Virus Disguise Downloads

zuess · #1 (**permalink**) December 29th, 2005

I have been using p2p and other download software for a couple of years. Recently I was looking for downloads and noticed something odd. There are some people out there who have so much time on their hands, that they have taken it upon themselves to distribute viruses in the form of desirable downloads. Most people whom are new to p2p or just arent paying attention, go ahead and download based on the title of the download. Please check your downloads size. Usually if a download is a program or such, it will carry some weight to it. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION to any of the downloads with the size of
851.7 kb. This is a virus which I have downloaded due to not paying attention. 6 times in 15 min. I even downloaded one that had 3 different viruses in it. This morning I was fully recovered from my last one. I had to reinstall my entire system, top to bottom, updates and all. Pay attention!!!

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