Yesterday I read a post at bogleheads.org that sounded interesting. It was
for the camel^3.com site that supposedly tracks Amazon prices over time. I typed in the url and stared at the screen which didn't seem to be exactly what I expected (but I had never seen it before). I picked the most likely selection and clicked it. Then all hell broke loose.......a message popped up that I was infected by something, don't turn the computer off, and call some tollfree number. I tried to click out of that, go back, exit the link, many things but the screen kept popping back. I then tried to shut the computer off by pressing the on/off switch. Nothing seemed to happen and when I pushed it again, the message said it was in the process of shutting down......seemed like eternity but finally it shut off.
I didn't realize it at the time but I had mis-typed the url and left one of the 3
"l"s in camel^3 out. I was a bit suspicious because the screen said it had detected chrome (correct) and windows (incorrect since this is a Macbook).
I cleared the Chrome cache/history so that the bad link was not be there.
Everything seemed to be fine but I was worried about residual effect.
I called Apple Support today and the rep seemed to think everything was fine. He said these bad guys aren't so much interested in infecting you as getting money from you if you call that tollfree number. He said he gets 10 calls a day like this and is 100% sure everything is ok. I asked if he would be 110% sure and he said yes.
Do you believe him?
for the camel^3.com site that supposedly tracks Amazon prices over time. I typed in the url and stared at the screen which didn't seem to be exactly what I expected (but I had never seen it before). I picked the most likely selection and clicked it. Then all hell broke loose.......a message popped up that I was infected by something, don't turn the computer off, and call some tollfree number. I tried to click out of that, go back, exit the link, many things but the screen kept popping back. I then tried to shut the computer off by pressing the on/off switch. Nothing seemed to happen and when I pushed it again, the message said it was in the process of shutting down......seemed like eternity but finally it shut off.
I didn't realize it at the time but I had mis-typed the url and left one of the 3
"l"s in camel^3 out. I was a bit suspicious because the screen said it had detected chrome (correct) and windows (incorrect since this is a Macbook).
I cleared the Chrome cache/history so that the bad link was not be there.
Everything seemed to be fine but I was worried about residual effect.
I called Apple Support today and the rep seemed to think everything was fine. He said these bad guys aren't so much interested in infecting you as getting money from you if you call that tollfree number. He said he gets 10 calls a day like this and is 100% sure everything is ok. I asked if he would be 110% sure and he said yes.
Do you believe him?