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Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now?

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On 4/16/2011 5:57 PM, Ron wrote:
> Perhaps I've said it before: I really hate Windows XP. I only use
> because it came with my Dell D610 laptop which I bought cheap. What I
> really HATE about XP is it's antivirus feature which occasionally
> kicks in to make my life a living hell.
>
> A week ago, something set it off and I kept getting a message about XP
> Antivirus Program 2011; that I *needed* this program to get rid of
> what it said was 12 infections. Maybe yes, maybe no-- but this message
> became malware in itself because I could not get rid of it and it
> literally held my laptop hostage until I paid nearly $60 and bought
> the damn program! Once a number was keyed in, the program "cleaned" my
> system and finally went a way, to lurk in the background like some
> Mafia thug waiting to extort me again. I'm not kidding here.

  Sorry to say, you got scammed.  You picked up a trojan virus which 
pretended it was an antivirus program, and you got tricked into paying 
an unknown party $60.

  No offense, but I find it curious that you are computer savvy enough 
to access USENET, but not savvy enough to recognize the fairly obvious 
signs that you were being presented with a virus, not a legitimate 
program.  You should read up on basic security.  Again, no offense. 
Trying to help you out so this doesn't happen to you again.

  There are NO legitimate antivirus programs out there that will charge 
you to scan and clean your system.  Either they won't monitor your 
system at all, or they will not update the virus definitions.  Again, 
any antivirus that scans your system but insists on a payment to clean 
is NOT legitimate.

  Since you created so many accounts, all of which you let be infected 
with this virus, you REALLY should wipe the entire hard drive and 
reinstall Windows.

  And, since it sounds like you weren't actually running any antivirus 
software in the first place, I suggest you download one of the free 
programs out there...  Avast, AVG, etc.  Also, download some anti 
malware software...  Superantispyware for example.

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Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-16 15:57 -0700
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Pen <nospam@spam.none> - 2011-04-16 19:22 -0400
    Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-16 17:51 -0700
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) - 2011-04-17 01:30 +0000
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 05:47 -0700
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-17 17:30 -0700
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? BJ <backroadjunkie@sbcglobal.net> - 2011-04-17 04:26 -0500
    Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-17 17:22 -0700
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Pen <nospam@spam.none> - 2011-04-17 20:45 -0400
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-04-18 21:05 +1200
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2011-04-18 11:35 -0500
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 06:55 +0000
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-21 17:20 -0700
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-25 22:49 +0000
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-17 10:14 -0500
    Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Ron <ryon@dslnorthwest.net> - 2011-04-17 17:57 -0700
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-18 19:10 -0500
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? schotty456_at_gmail_dot_com@foo.com (schotty456) - 2011-04-19 15:29 +0000
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 09:31 -0700
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 07:02 +0000
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-04-19 12:00 -0500
        Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 07:09 +0000
          Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-20 17:36 -0500
            Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-25 22:52 +0000
              Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-04-28 20:02 -0500
                Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-02 12:49 -0700
                Proper security (Was Re: Oh, God) wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-05-03 20:25 +0000
                Re: Proper security (Was Re: Oh, God) Robert Sneddon <fred@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2011-05-05 13:14 +0100
      Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-20 06:58 +0000
  Re: Oh, God-- What To Do Now? dg <david.goodnow@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 18:35 -0700

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