SECURITY ISSUE- Driver Scanner=malware

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I am quite upset that at least 1/3 of the time, malware/spyware ads such as "driver scanner" pop up when I dl a game making my machine insecure. I always check "NO" to the request, but there will be many people who get caught in this trap. Support denies that it is an issue, but I don't believe that for a moment.

Posted on Tue Oct 25 12:47:28 PDT 2011

That's odd, I don't get ads that I have to check a 'No' box for, certainly not pop-ups.

Suki

Posted on Tue Oct 25 17:09:34 PDT 2011

Every now and then I get one with the driver thing that I have to uncheck. It's on the game download page, not a popup. I just uncheck it.

Posted on Tue Oct 25 21:06:31 PDT 2011

Don't be so quick to dismiss the fact that you most likely have some sort of unwanted malware infection......yes really....believe it!!!

i have posted a similar quick malware guide here on the forums that may help:
http://www.gamehouse.com/forums/support-forum/FunPass-Fetching-License-Issue-id14806

The GH staff is probably right in the fact that these ads you are seeing are not from the games, this site, or it's affiliates and sponsors.

Keep in mind that i do mean "probably" very loosely, based on GH's wobbly past as far as unwanted ads are concerned.

Checking for malware is always the best place to start. If you can verify running on a clean system it is much easier to narrow the REAL problem down.

If you have a clean machine (i mean REALLY CLEAN) then GH may have slipped up some ads.....hmmmmm

Good Luck

Posted on Wed Nov 23 15:35:42 PST 2011