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http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-remove-mac-malware-for-free-3594625/ On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/03/2015 12:35 PM, steve harley wrote: >> >> On 2015-03-07 14:10 , mike wilson wrote: >>> >>> But I thought this sort of >>> thing didn't happen to the Apple corps? >> >> >> there are a lot more malware attempts on Macs these days — the halcyon >> days are over — but pop-ups (and phone calls) trying to alarm you about >> a security problem are not a platform-specific security flaw; they are >> just a strangely effective way of manipulating people >> >> > > I have a lot of fun with them if I happen to have nothing on the go when > they call. The best one I managed was to keep the guy on the phone while I > played the panicky old person game on them. Eventually I was led to a > website to download a "repair tool" (and no, I didn't go there, I just > randomly tapped keys so he would hear me doing something). After much > looking for the download link, I asked him where the one for Mac was. The > guys at the Mac store told me to never download something unless it said it > would work with a Mac. > After a while he gave up on me. > > Sometimes I just go all racist on them. That's pretty satisfactory, though > they hang up before I can really get going. > > The last time, I just told the guy I knew he was a scammer, that I wasn't > going to fall for it and he might as well put me on their no call list. > Interestingly, I've had no phone calls for several weeks. > > bill > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
