It's also not a bad idea to download a free copy of MalWareBytes, update it, and then scan with it. Very often those popup ambush thingies leave sneaky little Trojans which keep directing you back there or worse.
Paul Andrews Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA
-----Original Message----- From: John Cerasulo <cerasulo@yahoo.com> To: frederic durrette <saint09@bellsouth.net>; mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 9:37 pm Subject: Re: [CR] WARNING!!!
I had no problems/popups with the Legnano link.? Then again, I'm on an Apple.
Best,
John Cerasulo
Brooklyn, NY
From: mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net <mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net> Subject: Re: [CR] WARNING!!! To: "frederic durrette" <saint09@bellsouth.net> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 8:41 PM
XP:
Ctrl+Alt+Del or Right Click on Taskbar and select Task Manager...
brings up Task Manager...choose applications tab...select app...kill process.
OSX, Linux, Unix, Irix, BSD, etc...:
Drop to a terminal and use "ps -ef | grep more" to identify the quilty process...
kill -9 (process number)
OR
Find the GUI utility that allows you to view a list or processes...do the same...
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting frederic durrette <saint09@bellsouth.net>:
> Just a word of caution. I clicked on the link in the message about the
> Legnano and I was immediately taken to a site advertising a colon cleanser.
> Whrn I tried to exit, a pop up appeared that asked if I was sure I wantd to
> exit.?I had to shut down my computer to get rid of it. Has anyone else
> experienced a similar event?
> ??? Fred Durrette
> ??? Summerville, SC
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