E-mail scams >_< - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

CrazyPhil · 03-31-2009, 10:42 PM

Wow, those are some pretty entertaining pieces of, um, "literature" you've all found, especially the "flawless" spelling and punctuation.

AS for me, I do get scams but of a different variety. Sure, when I'm browsing the net I always get the classic "free ipod" or wii or any number of things, and for the most part I ignore them, but what really pisses me off are those fake anit-virus adds. I go to open a webpage and all of a sudden I'm taken to a separate window and some unkown program claims to have detected thousands of critical viruses in my computer. Interesting, considering I run a virus scan every week and I usually find 2 or 3 at the most. It really angers me because these things are more than likely viruses themselves masquerading as the very software that's supposed to protect against them. Oh, and if you do a word of advice: DO NOT CLICK THE PROGRAM, NOT EVEN TO CLOSE THE WINDOW. Instead, bring up your task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and end the program from there. It's much safer as even closing the window can download the virus onto your computer. So, does anyone else get those?

03-31-2009, 10:42 PM	#11
CrazyPhil Settling In Ride 'em cowboy. Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cowboy Central...Er...I mean Texas Posts: 75	Wow, those are some pretty entertaining pieces of, um, "literature" you've all found, especially the "flawless" spelling and punctuation. AS for me, I do get scams but of a different variety. Sure, when I'm browsing the net I always get the classic "free ipod" or wii or any number of things, and for the most part I ignore them, but what really pisses me off are those fake anit-virus adds. I go to open a webpage and all of a sudden I'm taken to a separate window and some unkown program claims to have detected thousands of critical viruses in my computer. Interesting, considering I run a virus scan every week and I usually find 2 or 3 at the most. It really angers me because these things are more than likely viruses themselves masquerading as the very software that's supposed to protect against them. Oh, and if you do a word of advice: DO NOT CLICK THE PROGRAM, NOT EVEN TO CLOSE THE WINDOW. Instead, bring up your task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and end the program from there. It's much safer as even closing the window can download the virus onto your computer. So, does anyone else get those? __________________ Bloo: "Yes, but on this you punch who you DON'T want to win." Eduardo: "Oh." PUNCH Eduardo: "I like voting." HIM-Best.Band.Ever. Last edited by CrazyPhil; 03-31-2009 at 10:43 PM.