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I was drawing something up in Corel and got this "Emergency Message" through Skype!
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WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION =============================
ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected malware on your computer !
Affected Software:
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Win98 Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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It's a trick. Spam mail. I don't think this one is damaging, but many are.
Never ever ever never ever never ever x 1,000,000 ever download a patch that a pop-up, email, IM or message says you need because it detects malware on your computer. You have not seen malware and pop-ups until you download one of these things...
I've reloaded quite a few operating systems because they ran one of these utilities from an email or a pop-up, and got their system so messed up it woulda taken a year to fix it.
-------------------- Jon Jantz SnappySign Walnut Hill, FL Posts: 3396 | From: Atmore, AL | Registered: Nov 2005
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You can count on popup messages like that to be bogus. The language in the message is really vague, and it refers you to a website to download a "patch". Anti-virus software doesn't work that way.
My mind wanders. And that's not a good thing, 'cause it's too small to be out there alone. Posts: 3129 | From: Tooele, UT | Registered: Mar 2005
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Don't worry too much about those weird messages. As long as it doesn't say "User Pregnent"
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3962 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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