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Well where's the April 1 virus?

chunter
chunter Posts: 2,023 Forumite
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I do think this pap they put out should be rememebered when Trend and the like want us to pay for computer security products.

Scaremongering is not a good way to sell your product..

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  • tomsolomon
    tomsolomon Posts: 3,613 Forumite
    Rofl. It was probably created by Micro$oft to get rid of all those people who can't update their copy of Windows because its not genuine.....:rotfl:
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  • missile
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    Got the following from Zone Alarm today>
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  • tomsolomon
    tomsolomon Posts: 3,613 Forumite
    If you had had a zero post count, I would have sworn you were just here to plug ZA;....:D
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  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    chunter wrote: »
    Scaremongering is not a good way to sell your product..

    Sorry...it's the only way to sell the product.
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,812 Forumite
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    I am not plugging ZA.
    Scaremongering is not a good way to sell your product..
    "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    Well, there are plenty of other viruses to go around.
  • BenL
    BenL Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Reminds me of when I went to the bank for a mortgage and the guy tried to sell loads of insurance policies.

    There is some info on the timesonline website about it advising that the people behind it are v clever and why would they use their network of infected pc's on this date when they can wait and hire it out in the future after more expansion etc.
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