Moderators DennisD Posted August 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) How's this for an absolute blatant and dangerous misrepresentation ... Link removed, see full size Image of page here ... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=39323entry239008 What you see as a "Microsoft Fixit" page actually contains a download link for "RegCurePro". Not something I think MS would have included in their "take over the world" endeavours. Edited August 29, 2013 by DennisD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I'm going to go ahead and say that's probably not a legitimate microsoft website winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 but what you see as a "Microsoft Fixit" page actually contains a download link for "RegCurePro". A download link to "Microsoft Breakit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 Am I missing something here? I only get a Fatal Error message on that page link. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 Am I missing something here? I only get a Fatal Error message on that page link. If you're using IE to look at it maybe Microsoft have blacklisted/blocked it, Comodo Dragon loads it with no problems. I personally see that site as bogus/fake/rogue and marked it in Web of Trust (WOT). Screenshot of them trying to look like an official Microsoft site: https://dyp.im/GBfSGCmGaG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted August 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 Using Opera 12.16 sandboxed I see Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 40 bytes) in /home/content/57/11250257/html/MICROSOFTDLL.COM/wp-includes/cache.php on line 570 EDIT>> managed to get to it by other means. The fatal error I see was shown on the password recovery tab. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Using Palemoon I see Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 40 bytes) in /home/content/57/11250257/html/MICROSOFTDLL.COM/wp-includes/cache.php on line 570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted August 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 Sounds like it's a page with a vulnerability exploit, thus some of you get an error page ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted August 29, 2013 Author Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 Loads OK with Opera 12.14 sandboxed, Firefox 20 sandboxed, and IE7. Strange. Here's a full size scrolled image of the entire web page, and I'll remove the link from my initial post although I don't think there's anything risky to be had by simply accessing it, and I emailed Microsoft yesterday with the obvious suggestion that they get it taken down. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Obviously the Microsoft Fixit tool has been run on their own web-site with the inevitable consequences of patching Windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Any one who takes more than a cursory look at this webpage/picture knows that this is VERY suspicious. I have visited too much Microsoft webpages to fall for this trick. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted August 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 Any one who takes more than a cursory look at this webpage/picture knows that this is VERY suspicious. I have visited too much Microsoft webpages to fall for this trick. Umm anyone who is regular visitor to this site (piriform) maybe but the majority of the public falls for fake virus scanners and a minority, but still significant portion enough to make it profitable, fall for the phone call this is Microsoft calling, we have detected a virus on your machine. Please go to this website and apply the micro soft fix it patch, this way we can kill the virus from this location. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 29, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2013 fall for the phone call My mothers boss had fallen for the phone call thing, and a local PC repair shop found over 80 serious infections on her Win8 system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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