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[CaliJeff]

I got this email from my father, he works for the gov. Looks like the virus only affects Windows computers. U apple guys are lucky!

Subject: URGENT NOTICE! PHISHING EMAIL WARNING: Microsoft Critical Live
Update -Scam
Importance: High

PLEASE READ! PHISHING EMAIL WARNING!

An email spam message with the subject "Microsoft Critical Live Update"
coming from the sender identified as Microsoft Corporation has been
reported to the Helpdesk from some of our users. This message is a
fraudulent email. If you have received this message, DO NOT open it.
DELETE this email immediately. The installation will crash your
computer. Please be aware that any message asking you to install
software or patches is suspicious and should NEVER be opened or need to
be installed. All software patches are handled by the Service Center IT
Department.

[DEATH]

Uh - my HP Media Center m7160n just did the same thing. The DVD drives won't register and the icons for the shortcuts have ?'s on them now.

[GriffGirl]

Uh - my HP Media Center m7160n just did the same thing. The DVD drives won't register and the icons for the shortcuts have ?'s on them now.

If you can get it online, see if you can DL a new driver for the DVD drive, probably from the Microsoft site since the driver pertains to the OS. However, could be the HP site since the drive itself is supplied (but likely not made by) HP. You should be able to enter your computer's model number and find out which DVD was supplied with it.

As for your shortcuts having ?s, it's because the OS isn't recognizing the filepath to the program their shortcutting to. You should be able to double-click the shortcut icon and relink it to the program. Otherwise you'll have to create new shortcuts and get rid of the bad aliases.

When I said earlier I had heard/experienced only bad things w/HPs, it was specifically w/their laptops. I have no experience whatsoever w/their towers. I don't even know if they still make towers.

Incidently Havok, apples go just fine with pancakes, haven't you ever had apples and cinnamon pancakes? They're tasty! Probably more of an IHOP special than a Denny's specialty though.

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Feb 11, 2008 - 3:41 PM

[Havok1997GT]

Uh - my HP Media Center m7160n just did the same thing. The DVD drives won't register and the icons for the shortcuts have ?'s on them now.

If you can get it online, see if you can DL a new driver for the DVD drive, probably from the Microsoft site since the driver pertains to the OS. However, could be the HP site since the drive itself is supplied (but likely not made by) HP. You should be able to enter your computer's model number and find out which DVD was supplied with it.

As for your shortcuts having ?s, it's because the OS isn't recognizing the filepath to the program their shortcutting to. You should be able to double-click the shortcut icon and relink it to the program. Otherwise you'll have to create new shortcuts and get rid of the bad aliases.

When I said earlier I had heard/experienced only bad things w/HPs, it was specifically w/their laptops. I have no experience whatsoever w/their towers. I don't even know if they still make towers.

Incidently Havok, apples go just fine with pancakes, haven't you ever had apples and cinnamon pancakes? They're tasty! Probably more of an IHOP special than a Denny's specialty though.

yah, but something about the apple juice and pancakes dont mix to me.

maybe a better example would be orange juice and chocolate. You cant tell me thats not nasty