That is very true!, Do not respond, just ignore it, let it go, and for heaven's sake, DO NOT be curious and click. Also, on Facebook, they have sometime these pictures with a link that go around that people get curious and click. Usually, after a person gets burned once, usually people learn for the rest of their life, not to click the odd looking link. Nothing will happen as long as you DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
There are ways to check to see if links are good too. (but please don't do it to any of these goofy weird links we've been seeing lately for heaven's sake). Sometimes somebody might send you a link in an email that they want you to check out. Well, they don't know maybe that they are passing along inadvertently a bad link. So, what you do for safety is to copy/paste the link into an Internet Explorer browser page and then Internet Explorer's security will usually check it for you by, if it's bad, coming up with a page that tells you that the link was not good.
McAfee has a little program in their software that is on your computers that have it, a program to download that's called McAfee Site Advisor. It's so easy. When you google things, all the links that come up, they show the good links in green, and the bad links in red. There are sometimes yellow or grayed out question marks next to some links too, but I would not touch those with the 10 foot pole either. So, check out McAfee Site Advisor and see if there's a download. You'll be glad you did.
So just be smart, don't click the link and learn from others who have had to learn before you please. It's happened to everybody, so please don't think you're immune because you have a certain kind of computer. At least keep your automatic update on your Anti-virus software ON and keep it current. That is the best. If something does try to get on your computer, the antivirus will go up like an iron wall and catch it, as long as you have it on automatic updates and in current good standing paid for. Just remember it does not make your friend (who probably knows nothing about it) or Facebook, it does not make them evill. We can used tools like these wisely. Education is the best preventative.
Hope I didn't sound preachy, just wanted to review some things if somebody didn't know some of those things you could do to stay safe.
Diane
From: Piano_Files@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Piano_Files@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Laurence Payne
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:53 PM
To: Piano_Files@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Piano_Files] (unknown)
>I don't know who you are but I do wish you would stop sending this garbage to this web sight. Thank you.
There is no point whatsoever in replying to spam. It can even be counter-productive – it tells them they've reached a "live" recipient.
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