# My mom just fell for an "antivirus" scam

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-just-fell-for-an-antivirus-scam/524543 "2010-01-11T19:31:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-just-fell-for-an-antivirus-scam/524543/21 "2010-01-12T20:10:22Z")

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Well she should take comfort that she isn’t the first to fall for that scam and she won’t be the last.

Let’s face it we’ve all been taken before 🙂

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**Author:** ![raspberry\_hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-just-fell-for-an-antivirus-scam/524543/22 "2010-01-12T21:50:17Z")

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> [@jk1245](#):
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> Juts to reassure, it’s not that hard once you figure out what to do.

Thanks for the reassurance and the tips! She’s coming on Saturday so hopefully we can get this thing fixed right away… but dang, we’re going to be watching her like a hawk every time she tries to do anything on our computers.

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