Re: [SLUG] Windows update

From: Steven Buehler (swbuehler@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 20 2004 - 15:27:51 EDT


On 19 Sep 2004 10:08:22 -0400, Charles Marcak <cmarcak@tampabay.rr.com> 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?

Hello?!? This smacks of a virus or trojan, or some product that was
installed alongside WinXP. Microschmuck, as dubious as they are, has
never charged for use of Windows Update.

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Steven Buehler | swbuehler@gmail.com
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