paying 99$ for a copy of XP is enough of a scam....
if it was a gray box that popped up its a messenger service spam (turn
it off in admin tools > services )
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:31:28 -0400, Robert Snyder <res03q8w@gte.net> wrote:
> steve szmidt wrote:
>
> >On Sunday 19 September 2004 11:26 am, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Charles Marcak wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On a new installation of Windows Xp. First thing I try is to update. I
> >>>get a message saying that MS wants $19.95 for a fix for security issues,
> >>>pop ups etc. Let me get this striaght. I pay good money for a operating
> >>>system that is touted to do everything except save the world. And then
> >>>they have the nerve to say "Oh by the way, what you paid us for is broke
> >>>and we need $19.95 to fix it. So it will work the way it was supposed to
> >>>in the first place. Is this a scam to get a credit card number or is
> >>>this for real?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>That sounds like a scam -- or a very funny joke.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >As bad as one may think of them, this still sounds like a scam. Who said they
> >wanted it, what were their web name, IP, mail headers etc?
> >
> >
> Well I just installed Windows XP insdie a virtual machine and then
> promptly went to windows update no message about paying 19.99 for an
> update. maybe a piece of spyware or a trojan that takes you to a site
> that looks similair to windows update.... To scam them out of there money
>
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