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Update on my computer scare last week...

hoosieroriginal — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 17:55:20 GMT

where I went to a website and suddenly a voice came through saying all of my personal information was hacked. Well, been having a few problems since - went to log on this morning and said "activity low, please use same login name" or something to that effect - had to log out and log back in to get into computer. Called Comcast. She suggested I run the full scan (it has been running for hours and I paused it for awhile) and then to change every password I have. Don't you hate these idiots that make life so difficult for us?

Re: Update on my computer scare last week...

Krimpette — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 18:26:44 GMT

If only these "brilliant" minds would put their minds to something worthwhile!

Re: Update on my computer scare last week...

roxxy1 — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 18:21:43 GMT

@ hoosieroriginal wrote:
where I went to a website and suddenly a voice came through saying all of my personal information was hacked. Well, been having a few problems since - went to log on this morning and said "activity low, please use same login name" or something to that effect - had to log out and log back in to get into computer. Called Comcast. She suggested I run the full scan (it has been running for hours and I paused it for awhile) and then to change every password I have. Don't you hate these idiots that make life so difficult for us?

@hoosieroriginal Yikes, that is scarey. A voice ? I woulda freaked !!!!

Stay safe.

Re: Update on my computer scare last week...

fthunt — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 23:40:00 GMT

I've gotten that about 4 times when researching something on Google - the loud voice - the screen freezes and nothing you do can escape the screen. Voice says bad things just entered my computer and a drop-down message to call (something) to get computer free of virus. So - although I know Crtl - Alt - Delete isn't smart to use - it's the only way, I've found, to get out of the lock-up. Then I shut down my "c" and restart fresh. It works but that voice screaming at you - sets your heart rate up 3 levels.

Re: Update on my computer scare last week...

Stormygirl — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:08:36 GMT

Wow that is scary. I never had that happen (yet) but thanks for the heads up! xxxxxxxxxxxx Stormy