Computer crashed/possible idenity stolen
12-28-2009, 06:42 PM
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2wheel, we did that today. We went to the police station and got the report number, we went to the post office to let them know what happened. They inturn made a note of our address and to be on the lookout for a possible address change. We also called Social Security office but we kept being disconnected. Call the FTC and got a report number. (They maintain a database of identity theft cases for law enforcement agencies for investigations.) Called Equifax and reported it. (yet another case number) Who will inturn let the other agencies know. Plus we called the IRS. It's tax season time. The guy my husband spoke with said worst case is that they can make up a fake W-2 and collect on it.
I hope and pray that it won't go any further.
Thanks everyone
I hope and pray that it won't go any further.
Thanks everyone
12-28-2009, 06:45 PM
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I am very sorry your computer was attacked. Sounds like it was hijacked. Mine was a year ago. Now we are searching for a new rental home. There are SO many scammers posting that I am hesitant to even trust most. Lately its a before we can give you any information please fill out this credit application first and we will contact you within 24 hours. I decided to check the credit company.. its not a company. They are taking all your information. THankfully I did NOT fill one in but worry how many do and think its legit? wicked people out there. I hope karma kicks their tails. Big time.
12-28-2009, 06:46 PM
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Norton is one of the worse anti virus programs out there. I had it one time and kept chewing viruses. I changed to Avast (which is free) and never had a problem after that. Also ad a good firewall like COMODO and a good real time spyware program like Spyware Terminator. All of these are free and you can find them at cnet.com.
I can send any of my computers in the bowels of hell and come out clean as a whistle!
Billy
I can send any of my computers in the bowels of hell and come out clean as a whistle!
Billy
12-28-2009, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Elisabrat
There are SO many scammers posting that I am hesitant to even trust most. Lately its a before we can give you any information please fill out this credit application first and we will contact you within 24 hours. I decided to check the credit company.. its not a company. They are taking all your information. THankfully I did NOT fill one in but worry how many do and think its legit? wicked people out there. I hope karma kicks their tails. Big time.
12-29-2009, 07:38 AM
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I'm sorrry this happened to you. For similar reasons, I do not use credit cards on the internet. We had a card number stolen when we ordered textbooks for our college student... Who would have thought? We spent several months cleaning up the aftermath. Lucky for us, the credit card company had a fraud dept. that caught the problem before it escalated.
Keep checking those credit reports.
Keep checking those credit reports.
12-29-2009, 10:35 AM
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So sorry to hear about your computer crashing.
I purchased Carbonite a few months and it works.
they back up files everyday.
It is inexpensive and worth the investment when your computer goes down. I wanted it because I had patterns and embroidery files on it.
Hope all turns out OK.
Diana
I purchased Carbonite a few months and it works.
they back up files everyday.
It is inexpensive and worth the investment when your computer goes down. I wanted it because I had patterns and embroidery files on it.
Hope all turns out OK.
Diana
Originally Posted by crkathleen
Our computer got a virus about a week ago. Don't even know how we got it. My husband's been coming home after work and trying to remove it. The virus made it's way into the registery so when he would search the internet it would redirect him to other sites. He thought he had it all removed. (Had Norton antivirus and then we got Trend Micro. Neither one picked it up.) He went to our banking website (it said it was a secured website) and put in his name and password. The next page told him to enter in his info - hubby thought this was ok because he had deleted cookies. To make a long story short, they got his birthdate, social security number, checking account number, debit card number even the 3 numbers on the back of the card. He thought all of this was a little perculiar. He hit enter. Next page asked him to enter his email address and password. That is when he picked up the phone and called the bank. They immediately put a hold on our account. So on the 24th we had to open a new checking account. Then that evening our computer crashed. We went out the next day and picked up a new computer.
The redirct virus sent him to a mimicked page of our banking website. The only difference we saw on that page and our regular banking page was the year at the bottom of the site. It was 2008 when it should have been 2009.
I got an email last night from my bank stating my account was locked because of the pin number was incorrectly put in too many times and to click on this link to reset it. (I believe that was another attempt to get into my computer.)
Sorry, looks like I didn't make this story short.
I lost everything from my yahoo favorites list to all my patterns saved to the hard drive! (Fatcats BOM ect...) but that's all trivial compared to the big picture.
The redirct virus sent him to a mimicked page of our banking website. The only difference we saw on that page and our regular banking page was the year at the bottom of the site. It was 2008 when it should have been 2009.
I got an email last night from my bank stating my account was locked because of the pin number was incorrectly put in too many times and to click on this link to reset it. (I believe that was another attempt to get into my computer.)
Sorry, looks like I didn't make this story short.
I lost everything from my yahoo favorites list to all my patterns saved to the hard drive! (Fatcats BOM ect...) but that's all trivial compared to the big picture.
12-29-2009, 10:51 AM
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Another tip is to look at your email in the preview mode. That way you don't even have to open the email to see what is in it. Some emails that contain viruses and trojan's just have to be open for them to get to you. We use the free anti-virus AVG (free for home use) and they seem to catch everything if you keep it updated. I've used the free version for years with no problems.
12-29-2009, 05:11 PM
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I feel your pain. I am usually so careful with all those scam emails and even had someone try to highjack my debt card, thank goodness Chase Bank has alerts when things go out of the norm on your account. Anyway I got nailed a few months ago, got a instant message on AOL that I thought was my oldest son, clicked on it and bam virus raced through my computer eating my hard drive. I managed to get a few files off before the Geek guys from Best Buy had to totally reformat my hard drive and reload the original Dell software. Expensive to say the least. I got Avast and love it. it even detected and got rid of the virus on the flash drives I had saved some files on. I swear by it now!!
12-29-2009, 05:21 PM
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So sorry about all the drama with your computer. Sounds like you just about have everything covered with the banks and police report etc. I use Trend Internet Security, which so far (touch wood) has been pretty bug proof. The kids think I'm a bit mad not using internet banking, but I am just not willing to trust it. I have used my credit card online (it is not linked to any banking accounts) and so far I've been safe. Thanks for sharing your story...it just may help prevent others having the same thing happen.
12-29-2009, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by crkathleen
Our computer got a virus about a week ago. Don't even know how we got it. My husband's been coming home after work and trying to remove it. The virus made it's way into the registery so when he would search the internet it would redirect him to other sites. He thought he had it all removed. (Had Norton antivirus and then we got Trend Micro. Neither one picked it up.) He went to our banking website (it said it was a secured website) and put in his name and password. The next page told him to enter in his info - hubby thought this was ok because he had deleted cookies. To make a long story short, they got his birthdate, social security number, checking account number, debit card number even the 3 numbers on the back of the card. He thought all of this was a little perculiar. He hit enter. Next page asked him to enter his email address and password. That is when he picked up the phone and called the bank. They immediately put a hold on our account. So on the 24th we had to open a new checking account. Then that evening our computer crashed. We went out the next day and picked up a new computer.
The redirct virus sent him to a mimicked page of our banking website. The only difference we saw on that page and our regular banking page was the year at the bottom of the site. It was 2008 when it should have been 2009.
I got an email last night from my bank stating my account was locked because of the pin number was incorrectly put in too many times and to click on this link to reset it. (I believe that was another attempt to get into my computer.)
Sorry, looks like I didn't make this story short.
I lost everything from my yahoo favorites list to all my patterns saved to the hard drive! (Fatcats BOM ect...) but that's all trivial compared to the big picture.
The redirct virus sent him to a mimicked page of our banking website. The only difference we saw on that page and our regular banking page was the year at the bottom of the site. It was 2008 when it should have been 2009.
I got an email last night from my bank stating my account was locked because of the pin number was incorrectly put in too many times and to click on this link to reset it. (I believe that was another attempt to get into my computer.)
Sorry, looks like I didn't make this story short.
I lost everything from my yahoo favorites list to all my patterns saved to the hard drive! (Fatcats BOM ect...) but that's all trivial compared to the big picture.
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