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Imraan Bokhari "Threat secured!" Annoying Popup won't go away!
This popup will not go away and has been reproducing itself every few minutes. Is this a bug that can be fixed or shall I find another anti-virus program? have run the full scan and it still continues, my quarantine is empty. I would post a screen shot if I were not required to use a link so here is a detailed description.
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"AVG AntiVirus Free (X)
Threat secured!
We've safely locked this file in your quarantine.
URL:Mal
in http://hofucuqu.com/
...\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Fadik\updtask.exe
More threats may be lurking! (SCAN COMPUTER) (CLOSE)
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"AVG AntiVirus Free (X)
Threat secured!
We've safely locked this file in your quarantine.
URL:Mal
in http://hofucuqu.com/
...\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Fadik\updtask.exe
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Could you please send the screenshot of your pop up messages you are getting so that we can assist further?
Also, please do let us know when you are getting this pop ups in your computer.
Please click on the following link http://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=How-to-create-a-screenshot to send the screen shot.
Thank you.
AVG Guru
I started having the same problem today. It happens when my email client Thunderbird is running. It pops up with a new file that is says is in quarantine every 5 seconds or so. See attached screenshot with two of the popups.
When I check quarantine, it is empty. When I close Thunderbird, the pop ups stop. They start up agin as soon as I restart Thunderbird.
The popups all have different file names that AVG is saying are a threat. I am suspicious this is a scam gone wrong by AVG in an attempt to justify its existence on customer's computers or to upsell them on paid packages. If I cannot find a solution to this asap I will be uninstalling AVG and switching to another virus scanner. There is no way my computer could be having that many viruses or infected emails coming in! I don't believe it!
We apologize for the inconvenience and to fix the issue please try to follow the below steps.
Open AVG->Open Internet Security->Go to menu->Settings->General->the please check the option "scan for any potential Unwanted Application(PUA's)"
After doing this, If you need any further assistance, please feel free to contact us. We are always here to help you with your issue.
Thank you.
I am sorry to hear that. Please reset the Google chrome browser and check if that fix the issue. If you get this threat message again, please let me know, so we can escalate this case.
AVG Guru