\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Meteorological autumn has begun for those of us in the northern hemisphere and meteorological spring has begun for our friends in the southern hemisphere. On top of all that, it’s Saturday, and it’s time for a new Saturday Bonus Questions & Answers edition.<\/span><\/p>\n Today, as we do every Saturday, we\u2019re featuring some of the questions and answers from past issues of our InfoAve Weekly<\/a> newsletters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n These questions & answers were selected at random from past InfoAve Weekly newsletters.<\/span><\/p>\n Please consider giving us a helping hand!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If our computer support & help or our tips and tricks have helped you or made your computer life easier or more productive, please help us with a small donation\u00a0 Your gifts allow us to continue to help you.\u00a0 Take a moment and help us if you can.<\/span><\/p>\n Satur<\/span>day Bonus Questions and Answers \u2013 090724<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Judie is careful. She uses Emsisoft and LastPass but still, her email was compromised<\/strong><\/span> Our answer<\/strong><\/span> For instance, when Equifax was breached, criminals stole user information and passwords from Equifax, not from personal computers. If Equifax stored your user information, your info was compromised. The same is true of any breach you read about in the news. If your information was on a breached site then it was compromised.<\/span><\/p>\n You can\u2019t prevent companies on the web from being hacked, all you can do is use strong passwords and change them every few months. There is nothing you can install on your computer that can prevent this.<\/span><\/p>\n Diane is still not sure what to do about LastPass<\/strong><\/span> Our answer<\/strong><\/span> But if you use LastPass on your Windows PC and your smartphone or tablet, you\u2019ll either have to pay to keep using LastPass or switch to another free password manager.\u00a0 We recommend Bitwarden<\/a> and RoboForm<\/a> – both have excellent free versions available.<\/span><\/p>\n I hope this answers your question and addresses your concerns. If not, let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gary received an email from Google<\/strong><\/span> Email from Google<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cChange your compromised passwords<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n xxxxxxxxxxx@shaw.ca<\/span><\/p>\n Google found some of your passwords online. Anyone who finds them can access your accounts. Your Google Account is still secure: this leak came from somewhere else on the web.<\/span><\/p>\n You can now secure your saved passwords using Password Manager. Take action (link removed by Cloudeight).<\/span><\/p>\n You can also go directly to: <\/em> https:\/\/myaccount.google.com\/security-checkup<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n You received this email to let you know about important changes to your Google Account and services\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Our answer<\/strong><\/span> The best way to address this is not to click any links in that email \u2013 rather sign into your Gmail account and change your password immediately. That way you are safe regardless. It\u2019s a good thing to change your passwords every few months \u2013 especially on email accounts and financial accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n If you have a Gmail account, to change your Gmail password go to https:\/\/accounts.google.com\/<\/a>, and click on \u201cPersonal Info\u201d. And don\u2019t forget to change the password on your shaw.ca email account.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n![\"Help](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2023\/donate23.png\")
<\/a><\/span>
\nDonate today and help us to keep helping you!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\n
\nWhat I don\u2019t understand about Emsisoft and LastPass is how my email could be compromised in the first place. I have been with you since the beginning; you have taught me so much and fixed my computer a few times, so thank you so much again! I have recommended you every time someone I know gets into a pickle and most have signed up and used you and have always been happy. Judie<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi Judie. Thanks for your nice comments. Your email was not compromised, your email password was. Security programs and password managers don\u2019t have anything to do with hackers breaching websites and collecting usernames and passwords. Security breaches occur on Websites where you have logged in \u2013 they have nothing to do with your computer your security software, or your password manager.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\nI am not sure what I want or should do regarding my LastPass. Is it still good or do I need to switch to something else? I sure would love to hear your recommendations. You know I will follow you off the edge of the cliff!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi Diane. The only reason you would need to change password managers is if you use LastPass on more than one type of device. If you only use it on Windows PCs (laptops, desktops, all-in-ones) you don\u2019t have to do anything. You can continue to use LastPass for FREE on all your Windows PCs. There is no reason to worry about switching to something else.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\nHello. I received this message claiming to be from Google. Looks like a scam to me. What say you? Gary.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi Gary. Google does send out these warnings when it finds your Google password or Google account has been compromised. However, this email could also be fake. It says your Shaw.ca email password has been compromised. So, I\u2019d be suspicious if you don\u2019t have a Gmail account or if your shaw.ca account is not associated with a Gmail account.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
![\"CLOUDEIGHT](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infove\/images\/2023\/direct2023.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n