Microsoft and Washington state are cracking down on scammers who bombard computer users with fake warning messages in hopes of selling them useless software.
Too many computers at work and in my personal life have I had people catch this malware. Like to keep this in the limelight, because if there is a thing to sign up on I'll be first in line. Spent too many hours cleaning up this crap.
by Anonymous (not verified) on 9/29/08 at 8:33 am |reply
I think they should publish
I think they should publish the names and addresses of these scoundrels. Then if the US Justice system doesn't work, we can pay them a visit ourselves. I'm tired of these people getting away with computer murder, esp. since I'm a tech who often has to clean up the messes they cause.
by McMacGuy (not verified) on 9/29/08 at 1:01 pm |reply
I am surprised they don't do
I am surprised they don't do this more often they use microsoft copyright names and images. If they don't get anywhere publish the names and addresses and I will go round with an hammer
by Brian Whittle (not verified) on 9/29/08 at 3:12 pm |reply
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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Too many computers at work
Too many computers at work and in my personal life have I had people catch this malware. Like to keep this in the limelight, because if there is a thing to sign up on I'll be first in line. Spent too many hours cleaning up this crap.I think they should publish
I think they should publish the names and addresses of these scoundrels. Then if the US Justice system doesn't work, we can pay them a visit ourselves. I'm tired of these people getting away with computer murder, esp. since I'm a tech who often has to clean up the messes they cause.I am surprised they don't do
I am surprised they don't do this more often they use microsoft copyright names and images. If they don't get anywhere publish the names and addresses and I will go round with an hammer