Deb, My daughter told me about this she ran into it North Carolina over thanksgiving.
If you are not savy they will get you. On Apr 25, 2011 9:11 AM, "Debbie Doerrlamm" <[email protected]> wrote: > So last night I am doing my regular work and this popup comes telling > me I have 29 virus/trojens and I need to click to pay for the full > scan and protection.. > > Man those screens looked good.. very official, very enticing... > > but *I* know better, and I know my way around a computer's innards.. > > So I searched the hard drive for the "files" it says it found.. and > gee wilickers, I can't find them.. so I fire up the laptop to do some > googling and sure'enuf its a bad one.. > > What ticks me totally off (and Dave will lose his MIND over this) is > I have real time scanning, I have the latest and greatest > anti-every-darn thing on my desktop and it did not blink an eye. > > So now I am on the laptop (which runs completely with out protection > - but thats gonna change) and I have to take my baby over to the guru > to finish getting rid of the parts I can't find of this nasty thing > > BTW this one was titled "XP Home Security 2011" my research showed me > there are a few variations of this.. but the general rule is pop ups > that tell you you need to pay for something to clean your computer is > bad.. B A D > > Be safe out there people... always question what you click on.. don;t > let wording of the request frighten you into doing something you will > probably regret. > > > Regards, > Debbie ^v^ ^o^ //\o/\\ ^o^ ^v^ Webmaster - System Admin > > [email protected] > (AIM - NailGdsss, GTalk wkdwich p-631-981-1273) > Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA > ONLINE STORE http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe > > www.nailtechconnect.com for Professionals > www.beautytech.com for Professionals > www.beautytech.INFO for Consumers > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
