re: Fake CNN News email alerts are circulating extensively

Racetimer — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:02:50 GMT

I just received this e-mail and thought it was iffy - BUT - it said B of A just announced bankruptcy and I clicked on the link to story.

It came back with "you must upload the newest version of ?? player" to see video"

I KNEW there was a problem at that point but it would not allow me to exit - kept coming back with the same window.

Bottom line, in trying to get out of the loop I hit the "allow" button by mistake.

I immediately did a cntrol/alt/delete and closed browser but - -

Did I get a virus/trojan/etc. in the short time before I closed the browser?

How do I know if I got infected?

I was/am running McAfee - did it stop any possible download?

I am currently running a complete McAfee scan, anything else I should do?

Thanks for the help.