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XP Antivirus in comments on Blogger

April 12th, 2008 by Rose DesRochers · 7 Comments

Many bloggers are reporting comments being left on their blogs with
the keywords, “See here or here” or “See Please Here.”

Don’t click on those links.

If you click on the link, a window will prompt you to virus
scan your computer. After scanning, it will inform you, that your
computer has been infected with a virus.

The viruses that Xpantivirus finds on your system are not actual viruses. It is merely a way to trick you into purchasing their software.

Don’t Download the fake antivirus. If you have downloaded it don’t panic.

There are instructions at the following websites for removing it.

Remove XPAntivirus. Description and removal instructions

Some suggestions:

Be sure that you have enable comment moderation on your blog.
Instructions for enabling comment moderation can be found at “How do I moderate comments on my blog?“

    Also be sure to turn on word verification. Instructions for turning on
    word verification can be found here: What is the word verification option?

    Help Blogger eliminate spam. Please be sure to report the user names of the bloggers who are leaving the comments at theBlogger Help Group.

    If you liked this post, why not buy me a coffee?

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7 responses so far ↓

  • Bob
    Wrote: Apr 12, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Good advice, I have gotten a few , I deleted them right away. :wink:

  • Sy
    Wrote: Apr 12, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    I am hoping that one day I meet one of the people that do these things. Meet them in the flesh. And then…well…yeah.

  • Ananya
    Wrote: Apr 13, 2008 at 3:15 am

    hmmm…I got a comment like that! MArketing techniques gets scarier each time!

  • co77ee
    Wrote: Apr 14, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Thanks…I rec’d many of these, these marketing tactics are terrible. I’m more worried about them spreading virus or putting spyware, etc. Thanks for directing me to this post.

  • CptCanuck
    Wrote: Apr 14, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    This is no different that various email scams that encourage recipients to click on a link. Why do they bother engaging in such nefarious activities? Because they are successful at it. It’s amazing how many people STILL click these links.

  • Ken
    Wrote: Apr 30, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    email scam is scary especially the damage it brings. Good advice

  • Nancy Maroski
    Wrote: Jul 24, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    your right on about this being a scam. they got my money unfortunatly and i am fighting with my credit card company as we speak. great writeup. i googled it and found this link along with other removal guides that were free because i cannot afford another charge like this.