I think Duaine know full well what is going on...but he always likes to let us know...he's on Linux, so he doesn't know about viruses... '-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Patrick C. Poulson" <pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 2/22/2010 5:07:15 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: WARNING about bogus system scans and automaticdownload of an "install.exe" file >Duaine: DO NOT ALLOW THIS PROGRAM TO OPEN! It is a Trojan horse virus, >apparently the same one that killed my last computer. It installs itself, is >undetectable by any anti-virus program I have heard of, and will not go away >unless you "subscribe" to its "anti-virus" service. In other words, it >hijacks your machine and extorts money out of you to let the machine >function properly. I took my computer to a tech, who was unable to remove >it, short of installing an entirely new hard drive and all system programs. >The father-in-law of a customer of mine, a computer service tech, said that >he has gotten many, many computers in with the same problem. A very clever, >diabolical piece of software design. >Good luck, >Patrick C. Poulson >Registered Piano Technician >530-265-1983
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