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10-17-2002, 11:06 PM
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Mephistopheles
 Join Date: June 13, 2001
Location: Northfield, NJ USA
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I hope evryone on this forum takes as many precautions as they can when it comes to protecting your online privacy. Last Sunday evening I went back to review an email I sent to someone in my Sent Mail file. Listed were a score of emails I never sent, using my account, and sending them out to people concerning Dish TV. Somehow and someway someone hacked my ISP password. How they discovered my password I haven't a clue because I have NEVER given it out. So be careful out there and change your passwords from time to time.
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10-17-2002, 11:09 PM
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Ra
 Join Date: March 11, 2001
Location: Ant Hill
Age: 50
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That sucks! Invest in a firewall!
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10-17-2002, 11:15 PM
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Gold Dragon
 Join Date: June 18, 2002
Location: Wolfville, NS / Calgary, AB
Age: 38
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Are you sure it wasn't a worm or something? Lots of those are goin' around.
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10-18-2002, 12:15 AM
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Galvatron
 Join Date: May 9, 2001
Location: The backwoods in Georgia *sigh*
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10-18-2002, 01:04 AM
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Mephistopheles
Join Date: June 13, 2001
Location: Northfield, NJ USA
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Redblueflare, I have screened for viruses but I always thought that was in the realm of files and folders. I didn't know the CPU unit itself was scanned. Is there a special way to do this or do virus scans such as McAlfree or Symantec take care of this?
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10-18-2002, 01:35 AM
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Galvatron
Join Date: May 9, 2001
Location: The backwoods in Georgia *sigh*
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 Z or some other cpu expert we need you! I don't know much about worms but they can't be good for your computer. Well didn't I just speak the obvious...  Oh the cpu unit! I can do that. Scan your hard drive. On most cpu's this is the C drive. If you have any extra hard drives scan them too! Hope that helps. What were you scanning before?[ 10-18-2002, 01:37 AM: Message edited by: Redblueflare ]
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10-18-2002, 02:25 AM
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Ironworks Webmaster
Join Date: January 4, 2001
Location: Lakeland, Florida
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10-18-2002, 05:20 AM
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Jack Burton
 Join Date: November 10, 2001
Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux
Age: 38
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Z or some other cpu expert we need you! I don't know much about worms but they can't be good for your computer. Well didn't I just speak the obvious... Oh the cpu unit! I can do that. Scan your hard drive. On most cpu's this is the C drive. If you have any extra hard drives scan them too! Hope that helps. What were you scanning before?[/QUOTE]RBF, the terminology you`re using is *realy* confusing Albromor  The cpu does NOT mean the whole computer, as you`re using it, but infact it is the Central Processing Unit. It is a tiny chip with a HUGE fan hidden away deep within your system unit (read: the metal box that isn`t the monitor). You can`t scan your CPU for viri, as the CPU is a *physical* thing [img]tongue.gif[/img] Albromor- he means scan your entire computer
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10-18-2002, 12:37 PM
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Emerald Dragon
 Join Date: July 16, 2002
Location: The Abyss
Age: 37
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All anyone would need to do would be to brute force it [img]smile.gif[/img]
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