Hello Balakrishnan Sir, Thanks for your timely suggestions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "V. Balakrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:23 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Help Needed.
> Respected Sir, > > The first thought that crossed my mind was that the problem could be due > to > a counterfeit operating system. Mr. Balasaheb's computer is from HCL, a > reputed company that would only install genuine software. Sometimes > computers assembled by small dealers could have non genuine software, in > which case Microsoft could be alerted when the computer tries to update > the operating system. > Now a days there is so much of traffic on the Internet that contains > viruses, Trojans, phishing etc. that it becomes difficult to ascertain if > a > link is genuine or a fraud. > The message that appears in Mr. Balasaheb's HCL computer could have only > come through the Internet while connected and become resident when off > line. > I don't understand your terminology "your message looks like a > balloon." Please enlighten me as to what it means. > > Regards. > > V. Balakrishnan > > At 10:38 AM 3/7/2008 +0530, you wrote: >>Respected Sir, >>Please correct me if I am wrong. The message which you have sent looks >>like a balloon. So can you please let me know that what is this? >>whether it appears as a link or anything else. I think that it should >>be related to the system not related to the internet. >>With Regards, >> >>On 3/7/08, V. Balakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Dear Balasaheb, >> > >> > Such messages asking one to click on a link are often sent by someone >> > trying to sell some utility/software promising to set things right. >> > These >> > could be bogus products or worse still scams. The safe course is not >> > click >> > on these links and just ignore them. >> > I have received from time to time messages saying that"your computer is >> > not >> > optimised to give maximum efficiency. Click on the link to optimise >> > your >> > computer." >> > A further trap is when the message says "click here if you don't want >> > such >> > messages in future. Most users would be inclined to click on it hoping >> > to >> > not be pestered in future but this is a nasty trick to induce people to >> > click and be scammed. >> > The sage advice is to be safe and not to click on any unknown link. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > V. Balakrishnan >> > >> > At 09:13 PM 3/6/2008 +0530, you wrote: >> > >Hello Friends, >> > >I have HCL laptop P21. When I start, it display a message you may be >> > >the >> > >victim of the problem software counterfitting. Click to resolve now or >> > >later. What can I do? Your urgent help is highly appreciated. >> > >With regards. >> > >Balasaheb A. Londhe >> > >PGT English >> > >K.V. AFS Amla, >> > >Amla Depot, >> > >Dist. Betul [M.P.] 460553 >> > >Mobile: 09424431890 Res 09425670239 >> > >E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >To unsubscribe send a message to >> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >with the subject unsubscribe. >> > > >> > >To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> > >please visit the list home page at >> > > >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > >> > > >> > >-- >> > >No virus found in this incoming message. >> > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> > >Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.6/1315 - Release Date: >> > >3/6/2008 >> > >9:07 AM >> > >> > >> > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with >> > the subject unsubscribe. >> > >> > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> > visit the list home page at >> > >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > >> >> >>-- >>AMAR JAIN. >>MOBILE:+91 9929 87 9006. >>EMAILS:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>with the subject unsubscribe. >> >>To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.6/1317 - Release Date: 3/7/2008 >>8:15 AM > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
