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Just wondering if anybody has received an Email this morning or last night saying it was from Me, my other half rang me to ask why I'd sent her an Email with a link. This was news to me, but this morning when I was checking my inbox there was a few Email refusal notices for an Email sent to Burnley Web which for course no longer exists, I've just checked my sent box and apparently I've sent this to five people, looks like I've been hacked, So if anybody receives an Email from me don't open it delete it right away

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Now you know I am hopeless with computer technology , Jaysay , but in the past I have received emails on three separate occasions from "someone I know". They have been multiple-type emails or whatever they call them , and each time after I had problems with my computer . What happens ? If you open them are you opening your computer to a virus or other such nuisances ?

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John, scan your computer for virus's as soon as you can, you won't have been hacked, it will be something in your computer system, its happened to me a few times

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My daughter has had this twice, turned out it was a security problem with her providor, they had been hacked,, and she and a lot of other peoples addressed had been compromised, she changed her email account and created new passwords.

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Am about to do that Shaz cheers

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I have now found out who the five people who got this Email on one from AW. sorted thanks

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Ya Colin if you open them it could open you up to some nasty little things delete is the word

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Ya there was some Malware cookies Shaz there ain't any more:D

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stopped getting those when I ditched IE.

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Five? I for one feel hurt, how dare your spammer be so selective?

Are the rest of us not worth a quick spam?

Or have you been keeping a secret diary saying how cheap the rest of us are?




:(

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Thanks , John .

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Jaysay, if you wish to check your security on windows 8,pull the charms from the right hand side in the apps box type Control Panel when opened go for security and maintenance then check all the boxes are ticked.

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Oh I havent had an email either -- I feel left out hehe

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Looks like that bullshine or whatever its called you pay for to protect you from such things is a waste of money :p

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Neil, it has to be set up right to do the job.(and you have to do the updates) A security system is only as good as the person using it, lets it be.
I have bullguard and it suits me just fine.

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Oh come on Less, they can tell what I think about you lot by logging on here occasionally:D

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First time I've had any trouble with mine, could be something to do with W8 am checking

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Mine scans my system every morning, it scans incoming e-mails...updates regularly and I have never had a problem with mine either John...in fact if I have been under threat, the system has warned me and sorted it.
It is certainly better than anything else I have had and it doesn't slow the machine down.

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Are you using the free McAfee with your infinity,John. Touch Wood I have not sent any spam as far as I am aware

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Same here Margaret I once logged on the Burnley Website Bullguard gave me a dangerous wedsite don't enter:D

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Wouldn't have Mcafee free Frank, sacked them years ago

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It works ok with me

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It did with me at first, then bang new computer, doesn't get a good press with internet users

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My new pc 1 month old would not boot up yesterday at all. Rang HP Tech Guys and apparantley it was an IE8 update that caused the problem.With their help I did a ull rcovery. I'm not that keen on IE8

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I have never paid fer any of that protection rubbish, always used free uns recommended by friends etc, n after 9/10 yrs i certainly aint gonna invest in the crap now.

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On a strong recommendation from soe of the folks on here I ditched IE....have never looked back....and have never had the same kind of security issues either.
Firefox for me...but it is individual choice...as in life.
Cashy, I got badly burnt with a free anti virus system....and it cost me to get my computer fixed...it ruined my trust in the free ones.......I did have Norton...for about 5 minutes.......that was not for me.
I'm happy with what I have got...and that is what it is all about.

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Have no idea how these things work Margaret, But was yer trouble wi the free when yeh were using I.E.? Reason i ask that is fact i had no end of trouble when i used it, Switched to firefox many yrs ago n things are fine.:)

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I suspect that Microsoft updates sometimes sabotages Firefox.

I sometimes have had to use system restore to get rid of those updates until Firefox overcomes the sabotage with an update of their own.

I am not very computer savvy - I may be wrong but am just speaking from experience.

I now only download Microsoft updates when I want to.

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Yes it was Cashy...so you may have something there...but when trust is lost...it is gone.
I trust what I am using...though I do realise it is like everything in life...it only works if you do(you have to set it up right and make sure you do the updates and scan your system at regular intervals - and make sure you have your back-up up to date).

Margaret, the windows updates ...they do not seem to affect firefox for me...but I could not begin to tell you why that is...I couldn't even hazard a guess.

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How do I do that, please Clayton? ( in simple English as Iìm one of those who just pretends to know what she is doing!!

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Snap, i aint a clue what hes on about,:confused: Though i dont pretend i,m just computer stupid. lol

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I think the advice will only make sense if you have the Windows 8 operating system.
I don't....I have windows 7.

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You need to be operating Windows Eight like John has and is now on any new computer bought,it works completely different to all the other Windows programs, it also includes Margaret's pet hate the new I E 10. Hope that is simple don't touch unless you have W 8.

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Can windows 8 run firefox as an alternative to IE 10........I was alright with IE up to 6 after that I hated it.

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I should think so.

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if that is the case, I would be shot of IE as soon as.

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Looked on Google Firefox not yet, only up to W 7.

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Windows 8 is not on any new computer bought. Just ordered 2 new Dell PC's with Windows 7 on them

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I recall paying Dell £50 extra to have XP instead of Vista.

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Its funny when I install win7 then do all the updates M$ make you aware of a handful of browsers and gives you the choice to choose an alternate one. It would be odd to purposefully offer you alternatives and then sabotage them. But. That wouldn't surprise me.

I always update IE. I just never use it.

IMO the only reason for not running windows updates is when running an dodgy copy...

Yay to firefox. Though I prefer Chrome now....

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I have just replaced a laptop and I purposely chose one with Windows 7 on it.....though I did notice that they were getting harder(not hard) to find.
I called one supplier to ask if I could have the laptop which was on sale, but have Windows 7 on it.....he asked why would I want to have an old operating system.....I told him that was my business...could he supply one or not...No, was his reply. I went elsewhere.

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Thats a good reason companies cease trading.:rolleyes:

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That's funny Neil when I ordered a new Dell laptop it came with W8 :confused:

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A lot of people forget that the customer is king cashy, money spends anywhere especially in this day and age

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That is because a judge forced them to do it

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It was a no cost option - I suspect quite a few businesses are avoiding Windows 8 at the moment because of the impact it would have on productivity being to different to Windows 7

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On there web site all the ones I looked at were available with Windows 7 or 8

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Wasn't it the E. U. Neil?

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Yes it was a typical stupid EU ruling

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I never knew about that hehe...

EU and their stupid rulings..... the one to do with sound level makes most mp3 players irritatingly low in sound

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Maybe you should get some of those stupid large headphones that make you look like a radio DJ :D

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:) I have a couple pair of large headphones.... I wont use In-Ear headphones again after having to go to the hospital to have part of one removed from my ear! :p

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Your deaf-innately(sic) right not using those teeny weeny ones Rob:D

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firefox is the best especially with adblock addon but google chrome is just one nasty peice of malware in its self but if you trust and like google then fair play to ya.

explorer used to be good but tehir security updates got further and further apart and too many bad things were been reported mainly due to microsofts lazyness so i switched

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I have recently received two emails purporting to come from DHL and Royal Mail. One said there was a parcel to be collected by me from the depot, and the other said a parcel supposedly posted by me was held up at customs. Both emails had attachments which I did not open. This is a scam so be aware in case you get similar.