I'm BACK

[Abbeysdad2]

Hi all - Like a bad habit, I'm back! I had to register anew as Abbeysdad2 as I got hacked and lost my stuff.
I'm still missing my old friend Byron, but life goes on ... well for a time.

 

[GaryE]

In the time I've been here, I've seen your occasional postings and really appreciated them.

I never got to know Byron as a person, but as a person who shared knowledge on fish, he's really missed. He was a big, positive presence on this forum.

And now, I'm glad to see you're back.

 

[Fishmanic]

Welcome back Abbeysdad.
What do you mean by you were hacked. Did you forget your original password?

 

[Naughts]

Welcome back
Good to hear from you

 

[PheonixKingZ]

welcome back man!

 

[Abbeysdad2]

Welcome back Abbeysdad.
What do you mean by you were hacked. Did you forget your original password?

I was using Chrome as my browser. While in Facebook I saw someone had messaged me. As soon as I clicked on it I got a screen indicating there was a security breach so Microsoft locked my pc. It looked legit but it clearly was a scam to get me to call a bogus support number and who knows what would happen next. Of course I didn't call the number! In the process of purging infected Chrome and switching to Firefox, I lost all of my password information. With so many accounts and passwords I tried a recovery here, but must have used an old email I didn't remember so recovery failed and I had to re-register a new account.

 

[jaylach]

I was using Chrome as my browser. While in Facebook I saw someone had messaged me. As soon as I clicked on it I got a screen indicating there was a security breach so Microsoft locked my pc. It looked legit but it clearly was a scam to get me to call a bogus support number and who knows what would happen next. Of course I didn't call the number! In the process of purging infected Chrome and switching to Firefox, I lost all of my password information. With so many accounts and passwords I tried a recovery here, but must have used an old email I didn't remember so recovery failed and I had to re-register a new account.

Ya, I've seen that scam. They do it over the phone too.

 

[emeraldking]

Nice to have you back...

 

[lottabubbles]

I was using Chrome as my browser. While in Facebook I saw someone had messaged me. As soon as I clicked on it I got a screen indicating there was a security breach so Microsoft locked my pc. It looked legit but it clearly was a scam to get me to call a bogus support number and who knows what would happen next. Of course I didn't call the number! In the process of purging infected Chrome and switching to Firefox, I lost all of my password information. With so many accounts and passwords I tried a recovery here, but must have used an old email I didn't remember so recovery failed and I had to re-register a new account.

had that same scam on my wife's desktop 2 days ago. I just turned the power strip off and it never affected anything.

 

[Back in the fold]

Hey Man ! Really missed you . You’re like one of the Guru’s around here and it’s super nice knowing you’re around again .

 

[jaylach]

had that same scam on my wife's desktop 2 days ago. I just turned the power strip off and it never affected anything.

It won't actually cause harm. You don't even have to shut down the system, at least not a Windows system. Just hit Alt/Crtl/Del and select Task Manager. In Task Manager you can force a shutdown of the web browser. Even though the false warnings don't look like it they are still browser windows.

 

[Oldspartan]

Seen that scam too. Another reason I try to avoid facebook.

Looking forward to tapping your knowledge.