Whew!
@joyceshookery (2057)
United States
January 5, 2008 2:38pm CST
I ran an Adware scan and it found all this stuff that I don't need on my computer, including tracking cookies, so I allowed it to be quarantined.
Then when I went to my home page itdidn't know who I was. Well I've had that home page a long time, but forgot what my original user name was, and guessed. I guessed incorrectly, so I was considered a new user. "Oh no!" I thought all my email addresses had been wiped out, and all my emails are going to bounce.
Then it hit me. Maybe I had used a different user name on my home page. I signed out and signed back in with my other user name and -- all my stuff came back! What a relief, LOL.
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@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
5 Jan 08
that was close! in my old computer, i also installed adware to prevent me from being infected of spyware and other viruses. what happened was that program was itself infected by spyware. i could not get away with it. so i had to reinstall everything again. i hate those free programs that promised something and not delivering but damaging your pc instead.
@joyceshookery (2057)
• United States
5 Jan 08
That happened to me once. It looked so legitimate. Turned out it WAS the virus. I had to take my computer to the shop to get it cleaned up.
@nokia6233 (937)
• India
8 Jan 08
i too have had adwares that were annoying to me in my computer....
but i havent faced any serious threatrs from them as of until now....hope i too dont get into the situatio that you faced....
@tonyllenium (6252)
• Italy
5 Jan 08
eheh sometimes it happens you should be very careful about you delete or not when you run some program for pc security as adware!!they detect many things and in some cases not all are a threat for your pc too!!luckly you had signed back and all turned as normal!!:)
