OT today's dirty trick

Hi Polly,

Sounds like somebody gone phishing. Something similar happened to me during the past week while I was researching... I forget exactly what, but it was quilt-related. If I could recall, I'd have passed it along, but what followed got me somewhat discombobulated. I clicked on some quilting business website (from a google search) and this pop- up tells me that it's detected my computer has a virus. Uh-huh. This site can scan my computer in 1/10 of a second and find a virus when it takes my anti-virus software 20 minutes each night just to scan it? Turns out this time it was true, but it was that same site that sent me the virus! Grrrrr.

What an age we live in...

Doc

Rule of thumb #1: NEVER click on a website from an email like that... open your browser and go to the website on your own. You should be able to log in to your account that way.

Rule of thumb #2: Keep your antivirus and firewall protection current!

Sure am glad that you, Mizz Polly... didn't get scammed!!!

My computer eats phish -- fried, boiled and grilled. I do hate those trolls and their criminal ways.

Sunny

Another thing to be aware of. If you are online, and out of nowhere a legitimate looking popup window announces that you are in danger of a virus attack and need to do a virus scan right away - DO NOT CLICK the popup!!!! It is a trojan, and if you click, it will install itself and will be very very difficult to destroy and remove. Make sure your spyware, firewall, and antivirus are always up to date.

Musicmaker

How infuriating that it is for so little. However, I would definitely phone and tell them - next time it might be $20 instead. It does them good to know that people check their bills ... or the world as we know it could disintegrate >g< . In message , Polly Esther writes