| Date: November 13, 2009 permalink
From: Marianne Weidlein <aimari@[Protected]>
Thank you so much to MKOwens, Doug Gentry, and anyone else who might
respond, for doing so quickly. I have done what you asked, and all is
well.
I am once again reminded of the desperation that motivates some
people in this Internet world, and the reminder to "walk with caution".
Your assistance is greatly appreciated, M
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Doug Gentry <doug@[Protected]>
> Date: November 13, 2009 7:48:18 AM PST
> To: "ASHMUG Discussion" <ashmug-talk@[Protected]>
> Cc: Marianne Weidlein <aimari@[Protected]>
> Subject: Re: [ASHMUG] Emergency!
> Reply-To: "ASHMUG Discussion" <ashmug-talk@[Protected]>
>
> Marianne -
>
> I'm going to send this directly to you but also copy the list, so
> that we can compare notes.
>
> I would do nothing. I believe what you saw on Facebook was an
> advertisement - or perhaps a link to another page which has the ad.
> Facebook, as a web site/service, for all practical purposes, has no
> way to scan your computer for virsuses (virii?). And the
> setup.exe is a Windows program which, if run on a Windows machine,
> might put in a faux virus protection software that is really
> spyware or something else ugly.
>
> ...Doug Gentry
>
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Marianne Weidlein wrote:
>
>> Hi - I just clicked on something on Facebook, and got a notice
>> that my system has been infected with some viruses. I clicked
>> "Start Protection", which gives me a window that says, "You have
>> chosen to open setup.exe, and MS - DOS Executable. Now Firefox
>> wants to know what to do with it, asking if I want to "Save the
>> file", or "Open with" and asks me to Choose an application.
>>
>> This is my first encounter with this, and I don't know if it's
>> fake or real, and if real I don't know which application to
>> choose. If you know, can you email me directly at
>> aimari@[Protected] asap?
>>
>> Thank you sooooo much!
>>
>> Marianne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ---
> Doug Gentry
> Dynapolis & Southern Oregon University
> p: 541-261-8501 / Toll Free: 866-890-6013
> doug@[Protected]
> www.dynapolis.com - blog: www.plain-sense.com
>
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