girlofprey: (Default)
A few other things:

  • So. For the last few - well, for about a year really my computer has been having memory space issues, and for the last few weeks my Norton Antivirus has been saying it's not up-to-date with its virus definitions, but saying it was something to do with a corrupted catalogue or something. Last night I wanted to order something online and realised I'd have to put my debit card number in. I messed about trying to fix the error, but not getting very far, and called my dad to ask what he thought - he said it would probably be fine and if I got some new software or the problem fixed it would probably take care of any viruses or anything any way. I tried again to do fix the problem, but in the end couldn't and ordered the stuff anyway.

    Today I decided to clear some space and see if that helped, and I deleted a bunch of music from my hard disk, then ran the update thing again, and what do you know, it worked. So I ran a scan of my computer to check there hadn't been any viruses on it - and it picks up and resolves a heuristic virus which turns out to be a trojan-style virus, which on further research can be used to steal data. Like say credit or debit card numbers. It's all resolved now, but does anyone have any tips on what to do? Should I cancel my card? Or just keep an eye on things?


  • In unrelated news, but still somewhat important, I'd like to say that as well as (still) not receiving LJ comments by email, the site now seems to not always been sending comments to my LJ inbox when I click to track things. So if you reply to a comment of mine and I don't reply, or don't reply for a long while, it could well be something to do with that, and I'm sorry.
girlofprey: (Default)
An email I got today:

>PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING:
>>> >
>>> > You should be alert during the next days:
>>> >
>>> > Do not open any message with an attached file called "Invitation "
>>> > regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic
Torch
>>which
>>> > "burns" the whole hard disc of your computer.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail
address
>>> > in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this e-mail
to
>>> > all
>>your
>>> > contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to
>>> > receive the virus and open it.
>>> >
>>> > If you receive a mail called "invitation" , though sent by a
friend,
>>> > do not open it and shut down your computer immediately. This is
the
>>> > worst virus announced, it has been classified by Microsoft as the
>>> > most destructive virus ever.
>>> >
>>> > This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no
>>> > repair
>>yet
>>> > for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector
>>> > of
>>the
>>> > Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept
>>> >
>>> > SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

It might be a fake, but I thought I should post it anyway.
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