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Hi there
All these scams show that no AV program will protect you against this sort of stuff -- If you want to install AV software on top of or instead of Ms's excellent Windows defender - by all means do so --but your emphasis should be on USING THE NET SAFELY and understanding the pitfalls. Problems with Viruses and Trojans aren't nearly as problematical these days as are these sorts of scams and things like browser hi-jacks and PUPS.
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jimbo
Best thing is to ask yourself who would you let in your house, who would you go out for a drink with, who you would give your credentials, credit card info, which dark neighborhoods you'd walk and things like that. Transmute all those things to internet and and behave accordingly.
I was looking at the Hoax Buster web site last night and I'm amazed at the "stuff'" people fall for. Crooks are looking for greedy, lazy or stupid people, and apparently quite a few fit the target. Some people just don't get the fact that if it sounds too good to be true, it is to good to be true and just because it's on the net it doesn't make it true.
I know I posted it somewhere else on the forum but I once had a fixmypc virus on my pc a few days ago. My Norton 360 detected it and stopped it and removed it.
Too bad people stoop to this level to use these type of tactics to exploit people.
Any time you get an email purporting to "give" you something, it's best to copy the link into Notepad. You can then tell that it won't go to the site it claims (usually with a long string of letters & numbers) or that it's legit. Don't know why everyone doesn't do that before "clicking".
True, some "legitimate" links take you to an ad server, but you can usually get around that.
Really? desperate? people are desperate for Windows 10? wash out my mouth with soapUnfortunately, scammers have seen how desperate Windows users are for the update
sounds like it could be more of a MS ploy