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New Mac Malware Threat - time to get AV software...
More bad news in the world of Mac. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/05/new-mac-defender-malware-variant-drops-admin-password-requirement.ars Whilst MacDefender/MacProtector/MacSecurity required the user to put in a password to install, the latest scamware variant doesn't. MacGuard works similar to the fake Windows…
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White goods comparison site
Looking for a White goods e.g fridges & freezers comparison site which will allow me to sort them in order of Kwh per annum either a single brand or more preferably all makes & models. Or suggest a more suitable board on MSE for me to repost this request. Thanks
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Pictures (eg JPGs) not showing in Thunderbird
Hello all, I use Thunderbird (3.1.10) as email programme, however sometimes it doesn't display JPGs. For example this morning I received an email telling me that there is a problem at a location so there is a jpg showing a map and a gif for a circle to show "problem here". However these are not displayed there is a border…
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HP or Acer slimline desktop
Hi My HP slimline desktop has finally died despite all your help a few weeks ago to get it sorted! so now I need to replace it with another desktop. I have a large HP screen and have the keyboard and mouse from the last one (wireless). I have found an Acer in Comet (over the road so quite handy to collect but don`t know if…
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Which Internet Explorer
Hello everyonre, I have had several probems with my laptop and have set it back to factory settings. Can anyone help me with which Internet Explorer I need to download as FB says it doesnt support IE6 Also I am needed Anti Virus too, which do you recommend? I shall look forward to your help peeps :beer:
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Cybercrime
Ive been reading a book on crime in the UK (one of 2 I have by the same author, and they make incredibly interesting reading) His section on cybercrime opened my eyes a little to things that have happened under my nose For example - Many people here will use social networking. So a 'friend' might post on their wall for all…
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iPhone 3GS custom ringtone help
Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice re: putting ringtones I've made from iTunes onto my phone. I've made 2 so far (by picking which part of the song I want and chinging it from .m4a to .m4r) but only one of them has gone onto my phone even though they're both in the ringtones bit on my iTunes and both ticked. Is there…
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Trojan viruses
Tonight, my nephew clicked on a link which took you to that fake 'you have a virus on your computer' thing which makes it look like it's coming from your computer. I immediately closed internet explorer which asked me if I wanted to leave the site as it has a virus. I don't understand that. Anyway, it was the same fake…
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Dell Studio XPS 8300 *Solved*
Okay so about 2 weeks ago I bought a brand new Dell Studio XPS 8300 (no one tell me it's crap -that's not what I'm here for) - and it was fine at first but then when I try to rip CDs, or even play CDs, the last two tracks (sometimes more) come out all crackly. And they even play that way on the computer. I have tried…
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Cheap 32inch TV
I'm looking for a cheap 32" TV for a spare room (ie, occassional use). I've seen these two for about £200: Samsung LE32C350 Toshiba 32KV500 Has anybody got any experiance with these or got any better suggestions?
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ACER 3YR NOTEBOOK WARRANTY for £37.98 - worth it?
I see that Ebuyer have 3 year laptop warranties for £37.98 (https://www.ebuyer.com/product/194883). Has anyone ever used one of these? Is the service any good? I presume you have to buy them during the first year of owning your laptop and that they extend the warranty by 2 years in reality.
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Important info about fake malware tool
I've just had a laptop come in. It is the first one I've had my hands on with this particular fake security tool. This is the one where it pops up all kinds of warnings, you find you cannot access any of your files and all the entries in the start menu goes missing. When you fire up Windows Explorer, your hard drive seems…
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New Laptop c. £450
A friend has asked me to find him a laptop for around the £450 mark; he's not a big gamer but he did say he wanted it to last more than a few years before becoming completely obsolete. i was looking at something along the lines of a core i3, dedicated graphics, 500gb hdd, 4gb memory and as many usb and smart card ports as…
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System Restore
I want to restore the computer to undo some recent changes. I have just gone into the control panel and it's in classic view with no column on the left to switch to category view where I know how to get to the system restore option. What do I need to do?
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Alienware?
I'm considering purchasing a M15x Alienware laptop next month. i7 Processor, 6GB RAM Nvidia Graphics card, 320gb harddrive for just over £1000, I've read mostly positive reviews about them but have also notice people saying they've gone downhill since Dell bought them out. Anyone have any experience of these laptops?
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Changed Broadband and now NTLDR is Missing
Hi Guys, My Dell PC has worked fine for years, but on Monday I swapped my Virgin Cable Broadband router/modem over to the new version they sent me, it all went smoothly and my PC was fine. I turned it off that evening, and the next morning all I got was a black screen with NTLDR is Missing, press any key to re-start, which…
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Scammers offer to "help" remove errors
This is a scam that has been running on and off for a while. I was called by a lady from Wizsoft Solutions "a Microsoft partner" who told me my computer has many errors being reported. She wanted me to check up on the errors and passed me onto an engineer who would help. (I already smelled a rat, but went along with this).…
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Bitbox?
Apparently this is the safest browser yet....It was recommended to me by a highly qualified IT person. Has anyone used it yet? http://www.infopackets.com/news/security/2011/20110520_bitbox_could_be_safest_windows_browser_ever.htm
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Cannot connect to xbox360
Hello, I had a new d-link 2680 delivered today for the talk talk network previously having a thomson which failed. I cannot now connect wirelessly with my sons xbox upstairs. It is prompting me to enter the wep key/wap passphrase. There is a wireless password written on the router which I have tried to no avail. There is…
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Dab radio display query.
For some reason, my Sony DAB radio now shows the station twice in the display panel. It started this weekend - any ideas why? Does it matter? Thankyou for any info.
