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needmoney
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I have an email saaing you haven't run the diagnostics check for harmfull files that could cause PC to crash and telling me to download now;

Is this genuine please?
Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  • skiddy2k
    skiddy2k Posts: 1,627 Forumite
    souldnt think so.. probabily an advert urging you to buy its crappy software, most likley spyware/adware in it... i wouldnt wory too much about it if i was you
  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    Thanks skiddy, thought it may be:beer:
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    about as genuine as the ones telling you that you have one the lottery

    probably this one

    http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/security/news/article.php/3611021

    Keylogger Masquerades As Microsoft Alert

    Would-be identity thieves have turned loose another sneaky means for stealing users' personal information. It comes in the form of a fraudulent e-mail pretending to be from Microsoft that suckers users into installing a key logger
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  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    Thanks for that Browntoa I'll check again to see just exactly what the email saidand post something here for other people like me, can use a PC but don't know much techie stuff.:beer:
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    This is what the email said for the link to begin I haven't made this a link though.


    Press here to begin

    theonly.com/tr.php?+my email address
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

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