For your consideration

[Iowatech]

A couple of websites that I read occasionally claim that there is a browser that looks a lot like Google Chrome that might not be that good.
However, I make no claim of relevance or accuracy. I just thought it was curious that both of them would say the same thing.
Anyway,

Malicious Google Chrome clone eFast serves ads, collects info

https://blog.avast.com/2015/10/21/fake-chrome-browser-replaces-real-thing-and-serves-up-unwanted-ads/

As always, follow those links at your own peril.

[slimslob]

Re: For your consideration

I use Firefox. Never have liked/trusted Chrome.

[bob marley]

Re: For your consideration

thanks 4 the info.

[Copier Addict]

Re: For your consideration

A couple of websites that I read occasionally claim that there is a browser that looks a lot like Google Chrome that might not be that good.
However, I make no claim of relevance or accuracy. I just thought it was curious that both of them would say the same thing.
Anyway,

Malicious Google Chrome clone eFast serves ads, collects info

https://blog.avast.com/2015/10/21/fake-chrome-browser-replaces-real-thing-and-serves-up-unwanted-ads/

As always, follow those links at your own peril.

Isn't that what the real Google Chrome does? Serves ad and collects info?

[CompyTech]

Re: For your consideration

Still like Fire Fox. I was leaning toward Chrome as It was noticeably faster, received updates more often, however, in recently Chrome is becoming more like the new "IE". Although better than IE, still I always come back to Fire Fox. One good thing about Chrome is flash(for the few times needed) is built in.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: For your consideration

A couple of websites that I read occasionally claim that there is a browser that looks a lot like Google Chrome that might not be that good.
However, I make no claim of relevance or accuracy. I just thought it was curious that both of them would say the same thing.
Anyway,

Malicious Google Chrome clone eFast serves ads, collects info

https://blog.avast.com/2015/10/21/fake-chrome-browser-replaces-real-thiIng-and-serves-up-unwanted-ads/

As always, follow those links at your own peril.

I was only thinking about a simliar website internet scam as this one today.
You click on a free "Scan your system or registry cleaner" an bing you have a million updates an things wrong with your PC. You click on fix problems and down load the update and bam your video card is playing up. You're then redirected to a web cache which has you belive is a working internet session and see all these company websites that have the magical repair for your damage video driver. So you hand over the cash an download the video driver an two days later your hard drive needs a driver update. So you search what you believe is the internet once again to find out that the same magical companies have the driver to fix your hard drive. And so you are forever outlaying money for a software scam. I found this scam out by running two computer screen with different browsers on each screen. I found two completely different companies with the same exact wording on their driver scam pages. These where two completely different company logo's and company details.
I actually forwarded this scam on to the Australian Federal Police. Apparently they can't do anything unless they catch them in the act....

[qbert69]

Re: For your consideration

I was only thinking about a simliar website internet scam as this one today.
You click on a free "Scan your system or registry cleaner" an bing you have a million updates an things wrong with your PC. You click on fix problems and down load the update and bam your video card is playing up. You're then redirected to a web cache which has you belive is a working internet session and see all these company websites that have the magical repair for your damage video driver. So you hand over the cash an download the video driver an two days later your hard drive needs a driver update. So you search what you believe is the internet once again to find out that the same magical companies have the driver to fix your hard drive. And so you are forever outlaying money for a software scam. I found this scam out by running two computer screen with different browsers on each screen. I found two completely different companies with the same exact wording on their driver scam pages. These where two completely different company logo's and company details.
I actually forwarded this scam on to the Australian Federal Police. Apparently they can't do anything unless they catch them in the act....

That's why if I buy a 3rd party video card, it usually has an Nvidia GPU on it!....I then always know where to go for a driver...

nvidia.com

DOH!



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