<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’m reluctant to suggest major surgery and I hope someone has a good idea <div><br></div><div>A middle ground might be reinstalling the OS. There are tools from Microsoft and perhaps your computer vendor to help. Wait to see if there are any other options before going down this road.<br><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 10, 2023, at 3:47 PM, John Rudy via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: Helvetica; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They are back, so Malware Bytes didn’t do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Adam Broun <abroun@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 10, 2023 3:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> jjrudy1@comcast.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Lex Computer Group <lctg@lists.toku.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] an issue<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Check the home page settings in your browser. My guess is a script got triggered that put something funky in there. And try running the inbuilt Windows virus scan.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Nov 10, 2023, at 15:27, John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Starting this morning I began to receive these messages. I assumed that they were a scam and I do not believe I have McAfee on my system. I have not clicked on either t</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the Yes or No Thanks. But they are covering things up and I seem unable to get rid of them.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I did close down mail and rebooted, but they are back. Any thoughts?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><image002.png></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John Rudy</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-861-0402</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-718-8334 cell</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bedford MA</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><image001.png><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>Send to the list:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">LCTG@lists.toku.us</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Message archives:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>To subscribe: email<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> To unsubscribe: email<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>Future and Past meeting information:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://lctg.toku.us/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">http://LCTG.toku.us</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>List information:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>This message was sent to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:abroun@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">abroun@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">.<br>Set your list options:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/abroun@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/abroun@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><span>===============================================</span><br><span>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::</span><br><span>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.</span><br><span>Send to the list: LCTG@lists.toku.us Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</span><br><span>To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe@toku.us To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</span><br><span>Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us</span><br><span>List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</span><br><span>This message was sent to palbin24@yahoo.com.</span><br><span>Set your list options: http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/palbin24@yahoo.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>