Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTICE! Bogus webpage download ad?

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 03/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:32:36 -0700

Greetings --

    No, it's most definitely not from Microsoft. It's just an
unscrupulous advertiser trying to panic you into buying something that
you can get for free from many sources.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Marguerite" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:c65701c40938$8b92f8a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Is this bogus????  Is this from Microsoft? My firewall
> tells me it is safe but it looks unsafe.  Has anyone else
> received this unsolicited webpage?
>
> http://209.50.251.182/newspynotice.html
>
>
> -------------------------------
>
> IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTICE!
>
> Is your computer suffering from any of the following
> symptoms:
>
>   1. Has your browser's START PAGE changed?
> or 2. Are you seeing a recent increase in annoying POP UPS?
> or 3. Has your computer been acting wierd lately?
> or 4. Is your Internet slower or even crashing?
> or 5. Do you think your computer may have a virus?
>
> If your computer is experiencing any of these symptoms...
>
> It is almost certain that "spyware" has taken over your
> computer,
> and the problems will only get worse quickly.  Plus your
> sensitive
> information like credit cards and all of your passwords
> can be
> retrieved by criminals all around the world.  This is a
> very scary
> problem that needs immediate attention!  You NEED to get
> this fixed now!
>
> Click on THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE #1 BEST SPYWARE
> ELIMINATION SOFTWARE
> and your computer will be back to normal and secure again
> in just a
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>
>
>
>

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