Michele, I did not try a hard shutdown. A regular shutdown did not work. If it happens again, I will try. I was actually surprised Apple did not suggest a hard shutdown. I still own a Dell desktop that I have had for years, and do not turn it on unless I absolutely have to use a program for college that is not Mac compatible. Each time I turn it on, I do the antivirus check etc.... It takes so long, I am so glad I do not need to mess with it much. While some disagree, even though a Mac can get a virus, it is very rare, and if I did, as long as I do my Time Machine backups, I can always bring it to the genius bar and they would take care of it for free, with minimal lost time and effort.
Subject: Re: NailTech:: Re: serious virus warning.. From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 09:01:14 -0700 To: [email protected] Lisa I totally agree. Question about the pop up. Could you have done a hard shutdown/reboot to get rid of it? MicheleSent 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. -- 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.
