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From: kraut on 10 May 2010 10:45


From http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/f1key.asp



Microsoft has issued a warning against a new virus that they do not
yet have a patch for ... it is attached to Internet Explorer and the
user will get a window prompt requesting them to press the F1 key.
Doing this then causes malicious code to be run on your computer.

So ... DO NOT press F1 if you are prompted - no matter how many times.
Evidently, it will pester you repeatedly. Either X out of the window
or Explorer all together.


From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 10 May 2010 11:27
"kraut" <kraut3852(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a07gu5d8o8grfdbepb7gkv802p3qjakevo(a)4ax.com...
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>
> From http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/f1key.asp
>
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> Microsoft has issued a warning against a new virus that they do not
> yet have a patch for ... it is attached to Internet Explorer and the
> user will get a window prompt requesting them to press the F1 key.
> Doing this then causes malicious code to be run on your computer.
>
> So ... DO NOT press F1 if you are prompted - no matter how many times.
> Evidently, it will pester you repeatedly. Either X out of the window
> or Explorer all together.

It's a software exploit, *not* a virus.


From: David H. Lipman on 10 May 2010 16:39
From: "kraut" <kraut3852(a)yahoo.com>

Snopes is NOT an authorative source.

http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0483

It is a vulnerability, NOT a virus !

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp


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