Re: Is Microsoft aware?



In article <ed5LSpQ9HHA.5160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, p_jayant@xxxxxxxxxx
says...

Last week, I had a situation of a system infection by Trojan W32 Worm
Looksky which has left me wondering if Microsoft is aware that suppliers of
three software packages in the areas of Privacy, Security and Error cleaning
are using terrorizing and harassing tactics to pressure computer users into
buying their software, using Microsoft's proprietary Windows Alert box for
creating the impression that they are the suppliers of Privacy, Spyware
Control, Error cleaning software, recommended by Microsoft.

Anyone that's had a computer for the last 10+ years would know how to
avert that problem, just following the basic MS security measures they
provide.

It sounds like you've been asleep for the last 10 years because security
threats have been listed/talked about in every form of media (news,
radio, news print, talk shows, etc...) for at least 10 years.

MS even provides clear instructions on how to block the threats, but you
have to be awake to learn.

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