Roger,

RN> 7 tips to stay cyber safe this summer

  Thanks for these posts. I'm saving several of them, and creating ZIP
files for download, in the Computer Virus Protection Area on my BBS.

  On another note, I had a virus scare last week, but I recognized it as
a scam.

  The deal locked up Google Chrome, displaying a message that "my system
was infected, and I needed to call Microsoft at this toll free number".

  Suspecting it was a ruse (it was, confirmed by 2 fellow ham radio
operators...one who had worked in IT for years), I just closed the
browser with the Windows Task Manager. I then rebooted the system into
safe mode, and ran a full virus scan (which took all night)...but, the
system was clean. When I restarted Chrome, it asked if I wanted to
"restore" it. Realizing that would activate that crap again, I told it
to instead "open a new window". I then went in, and flushed the cache (I
normally have it set to do that when I exit Chrome). The former IT guy
(he has retired, due to health issues) notes that he usually sees this
twice a week.

  Basically, if you call that number (it is NOT Microsoft, and Microsoft
does NOT offer "a virus help line"), these thugs (for lack of a better
word), convince people to download this "virus cleaner", but it's
malware designed to scan your system looking for important data. Then,
they cause panic in saying you need to pay them large amounts of money
to get things fixed...which you have no guarantee of them doing...never
mind you may have just become a victim of identity theft.

Daryl

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