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freydrew Community Manager

How do you keep your kids safe online?

Discussions with children about online safety often revolve around the topics of cyberbullying and avoiding online predators, but what about staying safe from cybercriminals? It's quite easy to think that hackers and nefarious actors out there are only after adults. However, kids are just as likely...

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tinman1960 New Voice

Actual number of devices covered with webroot

My issues are with the number of devices that webroot is stating that i have 7 that's odd when i have four showing on my webroot console over the years i had other unidentified systems on my account over the years i have submitted support tickets and most cases the ones that didn't belong were remo...

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PeterCpjC

Webroot Password Manager on Google Chrome failure to log in
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Webroot Password Manager on Google Chrome failure to log in ..... error .....Unknown email address!! if I enter the correct email address and password it does work for a few seconds and does correctly fill in the details for any website I am trying to log into but then immediately logs me out Webr...

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rarip1

Why does my wireless HP Envy 4500 printer stays offline even after I reset my modem and router?

I purchased an HP Envy 4500 wireless printer with my HP 15 laptop. It continues to go offline even after resetting my modem and wireless router. It will work for a minute and then go offline again. Has anyone else had this problem and have a better solution than recycling the mode, router and turnin...

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mywebroot00

virus
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a few months last year i got a virus on spam folder and yesterday i got another one i want to know why am i getting too many emails on spam folder when i open them there is a virus if i have webroot why i still get iin them ????

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Mat44

Password vault Problems
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webroot was unable to contact server, you are now in offline mode, etc Then... An error occurred while attempting to contact the server, check your internet connection. Connection is o.k , all works good, so what is the problem?

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TripleHelix Bronze VIP

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18317 Fast Ring

January 16, 2019 10:02 am By Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18317 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be p...

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klaat2 New Member

High strangeness
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About a week ago, I started getting text messages on my cell phone addressed to a Lisa (don't know) which looked like ads for social security, retirement, etc. The sender was not legitimate phone numbers, but blocks of numbers like 26382, 8764, etc. then the messages started pouring in. As soon as I...

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BRGilson

Remove old computers from my account
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I no longer have Administrative access and how do I remove my old computers from my account?

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3 days ago
moonzero2 Popular Voice

Weird phishing mail

Found a mail purporting to come from Amazon concerning a refund, on a secure work email account. Spotted as fake immediately as the @(domain) part of the address was spelled amazom. What I can't fathom is how this address was harvested. it was only used for work mails, and I have never signed int...

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foonch54

Can't renew on Apple
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I'm trying to renew my license for my MAC - have the keycode - but won't let me put it in and still says subscription expired when I turn on computer - so frustrated! HELP

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BobW

Restore on an Apple Mac desktop?
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Is there a RESTORE feature on Mac desktops?

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Orthodoxguy New Voice

Password Manager Does Not Work
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This PW manager is absolutely the most frustrating piece of coding I've ever come up against. It's almost completely useless. It does not allow me to log into it (some ajax error). It does not allow me to import from LastPass. It is difficult to find... as is most of the features of Webroot... perio...

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rudella1

Can I get accidentally erased files back?
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I just accidentally erased files using webroot secure erase. I thought the files were duplicate files and they weren’t. Is there anyway to get those files back if I had the webroot secure erase settings at normal?

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svancourt30

How do you get rid of "rsgupd" pop-up window on Windows10?
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Intermittently I have a window pop up on my monitor saying that "rsgupd.exe" wants to make changes to my computer and asking whether I would allow this. I always click on "no", but this is becoming a real annoyance. Any ideas on how to get rid of it? I've tried scanning my computer with Webroot, but...

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berryme56 New Voice

Edge
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Something is different; it appears that now I have to go through the Edge browser to get to our community. Is this true? thanks, Mike

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6 days ago
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Peccpa1973

Ransome wear
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I have been infected in the past with Ransome wear. What do I do if this happens again and I am covered with Webroot?

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TripleHelix Bronze VIP

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18309 Fast Ring

January 3, 2019 2:35 pm   By Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlancHello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18309 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be...

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Jasper_The_Rasper Silver VIP

Updating to Windows 10 v1809 Deactivates Built-in Admin Account

January 2nd 2019, By Sergiu Gâtlan     The built-in Administrator account will be automatically deactivated when upgrading from Windows 10 version 1803 to Windows 10 version 1809 according to a post published on Microsoft's Japanese Technet blog.   Moreo...

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RAbrams Webroot Employee

Password Constraints and Their Unintended Security Consequences

  You’re probably familiar with some of the most common requirements for creating passwords. A mix of upper and lowercase letters is a simple example. These are known as password constraints. They’re rules for how you must construct a password. If your password must be at least eight characters...

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ProTruckDriver Silver VIP

Apple announces plan to build new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas

Apple announces plan to build new $1 billion campus in Austin     Apple plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, the company announced Thursday. The 133-acre campus — which is located less than a mile from existing facilities — will bring in 5,000 additional employees working...

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20 days ago
tmitch06905 Frequent Voice

New search engine that doesn't track you

Elsewhere on this forum I have discussed the Vivaldi web browser and why I use it.  I wll not go into that here, but Vivaldi has introduced a new search engine worth looking at.  Here is what they have to say: Why did we create Startpage.com? As kids, we’re all taught not to touch stuff th...

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20 days ago
remixedcat Community Leader

Discuss the recent Centurylink outage and other disaster prepardness tech and techniques

Well it seems it's a great time to discuss it and to see how you all dealt with it, considering a few members here have health problems and 911 and a few hospitals weren't functioning right due to them using them as well as the DoD! They also are a contractor for dark fiber and a few govt agencies....

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20 days ago
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TripleHelix Bronze VIP

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 Fast Ring

December 19, 2018 10:21 am   By Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlancHello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might...

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ProTruckDriver Silver VIP

Costco Begins Selling Select Macs on Web at $50 to $200 Discount

Costco Begins Selling Select Macs on Web at $50 to $200 Discount       Costco today began selling the latest MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMac models on its website in the United States. Some of the configurations are bundled with AppleCare+ for Mac coverage. ...

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