Thanks Wayne, this really helps. She is so upset for falling for this, I guess this is how we learn.
John On May 29, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Wayne Bonnett for Animals wrote: > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650 > > > On May 29, 2011, at 9:54 PM, John Robinson wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> My daughter did a dumb thing, a popup window opened and said she had a virus >> but by clicking on "Mac Defender" it would rid her computer of this evil >> menace. I have told her dozens of times to NEVER fall for this, but she did. >> >> Now she has porn popping up all the time and who knows what this this is >> doing or will do. I told her to disconnect TimeMachine and to then turn off >> the machine that I would send a note to the group to see if any of you had >> suggestions as to how to remove this from her drive, and most likely >> TimeMachine. >> >> Do you know what this thing does and is there a Virus program out there that >> will remove it? >> >> Many thanks as always. >> >> John >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
