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On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Roland Tarver wrote: > >> PS - I did wonder if this was some form of scam etc...or if it >> actually was an MS employee... > > A well known scam. AIUI, they try to get you to enable remote access and > they then install their "checker" and take money from you. alledgedly > their checker keeps on nagging you to pay more and advising you that there > are more viruses, etc. > > Gordon > I did not have sufficient interest to google it. Posted here because I thought it was funny (if genuine). Thanks for the info Gordon. roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq