<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Sounds to me more like you were 'had' by a anti-malware virus. IE8 will not give you anything like you described. The anti-malware will and try to send you via a Trojan virus to a false program that will further harm your computer. I think I am fairly computer savvy and I was had by one of these last month. <BR><BR> Jack Ciaccia<BR>"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" <BR>(When all else fails, play dead)<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Darlene Casteel" <darlene@thecasteels.net><BR>To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR>Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 6:38:42 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Computer crash's<BR><BR>
<STYLE>BODY {
FONT-FAMILY: Arial; HEIGHT: 100%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt
}
</STYLE>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>I don't know anything about a Virus Soft program, but I have had computer hangups with IE8, and have tried unsuccessfully to uninstall it. I'm now using Firefox.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Darlene</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=glenkc7mbm@comcast.net href="mailto:glenkc7mbm@comcast.net" target=_blank>glenkc7mbm@comcast.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target=_blank>or-roots mail list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:03 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Computer crash's</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>When I downloaded IE8 the other night It came with a Program called Virus soft from Microsoft's download site, the Virus Soft program told me all my programs on my computer were infected with a trojan virus and wanted me to download their Virus Soft program, which installed with automatic updates, but to active I had to pay $60.00, I could not open any of my programs or even get into the internet, It would not let me uninstall it or remove it, as I said I had to do a full restore of my computer to get my computer back and I still to not have everything back to normal.<BR>I sent an Email to microsoft and they will not even reply.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"></SPAN> <BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Kith-n-Kin <BR>To: 'or-roots mail list' <BR>Sent: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:37:18 +0000 (UTC)<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Computer crash's<BR><BR>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Glen</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">I’ve had IE 8 on one of my computers for months. No problems yet. No question of<BR><BR>virus checking programs (of course I already had one on the computer). </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Maybe<BR><BR>there’s some other problem? </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Pat </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">In Tucson</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">(73 degrees and holding, rain this evening ???)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN> </P>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt">
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR><BR>[mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <STRONG>On Behalf Of </STRONG>glenkc7mbm@comcast.net<BR><STRONG>Sent:</STRONG> Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:02 PM<BR><STRONG>To:</STRONG> or-roots mail list<BR><STRONG>Subject:</STRONG> Re: [or-roots] Computer crash's</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">My Computer just crashed this morning, whatever you do, DO NOT upgrade to Internet Explorer 8, it has its own <BR>virus program, and locks up your computer until you download the program at $60.00, I had to do a complete restore of my computer to git rid of it, it will not uninstall, or let you into any programs including the internet.<BR><BR><BR>Glen Jones Portland, Oregon<BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>_______________________________________________ or-roots mailing list or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </div></body></html>