Wow, Deb thanks for sharing this one! I am sure even the most computer savvy people could fall for this one.
xo Kind Regards, Elaine T. Watson Star Nail International Vice President of Marketing and Sales Global Education Director 800.782.7624 extension 321 fax 661.257.5856 [email protected] Blog: itsnotarealjob.blogspot.com On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:57 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 <http://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.
