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Can you believe I got a virus by posting a deal on Woot?

Nov 19, 2012 3:52 PM

OK, I made a mistake and had new comments emailed to me.
But I thought it was a fellow Wooter when I opened the email.
Then it all went bad.

atd15 atd15

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Nope. I can't. What I can believe is you fell for a scam email though.

stile99 stile99
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Sorry someone was a jerk to you and you got a virus. Let's see if the community can help you out with anti-virus software recommendations to help lessen your chances of it happening again!

inkycatz inkycatz
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What are you saying? That you got a spam message and you opened it and downloaded the attachments without verifying the sender or that you opened an email from woot and got a "virus"?

eraten eraten
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AVG, CLAMWIN, any other free virus scanner...

philosopherott philosopherott
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Containment and prevention are needed immediately! superantispyware.com will clear up a bunch of stuff. Good luck!

jsimsace jsimsace

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