Facebook users

felicityorpin

Today I received an email from my son who is in the know where computer virus hit. Do not open one that says invitation from Facebook, it is a huge virus that is going round worldwide, that is opened with the olympic torch. So be very wary.
I also learnt the other day how not to use up my battery on my laptop, and how not to have to pay £88 for a new one. Get someone to check your battery settings so that you battery is not used up, or trickle fed. If you never use your battery then remove it from your computer until you need it. Go into control panel and check your eneergy saving settings and make sure you have your battery settings checked.
Well this is only Monday and I have had some useful info already. Hope this may help some of you out there today.
Keep well and take care.

dreamdaisy

Thank you for the heads-up Felicity, I would ignore anything from FB anyway as I want nowt to do with it! I never open anything I don't recognise but people do sometimes forget the basic safety thing, don't they? I am sure del is right as he knows stuff too, but it can be so hard to tell the real from the fake. I found the battery advice interesting, I do run mine right down on a regular basis but keep it in my laptop as I am often moving it round the house. I will check my settings later. DD

felicityorpin

Thanks for your replies but, to some of us who are avid facebook readers with their friends and family overseas please give us credit for knowing how to use it. Properly used it is a great way of networking with your friends ONLY for free. Same for SKYPE. So I for one will keep on using it. Thanks

cebeem

Thank you Felicity its always worth a reminder to be vigilant about these things. I use FB for the same reasons as you.

C

tkachev

Thanks from me too Felicity. I welcome advice where fb is concerned, we are not all tech wizards.
I also enjoy being in contact with old friends and also get to see what my family, specially my daughters are up to.

Elizabeth

stickywicket

dreamdaisy wrote:

it can be so hard to tell the real from the fake. DD

It's actually very easy, DD. Delboy uses Snopes and I use Hoax-slayer but they both say the same thing. Every time I get such a message I use hoax-slayer and I don't think I've ever had one that was true.