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Paper Roses

(7,548 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 11:03 AM Sep 2024

Hi everyone, please advise: [View all]

I have received a notice on my Hotmail account that I I must install---or update something by the 16th of this month. It seems to be some kind of a security update that indicated that I will lose access to 3rd party emails and calendar.
Blah-blah. it goes on and on.

Is this a scam or something I must do?
I am an idiot computer user and worry about scams and about my lack of knowledge.
I have already had to have my computer guru work on this old computer last month when I received a full page of some junk that I could not delete. It covered my whole page. Can't remember what it was about. .

Since I cannot bring the computer to the shop because of certain disabilities, I wonder if this is real before I call them about advice $$ is an issue for me.
Is this something I need to do? If you are a Hotmail user and got this message, is it real or should I delete it?
I also got a message that I requested to change my Facebook password. I did not request it.
I envy those of you who know how to understand all this stuff.
At 82 years old, this stuff is beyond me and I don't know where to find answers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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