This virus alert is old- very old - like from 5 or 6 years ago- and it was probably a hoax to begin ith.

Well bud,
I wouldn't want to take any chances with my computer, would you?

I think this person was trying to help out here, not pull a fast one. They sounded sincere in their posts over in open discussion.
It's too bad the world is so full of kooks these days that we don't know who to trust.

I get email virus warnings all the time and I have Norton on my pc, but even some things can get past Norton. Just to be safe I don't open any emails, I just read thru the face part of them. I ask everyone not to send me attachments, but to open them and copy them and then send them--that way I don't have to worry about a virus in an attachment. I might not be totally protected even then, but that's all I know to do.

And I just hate those screensaver emails anyway and block and delete every one of those I get, so if I got this one, I'd never even know it, most likely. lol

"I live in my own little world. But it's okay, they know me here."

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okay thanks, bud.
Perhaps the person who posted the virus notice is unaware that it was a hoax?
They could even be new to the internet, possibly.
When I first started using the internet, I got all kinds of stuff in the emails. Now I know better, but it took a couple of weeks to catch on to all the nonsense.
Anyway, the link is appreciated. At least now they will know it's bogus.

"I live in my own little world. But it's okay, they know me here."

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That's why I only use online email and do not download any thing I don't want a virus

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OleTom
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I do download stuff, but I scan it with my virus detecting software first.
I love those free downloads, but I don't care much for the screensavers either. I usually make my own screensavers from my favorite pictures.

I do take virus warnings seriously and a lot of the time they turn out to be bogus, but you can't be too careful these days.