To do a double check - I have paid, up to date Norton Antivirus protection on my laptop so I right clicked to save all three of the photos in my group photo file (that are not presently on the laptop - they are on my desktop computer) and nothing happened. I'm sure if they were infected Norton would have caught it.
Scarlett and Chico --- In [email protected], "Peggy & The Girls" <phr...@...> wrote: > > SO HERE'S WHAT WHEN ON TONIGHT: I DOWNLOADED 4 PICS THAT MARE SENT IN AN > EMAIL. THEN I DOWN LOADED 5 PICS FROM LAURA M. > THEN I WENT TO THE GROUP PHOTOS TO DOWNLOAD SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF SCARLETT > (SORRY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY EMAILS FROM YOU BEFORE) AND JUST AS I RIGHT > CLICKED TO SAVE HER CHICO'S PICTURE......AVG POPS UP WITH WARNINGS THAT I > HAVE 5 THREATS ON MY COMPUTER, ONE OF WHICH IS A LEVEL 4 (level 5 is the > highest) MALAWARE BACKDOOR VIRUS!!!!!!!! > > Pretty serious stuff!! SO AVG STOPPED ME FROM DOING ANYTHING AND > QUARRANTINED THEM. THANK GOODNESS. I then did a full scan and everything is > okay. > > My son who is a professional IT tec said that the virus could have been on > the group page and would not necessarily have been a threat until you right > click to save something, or it could be in Scarletts pictures. He advises > Scarlett, who ever you are to do a complete security scan of your pc and > then check your history to make sure that it is in quarantine. > > Apparently Yahoo's security didn't stop it either , before it was uploaded > to the group page. That's un-settleling! > > I AM NOT DOWNLOADING ANY MORE PHOTO'S. For those that I didn't get to save > to my files, I am sorry. The pictures that I have will have to do for the > future. I think I have most of the active pups in this group anyway. And all > those photo's were scanned and are okay. > > I will try to have the updated Tree for every one either a little later or > tomorrow. > ------------------------------------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little pets! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
