What do you do if you get this? Close the box? Is it that simple to avoid it? On Apr 25, 2011 5:30 PM, "Laura Merzetti" <[email protected]> wrote: > I almost did too, a couple of weeks ago but my spidey sense told me not to. > I was a split second away from it though! > > > > Laura M. > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Debbie Doerrlamm > Sent: April-25-11 4:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: NailTech:: serious virus warning.. > > > > I am telling you I was || close to clicking that.. it was very Microsoft > official looking > > > At 10:54 AM 4/25/2011, you wrote: > > > > 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 <http://www.nailtechconnect.com /> for > Professionals > > www.beautytech.com <http://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] > <mailto:nailtech%[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. > > > > 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 <http://www.nailtechconnect.com/> for > Professionals > www.beautytech.com <http://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. >
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