11-01-2023, 10:54 AM
For the attempt to access your bank account - can only repeat the advice to resolve this with your bank.
Be very careful to ensure that you are dealing directly with your bank - not someone impersonating them.
Following good practices like:
not using the same username/password combination across multiple platforms
maintaining 'difficult' passwords
avoiding potentially dubious websites
not clicking on email links
etc all remain important to avoid providing easy attack vectors for malicious activity.
For your newer laptop running 5.6
There is a plausible cause and effect for the re-name pop-up being triggered as you had deleted two of the standard folders.
Has something changed to make you think that there is someting more to this?
You have added a bit more information this time.
If you were coerced or somehow manipulated into deleting the folders by somebody else then it could conceivably be part of a scam.
The foreign language pop-up on the older laptop running 5.8 is unexplained at the moment.
From the Linux point of view, it is unlikely the update you ran before it occurred is a direct cause.
If you did nothing obvious (like deleting the standard folders) to trigger it more investigation would be needed to determine the mechanism. You could begin by providing the information for this machine.
The important thing is that if you feel either or both systems could be compromised you should stop using them - at least don't go on-line with them.
Download the iso and set up the bootable media using a known clean system. You used to be able to buy USB/DVD from the Linux Lite shop, but I can't see the option at the moment.
Be very careful to ensure that you are dealing directly with your bank - not someone impersonating them.
Following good practices like:
not using the same username/password combination across multiple platforms
maintaining 'difficult' passwords
avoiding potentially dubious websites
not clicking on email links
etc all remain important to avoid providing easy attack vectors for malicious activity.
For your newer laptop running 5.6
There is a plausible cause and effect for the re-name pop-up being triggered as you had deleted two of the standard folders.
Has something changed to make you think that there is someting more to this?
You have added a bit more information this time.
Quote:It was in English but something other than American EnglishWhat exactly does this mean ?
If you were coerced or somehow manipulated into deleting the folders by somebody else then it could conceivably be part of a scam.
The foreign language pop-up on the older laptop running 5.8 is unexplained at the moment.
From the Linux point of view, it is unlikely the update you ran before it occurred is a direct cause.
If you did nothing obvious (like deleting the standard folders) to trigger it more investigation would be needed to determine the mechanism. You could begin by providing the information for this machine.
Code:
cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirsThe important thing is that if you feel either or both systems could be compromised you should stop using them - at least don't go on-line with them.
Quote:do I need to get a new laptop?Probably not. Selecting to erase the disk as part of a fresh install should remove any existing programs from the disk.
Download the iso and set up the bootable media using a known clean system. You used to be able to buy USB/DVD from the Linux Lite shop, but I can't see the option at the moment.
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