[thelist] what is this scam?

Ben Dyer ben_dyer at imaginuity.com
Tue Nov 26 13:54:11 CST 2002


It looks like that Windows Messaging Spam nonsense.  Check this out (the
first one):

<http://www.its.caltech.edu/its/security/users/windows_messenger.shtml>

--Ben

At 01:46 PM 11/26/2002, you wrote:
>I've had this happen on my computer a number of times now and it
>really bothers me. I get this popup window:
>
>http://www.pixelmech.com/test/scam.gif
>
>It pops up at random times that I can remember, not when I am doing
>any one specific thing. I'm very careful about what I download and
>such, its not something that I did conciously.
>
>I used to have Gator but I wiped it, and even used AdAware to clean
>my system. How can someone fire up something like this on my PC?
>(This wouldn't happen on an apple..mutter).
>
>Stuff like this makes me want to kick Bill Gates in the head. I am
>connected via cable modem and I am not using any firewall software,
>but I am not convinced that would help...





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