WARNING! Possible Virus/Scam

treeliner · Post by **treeliner** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:09 pm

Tried to contact website for the STS makers, Bucks N Ducks/www.stsarchery.com. Got a window warning of Critical Virus and thought it was my own Anti-Virus program so clicked on "Remove Virus". BIG MISTAKE! Turned out to be a fraudulent/ scam program that locked me in to sending them money to remove the fake virus. Cost me big bucks to get it removed. It's called "Antivirus 2009" and uses a similar four-color shield logo to AVG Free(which I use). The correct response if you get this is to click it off without selecting any choice within the window, including 'Cancel'. Live and Learn!
Cheers, Doug

PS: I don't think this has anything to do with Bucks N Ducks directly but it's worth watching for if you deal with them online.

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:23 pm

If anyone else contracts this rogue virus send me a PM and I will walk you through removing it.

Do Not Send Anyone Any Money!

The people you will send money to are the very ones that infected you with the virus.

It ticks me off when people get extorted like this.

stoop14 · Post by **stoop14** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:23 pm

Thanks for the heads up since i use AVG too, but i'm sure you could of gotten rid of it without sending them money.