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Registered: March 2008
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John..
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Registered: March 2008
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There is something called antivirus 2009, it pops up and say your infected, and offers a quick download.to fix it.DONT DO IT
just delete it its a naughty trojan, check it out on the web if you do down load and need to remove it
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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NO........... Who would do something like that?
I never ever download, open, accept anything that doesnt come from a party known to me.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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John..
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Registered: March 2008
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Mark ,
people do, i nearly did, it said micrsoft windows alert.
i had to thin k.
we are clever but perhaps we lack yopur thoughts. lol
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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See ........ I trust microsoft least of all.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I assume that means you don't use any Microsoft products, then?
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pipo
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Registered: July 2008
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Actually, it is possible to get this or similar malware without accepting anything. In my case, I was using firefox (supposedly the safer choice), and I am quite sure I didn't click on any popup to accept it. Also, the browser is set to block unwanted popups, but that doesn't work either on the more dodgy sites.
Browsers have bugs and there are people who exploit them. For profit. Also, web server software has bugs and the same people will use those to corrupt websites for the purpose of spreading malware. Because malware may be quite profitable, these people will not report the bugs to the software manufacturers, but instead sell the details to or other people who are likewise criminally inclined. People in countries like Bulgaria do this professionally, and make a good living off it.
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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David... Be realistic can you?
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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It's actually quite easy if you switch to a Mac or Linux.
If you use Microsoft products for 'real work', you end up trusting them, as their products are so complicated that no-one can ever be sure what's going on underneath. That's not to say that most of us wouldn't prefer not to.
David
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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David, Dearest,
The thread is about downloads.
Nothing but downloads... no matter how you try to make it about everything microsoft... it is still just about downloads.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Marc wrote:
The thread is about downloads. Nothing but downloads... no matter how you try to make it about everything microsoft... it is still just about downloads.
This is so true. However, experience, alas, teaches us that threads seem to be about whatever the posters make them. They go where they will - or rather where we will them to go. I wouldn't worry about it.
J F R
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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