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You don't. Thats a known email bait, just send it to your trash and move on.

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You don't have a virus, but your password and email address were exposed in a data breach elsewhere. 

Pop your email address in to haveibeenpwned.com and it will probably have record of a few data breaches. Keep in mind is not a comprehensive list so there could be services that have been breached that aren't shown there.

 

Change your passwords on all sites you visit and be sure to use unique passwords for each site. Also change your password to your email address as well.

Maybe go with stronger passwords than what is listed in that email as well, including upper and lower case, numbers & symbols.

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10 minutes ago, Spotty said:

email address were exposed in a data breach elsewhere. 

yup, its just automated to use the mass data from breaches to get money from people 

since they do have your email, i would  suggest changing it, or have a strong password (more than 8 characters/symbols/numbers), cause if you dont they can easily brute force your accounts with that email 

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11 hours ago, WaWhee said:

so I don't need to worry..right?

I mean..yea I don't have a webcam but I just want to be sure...

No need to worry at all, yep!

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doubtful, but i suggest (highly suggest) that you download malawarebytes (free) so you dont have to ask of you have a virus

 

not sure if i am gonna get in trouble for posting this (hope i dont cause im helping lol) but here is the link to malawarebytes

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1 hour ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

doubtful, but i suggest (highly suggest) that you download malawarebytes (free) so you dont have to ask of you have a virus

 

not sure if i am gonna get in trouble for posting this (hope i dont cause im helping lol) but here is the link to malawarebytes

 

I actually did that..however..it doesn't want to start. It gives me a "service is unable to run"  .. so I can't even use malwarebytes

 

why is it going to be trouble tho?

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59 minutes ago, Mout1957 said:

Just ignore the email. You can change your passwords, use Authenticator or a similar service, a password manager if you really want to be sure that you're safe. You said you don't have a webcam so you already know the sender is bluffing.

any recommendations on password managers or authenticators?

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1 hour ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

not sure if i am gonna get in trouble for posting this (hope i dont cause im helping lol) but here is the link to malawarebytes

Stuff like that is okay. I often link to the website for programs like HWinfo64, MSI Afterburner, DDU, etc. Posting links to websites that will help people is fine.
What's not allowed is advertising your own sites/social media, posting any referral/affiliate links, or using shortened links.

 

1 minute ago, WaWhee said:

any recommendations on password managers or authenticators?

I would recommend LastPass for password manager and Google Authenticator for 2FA. Some services like Steam you can use their own authenticators such as SteamGuard 2FA.

If a site allows for 2FA then I would recommend using it, as even if they get your password they won't be able to access the account without the 2FA code.

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51 minutes ago, Spotty said:

I would recommend LastPass for password manager and Google Authenticator for 2FA. Some services like Steam you can use their own authenticators such as SteamGuard 2FA.

If a site allows for 2FA then I would recommend using it, as even if they get your password they won't be able to access the account without the 2FA code.

 

 

now that sounds good..I will look into it..thanks 

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5 hours ago, Spotty said:

Stuff like that is okay. I often link to the website for programs like HWinfo64, MSI Afterburner, DDU, etc. Posting links to websites that will help people is fine.
What's not allowed is advertising your own sites/social media, posting any referral/affiliate links, or using shortened links.

oh okay i see thanks 

 

 

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