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Is this a virus or a legit error message? HELP!
I have had my PC for 3 years now and it has a legit copy of Win 7 Home Premium 64bit on it. I do not have any other pcs and no one else uses mine because I live alone. I was on Wikipedia and went to go to Youtube when I got a message from the web stating that I may be the victim of software counterfeiting. I did a system restore from a point only 4 hours previous and it was gone. I have been surfing and researching this error and I have found that people get this error when using an invalid copy of Windows. The reason I think this was a virus is because it stated that to remove this error I needed to get a code by completing one of several offers. I forget what the offers were but I know a couple were for some legit Antivirus programs and some were surveys. It stated that when I completed an offer I would get a code that I would need to submit. During this process this webpage stayed open with a submit code button and a message at the bottom that basically informed me that it was monitoring whether I completed an offer. I also went and validated my copy of Windows from their website so I know this copy is legit. I bought my pc brand new and Win 7 came with it. I'm not sure if this is relevant or not but my pc recently installed some updates in the last 24 hours. My question is this...was this a virus or was this a problem caused by recent updates and will it occur again? Thank-you for any help and advice.