PDA

View Full Version : Yahoo emails claiming i won $300?


instanthosting
October 5th, 2005, 17:07
Hi i am getting emails from apparently Yahoo claming i have won $300, it looked so authentic i clicked, and it gave me a virus, im just warning people about this so it does not happen to them, it downloaded in the background and when i shut down internet explorer i noticed it and it had downloaded, i then rebooted my computer and it was showing error messages, i then had to reform the whole system! HOW UNCALLED FOR!

Why do people make viruses what plesure do they get from making them it just wrecks other peoples fun!
AvalHosting
October 5th, 2005, 18:05
thats a no, no if yahoo needs me thay can use my other email! (secoundery)
and thanks for the warning!
Johnson
October 5th, 2005, 18:12
Well, maybe you should use your head and get an anti-virus software.

There are several free ones. Although, I am not telling you to go to www.limewire.com, I am not telling you to download it, and I am not telling you to click "Programs" and search for "Norton".
GeorgeB
October 5th, 2005, 18:55
Limewire to my knowledge is a program for downloading music only. You should be smart enough to scan any email you recieve before opening it.

Plus if you suspicious about an email no matter who it is from DONT OPEN IT!
Johnson
October 5th, 2005, 19:11
Limewire does everything.
striker
October 5th, 2005, 19:25
absolutely
stabme
October 5th, 2005, 19:57
it even does my taxes!
GeorgeB
October 5th, 2005, 20:37
they must have changed then. I will have to check them out again.
niv
October 5th, 2005, 20:53
Common sense seems to be at a minimum these days...
AvalHosting
October 5th, 2005, 22:33
limewire is the best!
themoose
October 6th, 2005, 09:31
lol, in the same way as Liquid Goat said,

i am not telling you to click on programs, i am not telling you to search for "limewire pro", i am not telling you to select "limewire pro **latest version**" (or however it may form), i am not telling you to download it, and i am not telling you to install it.
instanthosting
October 6th, 2005, 10:16
It was scanned and i have 2 anti viruses i dont think they registered it and also it scans an email not the site it refers you to, im just warning people and limewire is for software also
instanthosting
October 6th, 2005, 10:17
I dont like using limewire slows down the pc it is good though
robert allen
October 6th, 2005, 10:28
I dont like using limewire slows down the pc it is good though
It is java. It slows down pcs all the time.
incript_tech
October 6th, 2005, 16:22
Thats really disgusting when people do that kind of stuff.
Tree
October 6th, 2005, 17:13
Why do you make your friends laugh? You're trying to get attention, right? Now let me give you a different question. Why do people make viruses?

The answer: For the same reason you make your friends laugh