Lisa I totally agree. Question about the pop up. Could you have done a hard shutdown/reboot to get rid of it?
Michele Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2011, at 7:20 AM, Lisa Speidel <[email protected]> wrote: > Jill, > I own a MacBook Pro and i love it! Never had a problem with a virus, and if > you do have a question on something, Applecare and the Genius bar are always > able to help. > > With that being said, my fathe and I just purchased Ipad2's. He is using > his more often than I am, but he got a pop-up with this same antivirus > scan/protection and I called Applecare concerned about what I was seeing. It > is in fact a pop-up advertisement, but does no harm to the iPad's system. I > just clicked on, because it was the only way to get out of the browser > window, it did it's little fake scan and I was able to close it out. No > harm, no foul. just an inconvenience and confusing for my father. > > Overall, because Mac's are not Window's based, they are not susceptible to > the attacks that are out there. The expense of a Mac is woth every penny. > > Lisa > > > Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 06:42:03 -0700 > > Subject: NailTech:: Re: serious virus warning.. > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > 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 > > > > > > [email protected] > > > (AIM - NailGdsss, GTalk wkdwich p-631-981-1273) > > > Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA > > > ONLINE STOREhttp://www.beautytech.com/shoppe > > > > > > www.nailtechconnect.com for Professionalswww.beautytech.com for > > > Professionalswww.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. -- 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.
