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Posted On 01/29/2013 13:52:30 by grammy210

Just to keep everyone informed.  I received 2 emails from a friend of mine, thinking they were legit, I did click on the links in the emails.  Woe to me.  I ran MSE, a quick scan, it showed nothing.  Then I thought to run a full scan, and low and behold it picked up 2 Java exploits, one being severe.  Good thing I did run that full scan. 

I had no reason to think my friend would send me anything bad, when I did get in touch with her, she said she never sent either one and had heard that this was part of the Java scare!

Be very careful when you click on email links. All is OK now, but wondering what would have happened if I'd not have run that full scan.  They could have sat there for a long time.

Hugs,  Ellie 



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01/31/2013 09:07:01

I have never done quick scans. I always do the most in depth. I do use my computer to make my living... so I have to deep scan & deep clean often. This Java thing is giving me grief because I need Java to access my work pages. The company has reprogrammed some of the pages I have to open, to not be Java dependent. I wish Tech support would remove Java (from being necessary) from the rest of the pages. FireFox works best on these pages, & FireFox has turned off Java; and no one has been able to figure out how to override, and turn Java back on in FireFox. GGGRRrrrrrrr!!! I am going to run a complete scan now, with Virus & Malware programs, before going back to work. Stay safe T P



01/29/2013 20:03:02

Always good to be warned.  I had 2 of those this week.  Stupid scammers out fishing!





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