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Spam comp on ul computers?

augusta24 · 2011-10-10 12:28:10

Hi all I was just in one of the comp labs and a message popped up when I opened Internet explorer stating somethin along the lines of , you've just won ul campus competition, enter you're contact info for your prize. I obviously closed it as it sounded like a scam but I was just wondering is this common as it seemed…

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10-10-2011 1:28pm

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augusta24

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Hi all

I was just in one of the comp labs and a message popped up when I opened Internet explorer stating somethin along the lines of , you've just won ul campus competition, enter you're contact info for your prize. I obviously closed it as it sounded like a scam but I was just wondering is this common as it seemed unusual that it's on ul computers?

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#2 10-10-2011 3:27pm
Polar Ice

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Did it pop up in a web browser?
Did it pop up as a dialogue that said "messenger service" in the top left corner?

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#3 10-10-2011 5:32pm
Sid_Justice

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get a screen shot pls

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#4 10-10-2011 6:49pm
highlydebased

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Probably a bit like the "bomb in the room" thing that happened once or twice last year

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#5 12-10-2011 11:30pm
augusta24

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No screen shot I'm afraid but I'll be back in there again and will try the same comp again and get one :-)

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