Yes, finally. She had to wag that desk top computer in to get it done. Also, she has been talking about switching to the Mac for some time, and now she tells me she is closer by far. When she bought the Windows computer, she told me she was not going to do the switch right then because she had so much work to do that she didn't want to learn VoiceOver. Now she's asking me about the brf files on the Apple web site.
I suggested that if she's going to do the switch that she not wait until the Windows computer is dead and gone so that she can use it when she has to get something done right away. We both agree that if she gets a Mac that she take the Windows computer off the Internet and use it for things where it's less likely to have all this happen. Regards, Gigi On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > Was your friend able to get rid of the virus? I myself am still not quite > sure what anti virus app to choose for my Mac. > Sent from my mac > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys >> I am speaking here strictly from a lay woman's point of view, especially >> after what happened to a blind friend of mine who was beside herself with >> fury when her Windows desktop caught a vicious virus and she had to spend >> all day on the issue, including disconnecting and wagging the desktop (using >> cab fare), to get rid of the virus. She has virus protection on her >> computer, but this nasty virus killed off WindowEyes so that it didn't tell >> her she had a problem. She misinterpreted everything and thought that her >> computer had just locked up for some stupid reason. The WindowEyes people, >> even though they probably weren't supposed to help her with issues other >> than WindowEye tried, but she had to get a reader to look at the screen, >> whereupon she found out that the nasty virus had put up a notice that she >> should pay the crooks $200 to get rid of this thing. >> >> Now, the reason I mention this is that this noncomputer professional has >> better things to do with her time than dealing with the consequences of >> crooks, and I think it was probably something that MicroSoft never dreamed >> would get this bad. But in my opinion, Steve Jobs was right. All of this has >> to be co-ordinated and put together so it works as a unit. I hope that, if >> Apple hasn't done it already, that keeping up with these viruses will need >> to be done by them so that everybody, his brother and sister, too, won't >> have to get involved in this and it won't become a big business like >> apparently it is for Windows users. I mean, my friend had to shop around to >> get the best price she could to get rid of this nasty thing created by >> people who should be in jail. >> >> Just my two cents worth, such that it is. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
