# BEWARE WINDOWS SCAM!!!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559 "2007-04-26T19:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/1 "2007-04-26T19:41:19Z")
If you start up you PC and there is a blue window up that says Windows Piracy…someone else has used your windows account…you need to reactivate you windows account…you need to enter credit card info. Then if you click no your PC shuts down. This is a SCAM. I called windows about it and they said it just came out like 2 days ago and it is just a way to steal your credit card #. I had to restart my PC in safe mode (F8) and go to [www.safety.live.com](http://www.safety.live.com) and run a scan. It didn’t work so I restarted in safe mode again and just restored my PC to an earlier date. So far everything seems fine. If this happens to you here is the phone # to call for help: 1-800-936-5700. ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/2 "2007-04-26T20:20:40Z")
another + for windows users. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/3 "2007-04-27T01:14:30Z")
> [@Build your own electric car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/build-your-own-electric-car/29712/13): > > another + for windows users. Enjoy your kernal panics and over priced hardware:itr41: ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/4 "2007-04-27T01:29:29Z")
so glad i run linux on my machines that matter ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Hero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ccd318/32.png) [@imported\_Hero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/5 "2007-04-27T03:47:35Z")
Ubuntu and Gentoo Linux FTW. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/6 "2007-04-27T05:03:05Z")
thats beat ---
**Author:** ![Quik83Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik83z/32/6042_2.png) [@Quik83Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik83Z)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/7 "2007-04-27T05:51:39Z")
ubuntu + automatix + beryl \> windoze sabayon x64 FTW! ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/8 "2007-04-27T06:42:10Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![PurpleMongoose](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purplemongoose/32/3349_2.png) [@PurpleMongoose](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PurpleMongoose)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/9 "2007-04-27T08:54:13Z")
Anyone that puts in their CC# is a moron that deserves to be fleeced. ---
**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/10 "2007-04-30T07:49:16Z")
> [@How do I get rid of sulfuric acid?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-sulfuric-acid/29797/9): > > Anyone that puts in their CC# is a moron that deserves to be fleeced. True… although I still :love: my mac ---
**Author:** ![scoob8000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@scoob8000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/scoob8000)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/11 "2007-05-01T13:05:55Z")
Spyware FTW! Windoze FTL! ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/12 "2007-05-03T10:42:21Z")
If linux and mac’s were used by more than 8 people worldwide, there would be just as much spyware and virus’s for them. Even with all of the windows flaws, it’s still 100x better than a mac or linux. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/13 "2007-05-17T14:05:07Z")
> [@TW: 2000 R6](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tw-2000-r6/29106/42): > > If linux and mac’s were used by more than 8 people worldwide, there would be just as much spyware and virus’s for them. > > Even with all of the windows flaws, it’s still 100x better than a mac or linux. > > 😃 lol my latest proposal for the mac users was to replace the hardware with windows machines or run vm workstations with xp virtual machines… lol ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/14 "2007-05-17T15:14:50Z")
🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Blazin\_Si](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Blazin\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blazin_Si)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beware-windows-scam/189559/15 "2007-05-18T09:02:42Z")
> [@PARTING OUT 94 RX7 Single Turbo Blown Motor](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parting-out-94-rx7-single-turbo-blown-motor/29851/11): > > True… although I still :love: my mac Same here. 🙂