Re: Is This Warning Legitimate?
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/11/04
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:06:54 -0500
No, its simply a pop-up from a company trying to sell you something.
-- In memory of Robert McGregor (aka Koldbear) http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/winhelp.htm -------------------------------- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Gail" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7c3b01c4070c$95782ee0$a601280a@phx.gbl... > I would like to know if this warning is actually from > Microsoft. I would also like to know how to contact > Mircosoft in the future to find out if such information > is legitimate. > > I received a dialog box with this in the tital bar: > "Warning: Important Message!!! Microsoft Internet > Explorer > > The message read: > Warning. Important Message!!! > > You are seeing this message, because we have detected > that you have tracking software installed in your > machine. (more info) > > > This is not a virus, but a program in your machine that > monitors and transmits all of your online activities, and > is a serious violation of > your privacy. > > > Below is a link to a free scanner to download that will > find and remove all spyware programs on your machine: > Get the scanner > >
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