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To: Daisyjane69

Bad news I just got a similar pop up when trying to acc ess Drudge but did not open it and had to force quit Safari. Do not open anything you do not know about.


4 posted on 05/29/2011 5:13:42 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (Socialism...Easier said than done.)
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To: screaminsunshine

Doesn’t Daisyjane69 say she got the virus from a favorite news site? I wonder if hers came from Drudge as well. This wouldn’t be the first time his site was a target of computer miscreants.


9 posted on 05/29/2011 5:18:18 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: screaminsunshine
Do not open anything you do not know about.

Including strange emails.

Unless you absolutely know the 'source' is for real, do no clink on an emailed link. Many of those direct you to a scam website.

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31 posted on 05/29/2011 5:36:44 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: screaminsunshine

I’m on a MAC and the EXACT same thing happened to me when I tried to open Drudge. Took over everything and I could do NOTHING. EXCEPT use option/apple/escape. And it worked to rid my frozen computer of this crap. LUCKILY, I had hours before read that this kind of thing was happening, so I didn’t break down and hit “ok” when the pop up occurred. THANKS to FREEPERS who got the word out!


86 posted on 05/29/2011 7:32:15 AM PDT by battletank
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To: screaminsunshine

I had the same thing on Drudge yesterday, did a force quit immediately. Haven’t been back to Drudge since. Is the site ok now?


142 posted on 05/30/2011 11:25:01 AM PDT by brytlea (If you don't know what APOD is you'd better find out!)
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