<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2008 3:18 PM, Willis Taylor <<a href="mailto:gods-servant@sbcglobal.net">gods-servant@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Tim M wrote:<br>> Yesterday a friend of mine asked me about identity thief protection sites<br>> and she sent me a link to one asking if it was okay. I clicked on the link<br>> on my laptop running
10.7 (also protected with NoScript). Anyway this<br>> morning I was talking to my boss he is in charge of Internet security for a<br>> major company (I work for him part time in his own business). He said that<br>> if she clicked on that site she could have introduced a Trojan into her
<br>> computer. I will not post the site address here . . . anyway, he might have<br>> misunderstood me or I might have misunderstood him. Now I need to tell my<br>> friend, who suffers from panic attacks) to reinstall her system. I guess I
<br>> should listen to my boss . . . I am wondering what the group thinks about<br>> what he said and that if my system might be compromised also.<br>><br>> Tim<br>><br>><br></div></div>Tim,<br>is he running windows?
<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br></div></div></blockquote></div>The friend? Yes, she is still using windows XP. I am concerned about her because her computer is her lifeline but I don't want to needlessly alarm her and send her into a panic.
<br><br>Tim<br>