment
Your problem sounds more like a malware issue
AUTHOR: spc3rd - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 02, 2011
From the extremely limited info you've provided, it sounds as if your computer became infected with malware, not a virus. Most all of the major AV software providers, such as, McAfee, Norton, etc will NOT catch malware infections. I would suggest you download the free version of Malwarebytes and run a full scan with it. There is a proliferation of fake anti-malware infecting computers just about everywhere and new variants appearing each day. These programs may be acquired through an email you may open, from a website (including sites like Twitter and Facebook too), and clicking on unfamiliar links, both on websites and within emails you receive.
These fake anti-malware (or fake antivirus programs), are intended to try and scare a user into believing their computer has become infected. They will then ask if you want to run your AV program and/or tell you that you must pay a certain fee in order for the infection to be eliminated. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDE YOUR CREDIT CARD OR OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION!!!
McAfee does NOT "lock-up" anyone's computer! They will advise you via email when it is time for you to renew you subscription (unless you have signed up for the automatic renewal option).
The Malwarebytes software can be downloaded from this site: http://malwarebytes.org/
It will quarantine anything suspicious into a log file, where you can see just what type of infections were discovered, then delete them. MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD ONLY THE FREE VERSION! The FREE version does not have real-time scanning capability as does the paid version. It is always advised that you never have two computer security programs running concurrently on the same computer in real-time as this could create problems.
Lastly, may I suggest you visit the McAfee community forums website. You can find considerable help at this site from the moderators and McAfee techs who respond to questions posted by people having problems such as yourself. The website is: http://community.mcafee.com/.
There is a wealth of information regarding the latest security threats available on the site as well. The McAfee community forum site can also provide you with more step-by-step specifics for dealing with these type threats and procedures for removing them than I can here.
Hope this helps some!

