Trojan warning.

[Kaz]

Mick warned me this afternoon not to open any unexpected emails with excel attachment, apparently it's a Trojan going around.

Nothing to do with the site, but I thought I's share the info

[meriad]

thanks for that Kaz; warnings and reminders are always good - it's too easy to let your guard down or not pay attention at times.

[Workingman]

I agree, we cannot be too careful. Many of us will not expect to get an Excel spreadsheet in an e-mail, but it is surprising how many people will still open one.

Thanks Kaz & Mick.

[tonicha]

Ta muchly xx

I keep getting e-mails from Adriana, asking me to talk

[Aggers]

I am wary of any Emails from unknown sources, and delete them without reading.

There are other potentially-dangerous things about, too.

A couple of days ago, Mrs A had a error warning (I forget the number) on her tablet.
I Googled it on my laptop and the first thing that came up was a website saying that
I could download a free 'something' that would correct this fault. Delving further into
it I found that the download would take 'only' 15 minutes. I thought, "No way! Do they
think I'm daft". Going back to the Search site I then clicked on a Wikipedia link, that
explained that this Error Notice simply meant that the website concerned had closed
down or moved. Goodness knows what would have been the consequences if I had let
the first website have 15 minutes access to my computer. These rogues should not be
allowed.

[Kaz]

Yes, it pays to be wary Aggers! xx

[Workingman]

Aggers and all. There was a time when your browser would throw an error code, but not much else: 400 Bad file request; 404 File not found; 408 Request timeout; 500 Internal server error, and so on.

They were meaningless to most people so newer browsers give a bit more information: See this Unfortunately some of the explanations look a bit dodgy or almost as confusing as the old error codes! Best bet is to close the tab and try again, and if it does not work, give up - as Homer would say.

[JoM]

Thanks for the warning!