Jill, don't be blinded by the MAC = safe thought process. Yes these
hackers target PC's much more, but MAC's still do get virii and not
every virius is from your email, many come from visiting web sites
that have been compromised.
At 09:42 AM 5/6/2011, you wrote:
Not being very computer savvy and hearing about this is from you is
yet another reason why I'm saving up to pay cash for a Mac laptop.
From everything I've researched, they do not get viruses. A few people
that I know who have them LOVE them. Anyone of you all have one and
would care to comment on this?
Jill Wright
Bowling Green, KY.
[email protected]
On Apr 25, 7:57 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
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