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WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:37 am
by fireglo67
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.
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:16 am
by jps
"Virus? What is this thing you call a virus?", said the iMac.
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:01 am
by kiramdear
Huh, wuzzat? A computer virus? Never heard of such a thing
I'm going back to sleep.
(sorry, can't help rubbing it in
)
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:27 pm
by deaconblues
Hey, at least my mouse has two buttons!
I think the next civil war will be between Apple and PC users...
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:45 pm
by fireglo67
dpowell wrote:Hey, at least my mouse has two buttons!
I think the next civil war will be between Apple and PC users...
+1.
Civil wars are always started by the middle classes.
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:51 pm
by robbo63
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).
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:16 pm
by kiramdear
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).
+1, Neener Neener!
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:21 pm
by deaconblues
I'll see that, and raise you the fact that my PC has never had a virus!
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:22 pm
by fireglo67
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:40 pm
by jingle_jangle
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.
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:39 pm
by doctorwho
Do not blame the PC - blame the evil-doers who write the viruses.
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:48 pm
by jingle_jangle
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.
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:18 pm
by doctorwho
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.
Yes, the zaniness of Windows OS is a totally different subject!
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.
(The error message above usually happens with all the memory references cited being the same.)
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:20 pm
by brammy
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.
Re: WinPC virus.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:26 pm
by Tarrbot
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:
Ahhh, MacSnobbery comes to the fore ..... and probably justifiably so!
If sgi didn't shoot themselves in the foot I'd one up them with my sgi 02 and Octanes.
