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    www.updatenow.org?

    I've just logged on at home for the first time in awhile and I keep getting Messenger Service pop ups telling me I need to download a patch from www.updatenow.org?
    Sounds v dodgy to me but am just slightly clueless when it comes to things in computer world.
    Anyone want to offer some wisdom? And before you ask my Virus software has expired...

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    buy a mac
    they rock
    life is random

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    Shopping trip to London or buy a Mac??
    Hmmm...tough one!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by niamh
    I've just logged on at home for the first time in awhile and I keep getting Messenger Service pop ups telling me I need to download a patch from www.updatenow.org?
    Sounds v dodgy to me but am just slightly clueless when it comes to things in computer world.
    Anyone want to offer some wisdom? And before you ask my Virus software has expired...
    Never heard of it so it could be dodgy.. If your not sure don't do it.. go to the microsoft site and see can you find the patch they are saying to download and do it from there if necessary
    They don't even say what the problem is exactly...
    Last edited by Eire06; 14/03/2005 at 12:36 PM.

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    Yup. There was another link to a site with the word microsoft in it but it def wasn't the official microsoft website. Thanks though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niamh
    Shopping trip to London or buy a Mac??
    Hmmm...tough one!!
    just missed you on ichat there
    was at lunch when u pinged me
    life is random

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    Thanks Adam. That would be the last thing I'd have thought of doing!

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    Just disable Messenger. It's only useful on corporate networks, and it's rarely even used there. You'll find plenty of instructions on the search results above.

    adam

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    Quote Originally Posted by niamh
    Shopping trip to London or buy a Mac??
    Hmmm...tough one!!
    Id probably go for the 14" iBook myself
    As I say, we're just young & a bit nieve.

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