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Computer Advice please

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DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 4 Nov 2013 09:32

And if in doubt DO NOT open emails with attachments. Just delete.

Opening some dodgy emails can allow hackers access to your computer

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Elizabeth2469049

Elizabeth2469049 Report 3 Nov 2013 20:26

worth doing a full scan with your security thingy

Researching:
Dominy & Croom in Dorset, Rutherford & McElhatton in Northumberland. Dendy and Thorp

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 3 Nov 2013 20:21

Thanks Kitten Stray

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 3 Nov 2013 20:05

chances are its not a hacker, its just spam,
best way to stop it is to just change your password,
happens from time to time, usually with links to porn sites :-(

Researching:
It wasn't me

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 3 Nov 2013 19:56

Thanks Joy have done that just wondering if they can do much harm

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 3 Nov 2013 18:50

i would mark as spam
and change the email password

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 3 Nov 2013 18:47

OH! Where are the experts when you need them? :-(

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 3 Nov 2013 18:13

I have just had a line from a cousin to say her laptop has been hacked and she had email from me thanking her for sending photos which she didn't .. I didn't send email to her and now find in my inbox one from her headed photos which went straight into Spam. Question can hacker get into my email/computer now?

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson