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    How to remove Gramblr?

    Hi Friends, I had installed this Gramblr app on my El Capitan MBP. But now I want to remove it, and not able to... When I delete it from the applications folder, it gets deleted, but strangely re-appears in a few seconds, like a ***** virus... Can someone please help, on how do I get rid it...
  2. wammygiveaway

    iPod touch Protecting Your Music And Your iPod: How?

    The latest news that Apple supposedly deletes all traces of your music without your consent or knowing has made me weary of downloading iTunes again. Even though my songs are stored in an external drive and I am not subscribed to Apple Music (a pre-requisite for said manner to occur, I suppose)...
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    iPod touch Signs of a bugged iPod?

    I have reason to suspect someone may have wanted to bug/wiretap my iPod for calls made through Google Hangouts, skype, and facebook messenger. Some weird things I'm not sure are signs or not of a bugged iPod: - Storage usage on iPod reads 9.7GB used, however in adding up all the listed apps...
  4. Riwam

    Resolved Is it a virus? Win 10 boots a green desktop and stops

    I installed in my aged MacBook 4.1 early 2008 Windows 10 besides my OSX. Everything worked for a while reasonably well for such an old mac.;) Yesterday when I booted on the Windows side, I was greeted by a very nice lanscape picture with 2 questions on one corner, if I like it or if I don't...
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    Welcome to Nginx issue

    Howdy, whenever i enter a url into my browser that doesn't actually link to a site(e.g blank.blank/) or click an old link that no longer links to a site i am redirected to a page that says " Welcome to nginx! If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working...
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    Safari alert scam; Am I being watched and can I plug my phone into my computer?

    I got a pop up on my IPhone 6s saying I know this is a scam and I know not to call the number but I heard the hacker wants you to plug your phone into your computer so he can steal your information but I didn't call so can I plug my phone into my computer or can I never do that again? I also...
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    Is my computer hacked?

    I have a Macbook Air (2010) OS 10.10.4 Today I was on the computer and my iSight camera light randomly came on. I quickly checked my dock to see if anything was running that I wasn't aware of. I saw that Java was opened and when I clicked the icon it came up as 'stub'. I immediately closed the...
  8. KarlaK

    MAC virus & backup

    I have a MACbook Pro. It's been infected with a virus. I want to back it up but will the virus affect my external hard drive? What should I do? Please advise.
  9. levet

    Bug or actual problem?

    So about a week and a half ago I got a message saying I need to change my iphone 6 passcode within 60 minutes. I did so from a 4 to 8 digit passcode. No problems until a couple days ago when i plugged my iphone into my mac to charge and I got a message saying that there was an update available...
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    Trovi Virus

    I have a Trovi virus on my mac and macbook pro (surprise, surprise). I have tried numerous ways of getting rid of it, but to no avail. Any other suggestions? Thank you frustrated