[SOLVED] Someone is trying to rip me off!

So far, it's been about 12 hours since I changed my password to regain access, I didn't have a problem logging in a minute ago. So whatever happened, or if someone did try to gain access, it hasn't happened again, or the account would be flagged again.

Hopefully, it was a coincidence, a weird one at that, if it happens again, I'll just have to change my user name.

I know that many of the regulars here knows that I'm a security freak. I've toned that down some. But if there's one thing that makes me paranoid above everything else, it's the thought of someone screwing with my money.

If I were to catch someone doing so, I'd beat him/her to death with my cane!

Cat

Well protecting your PC from viruses is one thing but accessing your money is identity theft and is a heck of a lot bigger issue than reformatting your harddrive and reinstalling your OS, so I can totally agree with your concern. Hopefully it doesn't pop up again.

I have all passwords for banking and savings etc on a plug in memory stick. I don't type them into websites, I highlight, copy and paste.

That's one thing that I need to learn, is to copy & paste. What computing skills that I have were either self learned, or someone walked me through it. Being that I hardly ever have company, and my spouse knows nothing (neither cares to) about computers.

I'll have to research and print out instructions on this.

Thanks, andsome.

Cat

To copy, select/highlight the information with your mouse then hit ctrl+C (or right-click and choose copy)

To paste, position the cursor where you want it using the mouse and a single left-click then hit ctrl+V or shift+Ins (or right-click and choose paste)

Thanks TM, I'll have to do some practicing on this. That's why sometimes my links lead to nowhere, I'm manually typing them in, and usually it'll be right. But on long links, this is time consuming, and very difficult if it's a long one, where you can't see the entire link.

Cat