Computer tech: gotta love it!

On the expensive HP Omen 35L desktop computer I set up this June, I also purchased a year of McAfee anti-virus software that was less than $100. It has been quick to block several questionable sites I landed on. Recently received an email, supposedly from McAfee but when looking at the raw email text showed it was from a gmail account. Email stated I had 12 hours to call them on a provided phone number or if not, a charge of $496.99 would be automatically charged to my account.

I went online and found the real McAfee sales phone number, called them and they agreed it was a scam. I suspect if called, they would have lowered the annual cost significantly and had charges sent to some bogus address.
 
my old dell desktop is about to go out to the rustheap....not
able to up date past the win 7 prgrtm that is on it now...have
lost some functions recently that I can't get back, so will rely
on the laptop i got from dell auction some time ago...wish I
had gotten a bigger screen LT tho...ah well...soon I'll prob
only be paying bills on it anyway, as my hands are so bad I
cant do very well on here...
 

@David777, I took a peek at the Omen 35L, nice gaming machine.

David777 said:
Email stated I had 12 hours to call them on a provided phone number or if not, a charge of $496.99 would be automatically charged to my account.
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It's funny, the $496.99 change is almost exactly what my Paypal account was allegedly changed for a crypto currency purchase, according to a bogus email some months ago.
 
I am writing this on my Windows 7 PC that I upgraded a couple of years ago from XP. I liked XP and didn't want to move up to 7, but I've got used to it now. The rest of the family are all on Win 11, but I'm happy to stay on 7, as it's what I'm used to, and there's nothing on the PC that's not irreplaceable if it got wiped.

I've also got 2 screens. They're iiyama 22" as far as I am aware, and having the two of them side by side gives me the option to slide pages between the two, or have three readable pages open side by side, with the centre one split.

I used to be a programmer (mainly SQL in the later years) although I also used VB and VBA quite a lot in the early days for stringing various bits together, but since I retired nearly 8 years ago, I've forgotten most of what I did, and how I did it.
 
Nathan said:
@David777, I took a peek at the Omen 35L, nice gaming machine.

It's funny, the $496.99 change is almost exactly what my Paypal account was allegedly changed for a crypto currency purchase, according to a bogus email some months ago.
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What I bought for just $1574 not including the $630 for an ASUS ProArt Display 32” 4K HDR Monitor (PA329CV) ASUS ProArt Display 32” 4K HDR Monitor (PA329CV) and $40 Cherry keyboard. Eventually when they finally belatedly appear, will buy an 8k PC monitor (NOT a TV) of at least 55 inch diagonal in order to exhibit large image photography. Will be able to do so because the AMD Radeon RX 7600 Graphics card can drive three 8k displays. These powerful gaming systems are about the only one's capable of driving 8k.

What have you bought recently?
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Too much to be just a coincidence, thanks for that input.
 
@David777 , nice setup! (y)

Edit: I'm trying to get more use out of my iPad Mini, bought a USB-C to HDMI adapter to display video with my old 27" ViewSonic monitor. This so I can watch while on the treadmill. Youtube works fine, but Netflix fails to display, with the following(see attachment). Perhaps a better adapter is the solution, got several possibilities in googling. I had an idea to look for an Apple monitor...ohmygoosh, for what they want for a standalone display I might as well just get an iMac. :unsure: Hmmm, I've never had an iMac before , and it's been awhile since I bought a new computer. ;)
 

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