General Chat

Thanks George it makes me feel better to know im not the only one to have sent it and no offence taken Deanna.

Pauline x.

Oh yes Pauline you did it for our good and I did not mean to put you down.... SORRY............
Deanna X

I looked it up and it seems that it is a hoax.

Deanna X

Whenever you get a similar message it makes sense to check on sites like one of the following. There are a number of hoaxes that go around some of which pretend to be cries for help or money so it isn't just viruses.
I find these sites useful.
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp
http://www.f-secure.com/hoaxes/hoax_index.shtml
http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/
for "urban legends" this is good
http://www.snopes.com/

Sue
x

Thank you Errol, that would be great.

Tina x

Errol

That's a good idea it will help a lot of people. It's amazing how many people don't know how to copy and paste especially those who have their first computer. Perhaps you and Colin could do your own Dummies guide for newbies to pc's.
Pat

Colin I have loads of tips I have written in plain English for clients and people on here. If you have any ideas for a PC help thread give me a shout.

Thanks Tina for your kind words i have also learnt a lot today from my thread and im hoping to learn a bit more.

Pauline x.

Thank you Pauline,

Without this info I would be totally misinformed, alot of things have been clarified for me.

Tina x

Just copied and pasted and it said an error has occured in the symantec knowledge base. Error can also be due to a temp problem with there servers but i will try again later thankyou

Pauline.

Hi Bob :):)

I learnt the hard way back then :):)

We will have to see what we can do to add the computer help thread, I am always open to learning new things myself to :)

Wifes calling me now, have to go into town :)

Catch up a little later :)

oooops Colin, Errol..Pauline
looks like I have learned something through this thread as well.......
yep I think some info on worms n things would go well........No,I dont use Outlook Express at all,just AOL, and Hotmail

Bob

Hi Errol :):)

Perhaps we can work together on a general computer help thread :):)

Copy and paste into IE - it's quite a good breakdown of the differences.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/f70575ac
37738e6a88256689006d4438/024c927836400f52882567
5100593eb2

Thanks Colin and All

Maybe bringing back a thread about Trogans and Worms etc would help peeps like me to understand a bit more about that side of the p c.

Pauline.

I was just wondering if it may be time for a revival of an old thread we once had, it explained the differences between Trojans, Worms, general hoaxes etc etc.

One I had here in the past would have been deleted some time ago,

Hi All :):)

Errol , I agree with you about the self extracting viruses, so many have been caught by those in the past. Just by opening something that contains the self extracting file a virus can enter the computer.

Pauline please leave the thread because it will make people more aware of a number of issues.

No don't delete, its relevant