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Have other folk on Accy Web had the what I think is called a pop up that appears every time they log in saying Quote, " you have an unread message, you are eligable for a gift of up to £1000. With me being a computer Luddite I think it could be what is known as a scam to the computer literates; If so how do I stop it appearing?

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It is a scam, the only way I have got rid of it in the past is to delete the stuff in my history (or empty the Cache).....I am aware that you are a Luddite and might struggle to empty your cache...so google how to do it Taddy.
I would explain it but I am not sure if you would be able to follow my instructions.

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i used to clear my cache in firefox but cannot find how to do it in the browser i use now:( i looked it up online but cannot figure it out

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Google it Cashy.....there must be a way....you are using Microsoft Edge now aren’t you?

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https://clear-my-cache.com/en/window...soft-edge.html
There you go Cashy....it looks easy.

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Taddy you would maybe be better finding out how to clear your Cache on YouTube.......a mine of useful education.

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i did that margaret it may look easy to you i could not do it im an apprentice luddite lol

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i pressed control shift and delete and no new window opened.

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Cashy...I can see that both you AND Taddy need to come to my school for a couple of lessons( :) ) but only in computer stuff.
Have a look on YouTube...it is easier to follow something when you have seen it done.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74wAJX4nNEg

watch this and see if it makes it easier.....If it doesn't then ????????

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all i can say is ???????????

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nooooooooooo!
How can you not do it with video guidance Cashy?

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on top of that i have had more stupid emails than normal. won this that and another from shops we never use plus all that bitcoin rubbish. i just deleat the lot without ever reading them. wonder how many do not and get scammed.

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My e-mail program recognises this crap and sends it straight to spam...and it empties every week....so I rarely see this stuff.
I also have an ad-blocker so annoying pop ups do not get through....or very rarely anyway.

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its actually worth just reading the headlines of this crap without opening them up just for a laugh to think how others may be taken in by it all.

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easy cos it dont do what the video says.:confused:

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oh well at least I feel better knowing that.
I don't know because I do not have microsoft edge...but |i am told that this browser is IE in a different cloak...or that is what an IT bod told me.

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thing is i switched to this margaret cos i was missing some stanley matches on firefox this one i am not:)

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Why can’t you run both browsers?
Edge for the footie...Firefox for everything else....or there are other browsers.

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1248500]It is a scam, the only way I have got rid of it in the past is to delete the stuff in my history (or empty the Cache).....I am aware that you are a Luddite and might struggle to empty your cache...so google how to do it Taddy.
I would explain it but I am not sure if you would be able to follow my instructions

Oh , I love it, "delete the stuff in my history (or empty my cache);as you rightly say I do not have an idea of what the H--- you are on about, am I right in thinking that as long as I don't click on it, then I will be O.K.?
Time for a hobgoblin, I think.

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It will keep popping up until you get rid of the cookies(non edible...not biscuits either) that your computer stores.(it is more of an irritant than a danger...well, as long as you don’t Open it
What browser do you use(yes...I know that might be a daft question).....Taddy you really should get some education under your belt.

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better sticking to your favourite tipple taddy. i went on a 6 week tuesday afternoon computer course on a one to one basis but ended up more confused than i was on the first day. once i drove the 4 miles home i had forgotton what i had learned. in life there are things you may never master and it ends up costing you for your efforts. home DIY is another for me.

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Maybe you had a rubbish teacher.
someone who did not test your understanding of what you had been shown.
No-one taught me anything about computers...well, no not exactly true I was sent on a half daya course from work to learn 'Mouse Skills' I hadn't the heart to tell the girl teaching me that I could use a mouse very well.
She just thought her teaching skills were very good because I 'picked it up' very fast.

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My other half went on one of those courses and I think he went twice....but to be honest I am glad he did not ake to it.....I don't want him sharing my computer and mucking it up.

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not really if his memory is like mine i would have forgot by the time i got home also.

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On the subject of scams, something else that we have to be aware of is that not all emails are actually from the person whose name appears on them as the sender.

I know most are legit but if you get one from someone that maybe you haven’t heard from for a while, or don’t hear from often, just be cautious. I have had several. For example, the other day I received an email supposedly from a man I haven’t corresponded with for 12 years. We were in touch over some family research at the time but exhausted whatever information we could help each other with and that was the end of the emailing between us.

For me to get an email from him out of the blue like that somehow didn’t stack up and so I checked the remainder of the email address and sure enough it was not his and so must have been a scam of sorts – so I deleted it without opening it up. I did let him know that it looked as though someone had obtained email addresses from his contacts – so far haven’t had a reply, poor man probably thinks my email was a scam also….

It is a nuisance but worth the short time it takes to check if at all uncertain as we do have to be very careful not to get caught by scammers, who will try anything they can to infiltrate computing devices. My sister-in-law, who is an intelligent woman, fell for a scam on her computer and it caused no end of bother and distress.

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1248573]Maybe you had a rubbish teacher.
someone who did not test your understanding of what you had been shown.

as in every field there are rubbish and excellent teachers. however for one reason or another the world of computers seem to bring out the worst in their abilities. many think you must know this or that and even think you should do. good job my driving instructor did not have a similar attitude as i,d still be waiting for buses and trains. like everything in life there is a maximum level you will ever get to in all walks of it. something the snowflakes cannot understand as well.

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I did a City and Guilds in adult education and we were taught that you had to demonstrate that there had been a change in behaviour before you could say someone had 'learned' something...you had to test the undertanding.
Testing the understanding of something just after it has been taught is flawed...it needs to be tested at a time after the session.

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1248548]It will keep popping up until you get rid of the cookies(non edible...not biscuits either) that your computer stores.(it is more of an irritant than a danger...well, as long as you don’t Open it
What browser do you use(yes...I know that might be a daft question).....Taddy you really should get some education under your belt.

By "what browser do you use", does this mean the little black box that sits next to the computer, (the Sky Hub), I think it is called, if so then thats what it is but I fear I have got it wrong again.:confused:never mind, happy new year to all on Accy Web
Your's, The Luddite.

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no Taddy..that is your router.
Your browser is what takes you to the internet.How you access the internet to browse
It could be Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera,Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge...there are lots of other but I do not think you would be using Tor or Sea Monkey.

All that said, I could send you a link to a 'How to' page and you still might not be able to do it....get one of your children...or grandchldren to do it for you...to show you and write it down so that you can do it yourself as needed

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It won't be Safari unless you are using an Apple device.

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Ah mate, I know I shouldn't, but that comment made me chuckle! Gawd luv ya fella!:)

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Thank you Marge and Dave, I now know that the Server for my computer is Google Chrome; I wish the server for my Hobgoblin was called Hazel, my missus of long standing but this will never happen cos she does not know how to pour a pint of real ale.
Yours Taddy

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No Taddy it is your browser.
I thought you might be telling me it was Internet Explorer....a woeful browser.
I will seek out instructions and see if I can find a video that would guide you in clearing your cookies and browsing history.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQaUrLhxZJ0
There you go Taddy....you can watch that as many times as you need to get confident in how to do it

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https://support.google.com/chrome/an...DDesktop&hl=en

And this is the written version for you too.

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As for Hazel not being a good ale pourer.....well, lad you can’t have everything.....and after all your arms aren’t painted on!

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Class mate, that really was a LOL moment (I don't like using these cp/lt/handy abbreviations) but that one straight off the bat truly tickled me! :D

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I was told many years ago, it could even have been my old Maths/sports teacher Milton Suthers, (remember him Marge?); that no one will ever learn what they are not really interested in.
I left school with no qualifications at all, For the first 12 months I worked in the local brickyard, (Redac), Red Accrington Bricks. At 16, I went nearly 1000 feet underground at Bank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday I went down that shaft; come Thursday morning I turned up for work as normal but only to tell the training officer, a big Welshman called Ivor Jeremia,thats it please get my cards ready and I packed up there and then and went back to my old job the following Monday.
When the Redac Introduced fork lift trucks in the mid 60s, I was one of the lads chosen to drive and maintain our own trucks. Twenty or so years later I applied for and got a position as, Ha Ha as (quote), a Mobile Field Service Engineer, for a national fork lift truck company. (A fancy name for a fork truck mechanic). this covered all makes and all types of fork trucks, Electric, petrol, Diesel or whatever. I worked from home and I abolutle loved it, covering the north of aeangland up to the Scottish border. Why did I learn it and why did I love it, because as my old teacher and Marges best mate said. (I WAS INTERESTED.
rEGARDS tADDY.

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1248668]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQaUrLhxZJ0
There you go Taddy....you can watch that as many times as you need to get confident in how to do it
Sorry Marge, But my computer has come up with "could not load plug in"

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1248669]https://support.google.com/chrome/an...DDesktop&hl=en

And this is the written version for you too.

Thanks Marge I received the written version.

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Yes, of course I remembere Milton Suthers..he frightened the lights out of me...and he was absolutely right about not being able to learn what you are not interested in.


In life you have to find something you love and get someone to pay you for doing it...that way you will never work a day in your life.


That is how it was for me in Nursing Taddy.
I felt like an imposter...like someone was going to one day put a hand on my shoulder and tell me I was fake.
I absolutely loved it...jumped out of bed every morning ready for the day to bring me surprises, drama...blood and gore......and it never failed me.
But late in my career I went on to do some course to teach adults and did well in my city and guilds...this for a girl...who like you left school with nothing only a very curious mind.
I still have that curious mind and a thirst for knowledge and information

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[QUOTE=taddy;1248676] Sorry that the youtube videeo would not load for you(you need to download the plug in.....that will be something else for you to learn, but it would be so worth it...because youtube doesn't just tell you...It shows you)


I hope that the written version will help you Taddy.

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I remember Ivor Jeremiah and his wife, Mabel. Used to live on Grange Street in Clayton. Somebody stopped my mother in the street one day asking if she new where Mr Miah lived. Said she'd never heard of him until the chap said he was sure he lived round here somewhere. Mr Jerry Miah.

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[QUOTE=taddy;1248673]I was told many years ago, it could even have been my old Maths/sports teacher Milton Suthers, (remember him Marge?); that no one will ever learn what they are not really interested in.

that i found out through life is totally true. same as doing practical tasks as well as learning. sometimes you have a knack to do certain things so that gives you the interest as you have an edge on others. remember being on the buses where we had a batch of 8 AEC double deckers. no drivers liked em but me. i had a knack of driving em so became interested in driving em to a point of asking the garage forman to allocate me one if possible. it wasn,t a situation of being different from others for the sake of it just something that happened.

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I think you are right MH...success in something will fire up enthusiasm and enthusiasm is catching.....you can't light a fire with a damp match.

I was encourages(well that was what my manager told me it was) into teaching of my subject...and found that although I had a hesitant start, I actually enjoyed getting people interested in learning.
It just came a bit late in my career.
My first love though, was looking after patients.

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1248678][QUOTE=taddy;1248676]
Sorry that the youtube videeo would not load for you(you need to download the plug in.....that will be something else for you to learn, but it would be so worth it...because youtube doesn't just tell you...It shows you)


I hope that the written version will help you Taddy.

Thanks for that Marge, I have just followed your written instructions and Hay Hoe Silver Lining, I feel my sun is shining,as the old pop record used to say.
Yes, Yes, Yes,I have now cleared all my history from, as Google says, "The biginning of time".
I still do not know how to load "the plug in" but I do know that with my Computer still operating with Windows X.P. I cannot load (obtain) such things as "Flash Player". Maybe that is why it will not accept a plug in.
Over to you Miss, as we used to call our teachers.
Yours, still a Luddite, But learning, (slowly).

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[QUOTE=Lost in Cornwall;1248686]I remember Ivor Jeremiah and his wife, Mabel. Used to live on Grange Street in Clayton. Somebody stopped my mother in the street one day asking if she new where Mr Miah lived. Said she'd never heard of him until the chap said he was sure he lived round here somewhere. Mr Jerry Miah.

As I said in my previous post, I only knew (Mr. Jeremiah),for three days, you never called him Ivor, I found him a very likeable fella, it was having to go into the bowels of the earth that I could not put up with. I have said ever since and that was nearly 60 years ago, (If ever I had to mine my own coal, then I would burn wood.

All the best for the new year, Yours the Lancashire Luddite.

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that i found out through life is totally true. same as doing practical tasks as well as learning. sometimes you have a knack to do certain things so that gives you the interest as you have an edge on others. remember being on the buses where we had a batch of 8 AEC double deckers. no drivers liked em but me. i had a knack of driving em so became interested in driving em to a point of asking the garage forman to allocate me one if possible. it wasn,t a situation of being different from others for the sake of it just something that happened.

As I dont know you age, please do not take offence at this question M.H. Did you work on Accrington Corporations Buses? if so were you there at the same time as my late Father in Law, John Rennie Pickup.

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74 years old, not young. i worked on the buses in hudderfield at their corporation before moving to rugby on the midland red then travel west midlands at coventry before i worked my own ticket to get out of the industry after nearly 40 years.

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Thanks for the reply MH, I will be the same age as you in a months time, stay young, stay happy; Yours, The Luddite.

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[QUOTE=taddy;1248700]thats the guy who sacked me, Mr Jerimiah.

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Were you stealing coal ?

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Not at all mate it was some brothers from burnley trying to boss everyone about they picked on the wrong lads.

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I think he became a JP later on.