This is a particularly nasty virus that is doing the rounds at the moment, it masquerades as your windows security centre and it's a real pain to get rid of.
If anyone needs help getting this off their PC, drop me PM and I'll send you a step by step guide.
WinPC virus.
Re: WinPC virus.
"Virus? What is this thing you call a virus?", said the iMac. 
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Huh, wuzzat? A computer virus? Never heard of such a thing I'm going back to sleep.
(sorry, can't help rubbing it in
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I'm going back to sleep.(sorry, can't help rubbing it in
)All I wanna do is rock!
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deaconblues
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Re: WinPC virus.
Hey, at least my mouse has two buttons!
I think the next civil war will be between Apple and PC users...
I think the next civil war will be between Apple and PC users...
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fireglo67
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+1.dpowell wrote:Hey, at least my mouse has two buttons!
I think the next civil war will be between Apple and PC users...
Civil wars are always started by the middle classes.
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dpowell wrote:Hey, at least my mouse has two buttons!
I think the next civil war will be between Apple and PC users...
The mouse on my Mac has 3 buttons (if you include the scroll wheel, and it does function as a button).
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+1, Neener Neener!robbo63 wrote:dpowell wrote:Hey, at least my mouse has two buttons!
I think the next civil war will be between Apple and PC users...
The mouse on my Mac has 3 buttons (if you include the scroll wheel, and it does function as a button).
All I wanna do is rock!
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deaconblues
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Re: WinPC virus.
I'll see that, and raise you the fact that my PC has never had a virus! 
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fireglo67
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i can send you one if you're feeling left outdpowell wrote:I'll see that, and raise you the fact that my PC has never had a virus!
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Re: WinPC virus.
My Apple SmartMouse has three buttons. And a mini trackball. And its own IQ.
I got a weird notice this morning--and opened it! And sure enough, it was a WinPC virus file. Into the trash it went.
I got a weird notice this morning--and opened it! And sure enough, it was a WinPC virus file. Into the trash it went.
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Do not blame the PC - blame the evil-doers who write the viruses. 
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
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Re: WinPC virus.
Well, my laptop is a WINVista machine, and I'm OK with it, but it still seems to be too left-brained for me in its accessibility.
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Yes, the zaniness of Windows OS is a totally different subject!jingle_jangle wrote:Well, my laptop is a WINVista machine, and I'm OK with it, but it still seems to be too left-brained for me in its accessibility.
Abort, Retry, Fail
There is insufficient free space on the hard drive to perform the action. Please create free space before continuing.
Unable to delete file because there is insufficient free space on the hard drive.
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
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Ahhh, MacSnobbery comes to the fore ..... and probably justifiably so! 
But as one who is still a PC Neanderthal, I'd like to hear more about this virus.
But as one who is still a PC Neanderthal, I'd like to hear more about this virus.
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Ummm... Macs can get virii too.
It'll be a huge shock one day when all the Mac users get blown out of the water since there doesn't seem to be any antivirus software for the system.
Fortunately for Apple users, virus/trojan/worm writers have just left the platform alone. If they ever decided to start hammering that platform, there would be all kinds of chaos as Apple has been kinda hesitant and slow to even acknowledge there have been security issues in the past, let alone address them.
Kent states:
It'll be a huge shock one day when all the Mac users get blown out of the water since there doesn't seem to be any antivirus software for the system.
Fortunately for Apple users, virus/trojan/worm writers have just left the platform alone. If they ever decided to start hammering that platform, there would be all kinds of chaos as Apple has been kinda hesitant and slow to even acknowledge there have been security issues in the past, let alone address them.
Kent states:
If sgi didn't shoot themselves in the foot I'd one up them with my sgi 02 and Octanes.Ahhh, MacSnobbery comes to the fore ..... and probably justifiably so!