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Just give it a read-through. Remember that the hacker at PB was not trying to harm your computer, but rather to sneak programs in so that it could get information from you. Just running a virus check won't show that.


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I'm so glad you had the resources and skills in place to find and remove those bugs, Sandy. The potential for breeches of internet security and identity theft are real in this day and age, and we have to do what we can to protect ourselves. Anti-virus and firewall protection are great. I'm sure someone has already mentioned this, but we've also got to regularly update anti-virus and other security software so that they can identify the latest junk out there.

I say this next part in the spirit of using information to quash rumors, gossip, and/or worry based on misinformation or faulty assumptions. We don't actually know that the person or persons responsible for hacking Babble have done anything to anyone else's personal computer. I understand you found stuff on yours, Sandy, and that the timing appears to coincide with when Babble was hacked. Still, correlation does not equal causation. Unless you can find out where those came from, and also have knowledge of who hacked Babble, you really can't know if they are one and the same.

Thanks for reading.

gg