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Tom Lange <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Lange <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 6 Jul 2012 20:51:04 -0700
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Hi,
Check snopes.com.  I tried to post what I found there but it was rejected 
because of an imbedded .gif file.  Oh well.

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Pietruk" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] question about the warning of a danger to our 
computers


> This "danger" has been well publicized over the last couple of weeks.  Do
> a Google search and you will find numerous accounts of this as well as
> explaining how this all came to be.
>
> As an example of this story, go to
>
> www.wokv.com
>
> and use your screen readers' search capability entring the word malware.
> You will land on a link to an extended AP article which explains all this
> in detail and there are hundreds, if not thousands, of such similar
> stories out there.
>
> Realistically, I would think that if you are running up-to-date security
> software, the malware which causes this problem would have been long ago
> removed.
>
>
>
>
>
> Q:  What's God's phone number?
> A:  Jeremiah 33:3
>
> Call to me and I will answer you,
> and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
>
>
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