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Old September 16th 15, 01:29 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
John Doe[_8_]
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Default A website virus spoof?

DO NOT click on this link unless you have a bulletproof system like mine.

http://windowsgotinfected.info/warning-info.htm

I think it's harmless, but it can mess up your browsing experience. There
are other URLs that produce the same silly looking virus warning.

I suspect it's a new thing. Apparently it's a hard-core sales tactic.
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Old September 16th 15, 11:17 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Tigger
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Default A website virus spoof?

John Doe writted thus:

http://windowsgotinfected.info/warning-info.htm
I think it's harmless, but it can mess up your browsing experience.
There are other URLs that produce the same silly looking virus warning.
I suspect it's a new thing. Apparently it's a hard-core sales tactic.



If you didn't know what it was you might panic...
Quite harmless to FF on Linux.

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This usenet post has not been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus
because it is not an email.
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Old September 16th 15, 11:26 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Brian Gregory
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Default A website virus spoof?

On 16/09/2015 11:17, tigger wrote:
John Doe writted thus:

http://windowsgotinfected.info/warning-info.htm
I think it's harmless, but it can mess up your browsing experience.
There are other URLs that produce the same silly looking virus warning.
I suspect it's a new thing. Apparently it's a hard-core sales tactic.



If you didn't know what it was you might panic...
Quite harmless to FF on Linux.


Clearly a complete load of rubbish.
A firewall does not and can not detect viruses.

At best it can possibly warn of virus like network activity but that is all.

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Old September 18th 15, 03:32 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
dave61430
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Default A website virus spoof?

On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:29:33 +0000, John Doe wrote:

DO NOT click on this link unless you have a bulletproof system like
mine.

http://windowsgotinfected.info/warning-info.htm

I think it's harmless, but it can mess up your browsing experience.
There are other URLs that produce the same silly looking virus warning.

I suspect it's a new thing. Apparently it's a hard-core sales tactic.


It's a web page with some text overlayed with another panel of text,
making it impossible to read the initial web page. Says something about
windows firewall and registry, which is strange since I didn't know Linux
Mint Cinnamon had such things.
You can't close the page or close the browser (google chrome), but a
quick switch to terminal mode, a ps command and a kill of chrome did the
trick.
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Old September 18th 15, 04:42 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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Default A website virus spoof?

dave61430 wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:29:33 +0000, John Doe wrote:

DO NOT click on this link unless you have a bulletproof system like
mine.

http://windowsgotinfected.info/warning-info.htm

I think it's harmless, but it can mess up your browsing experience.
There are other URLs that produce the same silly looking virus warning.

I suspect it's a new thing. Apparently it's a hard-core sales tactic.


It's a web page with some text overlayed with another panel of text,
making it impossible to read the initial web page. Says something about
windows firewall and registry, which is strange since I didn't know Linux
Mint Cinnamon had such things.
You can't close the page or close the browser (google chrome), but a
quick switch to terminal mode, a ps command and a kill of chrome did the
trick.


That's how we stop browser locking on Windows. A quick
trip to Task Manager, hammer the browser, problem solved.

If you want to stop processes from a Command Prompt window
(suitably elevated), there are

tasklist /?
taskkill /?

as your friends. But Task Manager is the control of last
resort, when the Desktop Interface has gone to hell and
won't let you open anything more.

Paul
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Old September 18th 15, 06:54 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Ron
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Default A website virus spoof?

On 9/17/2015 10:32 PM, dave61430 wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:29:33 +0000, John Doe wrote:

DO NOT click on this link unless you have a bulletproof system like
mine.

http://windowsgotinfected.info/warning-info.htm

I think it's harmless, but it can mess up your browsing experience.
There are other URLs that produce the same silly looking virus warning.

I suspect it's a new thing. Apparently it's a hard-core sales tactic.


It's a web page with some text overlayed with another panel of text,
making it impossible to read the initial web page. Says something about
windows firewall and registry, which is strange since I didn't know Linux
Mint Cinnamon had such things.
You can't close the page or close the browser (google chrome), but a
quick switch to terminal mode, a ps command and a kill of chrome did the
trick.


Task manager end process (Chrome) is all I did.
 




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