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<blockquote data-quote="SecretKeeper" data-source="post: 697025" data-attributes="member: 47289">I was young, I&#039;d say about 7 or 8. I somehow managed to download Zango, I don&#039;t remember how I got to it, but I downloaded and Installed it. To those who don&#039;t know what Zango is, it&#039;s basically adware. Some ads were safe, whereas others were malicious.AVG, at the time, didn&#039;t pick up on it so I immediately thought it was safe to use and run. Until my PC (baring in mind, it was the family one), began to crawl and crash continuously. I managed to do a scan and it detected more than I could bargain for: Viruses, Trojans, the lot. Mother had to call her friend who came over and had to reinstall the whole computer for us. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite120" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" />Probably the first and only time I ran into malware.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SecretKeeper, post: 697025, member: 47289"] I was young, I'd say about 7 or 8. I somehow managed to download Zango, I don't remember how I got to it, but I downloaded and Installed it. To those who don't know what Zango is, it's basically adware. Some ads were safe, whereas others were malicious. AVG, at the time, didn't pick up on it so I immediately thought it was safe to use and run. Until my PC (baring in mind, it was the family one), began to crawl and crash continuously. I managed to do a scan and it detected more than I could bargain for: Viruses, Trojans, the lot. Mother had to call her friend who came over and had to reinstall the whole computer for us. o_O Probably the first and only time I ran into malware. [/QUOTE]

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