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DON'T OPEN!!!!

By MARTY HANCOCK

Mortgage and Lending with LINCOLN MORTGAGE

August 28, 2008 01:37 AM

THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF INFO I WAS PLANNING ON SUPPLYING WHEN I OPENED THIS BLOG LAST WEEK, BUT, IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL THAT READS:

FREE UPDATE WINDOWS XP VISTA

DON'T OPEN IT!!!!

THIS GOT THRU MY BITDEFENDER, ADAWARE, AND SUPERIOR MORTGAGE'S FILTERS AND CORRUPTED MY COMPUTER, WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE REBUILT. IF YOU RECEIVE THE E-MAIL, RUN LAVASOFT ADAWARE IMMEDIATELY.

IT LOOKS LEGIT, AND IT MENTIONS HOW MICROSOFT RESPECTS YOUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH....ANYWAY, YOURS TRULY CLICKED ON IT AND THE REST (INCLUDING MY COMPUTER) IS HISTORY.

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Tracey Lewis Lewis

The Real Estate Book - Saratoga Springs, NY

Real Estate Marketing

Thanks for the heads up. Sorry about your computer. :(

Tracey

Aug 28, 2008 01:41 AM

Julie Chapman

Julie Chapman Broker - Ormond Beach, FL

Daytona Beach Shores, Florida

Marry,

Thanks for the heads up and welcome to Active Rain.....There are a lot of these types of emails rolling around....if I want to update anything, I go search out the site to do it....

Aug 28, 2008 01:41 AM

Lynda Bloom

Weichert, Realtors - Rockville, MD

I'm so sorry you have had this experience Marty. I had a computer guru tell me last night about this virus and he said it got through a lot of anti-virus softwares. I'm off to check Norton's site this morning to see what they say about it. Thanks for the reminder that I need to do this NOW.

Lynda K. Bloom, Selling Rockville Maryland Real Estate and Surrounding Areas

Aug 28, 2008 01:48 AM

MARTY HANCOCK

LINCOLN MORTGAGE - Sewell, NJ

YEAH, I KNOW BETTER, JULIE.

IT WAS NOT A VERY BRIGHT MOVE ON MY PART.

Aug 28, 2008 01:49 AM

Lynda Bloom

Weichert, Realtors - Rockville, MD

Excellent advice Russell. Everyone absolutely should type addresses in manually and never click!

Lynda K. Bloom, Selling Rockville Maryland Real Estate and Surrounding Areas

Aug 28, 2008 02:03 AM