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Seem to have encountered an issue with thunderbird and ZoneAlam

Recently purchased a new HP laptop. And installed my ZoneAlarm without issue. Then downloaded Thunderbird and installed it. On opening ZA went berserk constantly alerting… (read more)

Recently purchased a new HP laptop. And installed my ZoneAlarm without issue. Then downloaded Thunderbird and installed it. On opening ZA went berserk constantly alerting every few seconds saying there was a Bot. See attached screenshot from the last instance of this. Deleted Thunderbird and the problem disappeared. Was the problem actually caused by Thunderbird and have you any idea what was trying to access the website in the screenshot and what the website is that it was trying to access?

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existing emails are not password protected, password only good to retrieve new emails. If you open Thunderbird and password window appears and hit cancel all existing emails are exposed for viewing

existing emails are not password protected, password only good to retrieve new emails. If you open Thunderbird and password window appears and you hit cancel all existing… (read more)

existing emails are not password protected, password only good to retrieve new emails. If you open Thunderbird and password window appears and you hit cancel all existing emails are exposed for viewing. This is a security issue.

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Can previous DuckDuckGo stop fire focus using old passwords

Changed to Firefox from duck duck go. Everything still under duck duck go with passwords. Signed up with Firefox focus and still duck duck go passwords came up to open ap… (read more)

Changed to Firefox from duck duck go. Everything still under duck duck go with passwords. Signed up with Firefox focus and still duck duck go passwords came up to open app for IDX . Now put password for Firefox… will this stop DuckDuckGo using old passwords? Can I use IDX with cookies for protection on phone?

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Can't get rid of "Add Security Exception" pop-up

Sometime ago, when I was regularly using more than one computer, I thought I'd found a way to have my Thunderbird address book centrally located and accessible from both … (read more)

Sometime ago, when I was regularly using more than one computer, I thought I'd found a way to have my Thunderbird address book centrally located and accessible from both computers. I got no success from attempting this, but have suffered some side-effects every since. Configuring Thunderbird back then somehow involved using the location "demo.sogo.nu" and I believe it related to a security certificate. What used to happen was, soon after rebooting the computer, I'd get a couple of pop-up messages about connecting to demo.sogo.nu that I could clear away easily. Recently, something changed regarding this certificate and I now get pop-ups (screenshot attached) that continually bother me to create a security exception. I want these gone! I've gone into the Certificate Manager and can't find anything under the Server tab to delete. One other clue is a second screenshot that I discovered somewhere in Thunderbird that actually shows the *.sogo.nu certificate - but offers no way to delete it! Can anyone give me a hand? My only alternative is to literally annihilate Thunderbird and start from scratch, but I really don't want to go there.

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Notifications

I've received notifications from Mozilla stating my Mozilla account was used to sign in. Info posted in email states it was Firefox on Windows 10. My city and state acc… (read more)

I've received notifications from Mozilla stating my Mozilla account was used to sign in. Info posted in email states it was Firefox on Windows 10. My city and state accurate. Day, date, and time is ok. I've been using windows 11 for some time now. How can i trust Mozilla, if they can not detect the right windows version?

Thanks. George K

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So Said the "hacker's" T-Bird Message

OPERATING SYSTEM Windows 10 Professional (x64) Version 22H2 (build 19045.6466) System Model : HP HP ProDesk 600 G3 DM SYSTEM MODEL HP HP ProDesk 600 G3 DM Enclosure T… (read more)

OPERATING SYSTEM Windows 10 Professional (x64) Version 22H2 (build 19045.6466) System Model : HP HP ProDesk 600 G3 DM SYSTEM MODEL HP HP ProDesk 600 G3 DM Enclosure Type: Mini PC PROCESSOR 2.80 gigahertz Intel Core i7-6700T 256 kilobyte primary memory cache 1 megabyte secondary memory cache 8 megabyte tertiary memory cache 64-bit ready MEMORY 15.88 Gigabytes Usable Installed Memory BOARD HP 829E KBC Version 06.29 STORAGE 4.51 Terabytes Usable Local Storage Capacity 3.59 Terabytes Local Storage Free Space


• Waterfox - 6.6.12 (64-bit) • Thunderbird - 140.13.0esr (64-bit) • WordPerfect 12.0.0.602

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MESSAGE:

“Your email ***.net and data has been hacked. . . . The Trojan virus gives me complete access and control over the device you are using. As a result, blah, blah, blah, blah . . . “

I rather doubt the veracity of this, seeing it includes “I can see the full list of your contacts from your phone and all your social networks” — since I do not access the Internet from any telephone.

It has been several years since I’ve received something of this sort, so have remained confident that my system(s) remain well-protected. However, since the message did arrive in one of my email accounts, is there still the potential of my contacts list(s) being compromised, and, if so, how to safeguard against that?

Many thanks. Appreciated.

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I'm getting threats that my account is being stopped!

I'm receiving threats & reports of virus's, reports of me watching porn? That's SICK! I WOULD NEVER do that! I had it happen over a year ago, traced it back to a G… (read more)

I'm receiving threats & reports of virus's, reports of me watching porn? That's SICK! I WOULD NEVER do that! I had it happen over a year ago, traced it back to a Guardi something. They may have come back! They are disruptive, aggressive & cruel! I'm an 86 yo, disabled widow & I am very concerned!

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