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Re: How did someone with a limited account install Antivirus XP

said by goofy01:

he was browsing and said something like "It said to update my player, so I clicked on it"
Yep, definitely sounds like a fake codec update that installs spyware upon execution.
It may have looked something like the pic in this post.

Edit: i would install No-Script if i were you.
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