Re: OT Re: virus warning

[andy turnbull andyt@xxxxxxxx]

I run Mac, so I'm safe -- it was my wife that caught it.

btw -- the consultant that got her back installed an anti virus called malware bytes that he swears
by. It wasn't expensive -- $24.95 in Canada -- but the advantage is that it scans the machine before
Windows starts. Apparently others wait for Windows to load then scan. I don't know -- but that's
what he says.

andy turnbull

On 2011-06-17, at 9:06 PM, J R FOX wrote:

> --- On Fri, 6/17/11, peregrine@xxxxxxxx  wrote:
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> I've reformatted the boot drives of three computers afflicted with this particularly nasty bugger, Andy. Each time I tried every other trick I know, and that's a lot of tricks.
>
> The damage is essentially done if you unwittingly approve the faux Microsoft security warning, which looks a lot like the real thing but contains a misspelling or two and some awkward English syntax. If you've said yes to that, unless you have mad skillz I don't have, hang it up and reformat.
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> O.K., but _what_ is the point of entry ? For most people, most
> of the time, it is going to come in as an email attachment -- or
> link -- that you open, no ? I happen to use a dedicated webmail
> site (online interface), for each of my provider accounts.
> That is where the mail resides, on their servers. They have
> something that strips out suspicious payloads -- even
> sometimes ones that are not actually malware -- before they
> turn up in my box. If anything, it tends to be a bit over-
> zealous. A certain number of mail items get here that no longer
> have any contents ! This does not totally eliminate the need
> for some vigilance, but it helps a lot.
>
> And those who are running something other than Windows are not
> going to fall prey to a faux MS security thingie.
>
> But thanks for the heads up.
>
>
> Jordan
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