This must be pirated software:

Sony ACID Pro 6 $99.90
Sony Sound Forge 10 $119.90
Sony Vegas Pro 9 $129.90

Jøran Toresen

Read site's FAQ and decide for yourself.

I always found "if it's too good to be true, then it is."

Anyone can write anything in a F.A.Q., I never trust crooks to be truthful in their advertising.

Besides I agree, if it sounds too good to be true, it's most likely is.

Have anyone told Sony about this page, they also have the entire SCS product line?

Edit: Removed the url

Yeah and they probably loaded some trojans on your computer while you were visiting their web site, too.

Yeah and they probably loaded some trojans on your computer while you were visiting their web site, too.

Aww Sh**!! Ok, I'm checking my machine now.

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I've got the free version of Malwarebytes and it regularly finds malware that Kaspersky misses.

Mike

Did it mention any specific threat, or just that the site was "dangerous"?

It could just be that the site have already been identified as distributing infected software (likely).

My Avast didn't say a peep, neither did Spybot or MS Defender. Making a full scan now.

Maybe the original posters of those links want to take them down or post a warning for the rest of us fools? At least until they're proven safe?

In addition to Microsoft Security Essentials, I have cookies disabled except for exceptions that I put in manually. Can I still get infected?

Cookies and infection have nothing to do with each other. Cookies are almost entirely harmless and it really doesn't matter whether you have them enabled or not. Disabling them doesn't protect you from anything at all.

Can you get infected from just looking at a site like this without clicking on anything within the site?

I've scanned my system. Nothing was found. Much ado about nothing.

The only thing I found on a full scan was three copies of the same trojan in some old restore files (predating access to this site), nothing active.
However I'd be more than cautious about the software these people 'sell'.
At any rate, I don't recommend anyone purchasing anything there, it's obviously pirated software, in no way can they give the kind of discounts if it were legit. Take the Microsoft SQL server, they have it listed for $600 if I recall, MS wants over $20000 for that one !

As the OP, I apologize to those who have been troubled by the possibility of having infected their computers.

In fact, this specific site doesn't install anything more dangerous than many other do, without us being even aware of that.

Can you get infected from just looking at a site like this without clicking on anything within the site?

As long as you have javascript etc. disabled in your browser, you should be reasonably safe. Most exploits are script based.

In the 4th quarter of 2009 PDF attacks led all others. Flash id down but still significant.

This from an interesting report from ScanSafe:
http://

At least read the summary on page 3.

Larry

Try this link instead:

http://www.scansafe.com/downloads/gtr/2009_AGTR.pdf

I got a virus that way. Spent a few days in bed with a cold after that.

In the 4th quarter of 2009 PDF attacks led all others. Flash id down but still significant.

WAIT A MINUTE!

You're telling me that most attacks in 2009 were PDF based, and you're asking me to download a PDF file that shows this??? Oh, the irony...

Tim L