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Okay, so I logged onto facebook the other day
and this guy had sent me a message saying "look at this video we caught of you on our spy cam"
I clicked on the link because I was curious if it it was really a video of me or not! at the time I was on my home computer the link took me to youtube but it wouldn't allow me to see the video, so I got on my laptop to see if my laptop would allow me to see it, which it didn't.. Now both my computers have viruses my house computer won't even go on.. I messaged the guy that sent it to me, and asked him why he sent me that video, he said his friend sent it to him and then when he opened the message it sent to his friends. Ever since I opened that link I keep getting IMS from people saying "Heyy, is that really you in this video, LOL what are you doing?" and then there's a link to a video, so I clicked on the link it took me to facebook videos but wouldn't show the video! i've gotten that IM from 3 different people, and i'm starting to think someone set secret cameras in my room, I don't know why, am I just freaking out, or do you just think it was spam they sent me? I messaged all 3 of the people and asked them what they meant by that IM and they all didn't know what I was talking about, and said they didn't send the IMS. i'm scared to do anything in my own room though, so my question is, is there ANY way I can know if there is cameras in my room? like, where do I check for those kind of things? I just think its kinda wierd how i'm getting all these IMS and messages about that! I don't really ever leave home, so if there is a video of me out there it would be in the privacy of my own house!
HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP.

It's definitely a virus. Why would three different people send you the same message? They're all infected and sending the message, just like you are now. The "Facebook videos" site was somewhere else -- pay more attention to the URL next time.

Since this is sending messages, you should probably get professional help by posting here, to make sure the malware is removed completely:
http://www.malwareremoval.com/

Or you could try running these free antimalware programs:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

I'm very paranoid, so if I knew someone had this kind of access to my machine, I would immediately shut off my computer, wipe my hard drives, and reinstall Windows. (I still wouldn't worry about cameras in your room, though; no one cares enough to do that.)

All of your passwords should be considered compromised. You must change them as soon as the malware is removed.

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Is their any websites or something that can help me with spanish? I know some spanish, but not very much. Or if you want to help me and you can speak fluently that would be great! If you want to do that just answer this question saying so and I'll comment you back with my e-mail adress! I do have friends that speak spanish and can help me with pronounciation, but they told me to go learn more spanish before they will help me. So, I am not worried about pronounciation at the moment. I do know how to sound the words and read and write in spanish so thats not a problem. If you want to help me then do as I said email me and I will email you back what I know.

http://www.livemocha.com/
(Everything important is free.)

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I was told to log on to this htt address & enter my ID# in order to get more sisters added or my self added to Sorority Life House. Is this the wrong site???

Evie

This is the wrong site. Advicenators has nothing to do with that.

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hey theymos im sorry to bug you but you wouldnt be able to find me a legal contract online would you? i need one as like a manager of a band..i need it to give me legal rights to book shows make websites posts stuff like that im sure you get what im talking about. thanks

I don't know of any, sorry.

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i heard frostwire was better then limewire. so i removed limewire and downloaded frostwire & frost wire doesnt work. i went into the fire wall settings and allowed frostwire as an exception and it still isnt connecting to the internet. i have one green bar & 4 red bars. nothings working. HELPPPPPP

In Frostwire, go to options -> advanced -> firewall. Change both the "listen port" and "manual port forward" to a random valid port (56619 is a good choice). OK everything.

Now set your firewall to allow incoming UDP connections on the port you chose above. It should now work. If it doesn't work, you probably didn't configure your firewall correctly.

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Hello
Around the last week of June(2009) or the first week of July(2009), my enV 2 fell into my town lake
The same day I replaced it with the enV Touch
Now today -July 15, 2009- my dad randomly decided we should go look for it.
We had no luck. But we're trying again tomorrow
He says it's extremely possible the memory is still functionable and I could get all my stuff back since I lost it all when I got my new phone
But He's not 100% sure

IF we do find my old phone, do you think the memory card will be functionable?

There is no chance. Minutes or hours after it is submerged, the water will short circuit everything, causing your data to be erased. Even if you took the battery out before submerging it, the water will have dissolved important components by now.

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I know that stem cell research has to do with babies or something. I'm just confused what it is exactly because I know it was a big thing when Bill Clinton was in office and when George W. Bush was in office the first time. I don't remember what it was or anything though. Something about abortions? I don't know....

What is stem cell research?

Stem cells are special cells that can be transformed into other types of cells. For example, a bunch of stem cells could be turned into a new liver. This would be very valuable to medicine.

Until recently, however, the only source of stem cells were embryos, which is one of the first stages of human development. Embryos are in no way sentient and are only composed of a few hundred cells, but they would become a person if allowed to develop. This causes the controversy.

Nothing that looks like a baby is used in embryonic stem cell research. Hundreds of embryos are discarded in the process of in vitro fertilization, and these are the embryos that are used. They would be thrown away otherwise.

Scientists have now found ways of harvesting stem cells without killing what could eventually be a person. It would not have been possible to develop this new technology without embryonic stem cell research, so attempts to ban embryonic stem cell research *were* wrong.

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i want to learn korean with rosetta stone. anyone use it? anyone have opinions on it? thanks in advance :)

It will teach you the vocabulary very well, but it teaches you nothing of grammar. You will need additional instruction if you want to actually speak the language properly. Especially with Korean, which has complex grammar.

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I want to get Sims Open for Business, but it's an expansion pack for the Sims 2. I have the original Sims but not the Sims 2. Can I just use the original Sims or do I have to buy the Sims 2 to be able to play open for business?

You must have The Sims 2 to play Open for Business.

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I have had an article published in a glossy magazine and I want to scan it (as is) onto my computer. I, eventually, want to put it onto my website (not created yet) and allow people to see the article exactly as it appears in the magazine. Would that be a pdf file or something else? How do I do this properly?

The scanner will output a large JPEG image. If the article is one page long, I would just use the image and would not bother with PDF. Use Irfanview to convert the JPEG image to PNG and to resize and crop if necessary:
http://www.irfanview.com/

If it's longer than one page, PDF would be appropriate. Install doPDF:
http://www.dopdf.com/
Format the article in a word processor as you wish it to appear in the PDF. Then print it to the virtual printer doPDF installed for you. doPDF will convert the printed document into a PDF file and save it to your computer. It will look exactly as it did in your word processor's "Print preview".

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In which states is it legal to drink alcohol under 21 while on private property? I got in trouble for drinking in a friend's basement while the parents were home and I'm 19 years old. My parents were like "if you're an adult and offered a drink in someones private home, is that really illegal?" or something to that effect. It's hard to keep up with the laws about this kind of thing, because they are always changing. Apparently this law was changed in Michigan (where i live). So, im wondering what states it is legal in? Also, the parental consent thing for adults 19-20 only works if you are in your parent's home and they are there, if there even is a parental consent exception in your state, right?

People under 21 are allowed to consume alcohol under the supervision of their parents in New Mexico, Texas, and Wisconsin. From what I can see, it is not legal in Michigan for someone under 21 to drink alcohol under any circumstances.

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I'm not expecting any definite answers, just opinions. Me & my boyfriend were discussing our sleeping schedules. We noticed that if I sleep during the night & am awake all day, I never feel fully awake, but if I sleep during the day & am awake all night, I feel wide awake. He's the opposite. Then he brought up that I was born at night & he was born in the morning, & we were kind of curious to whether or not your time of birth would affect that.

Any opinions on this, or know of any actual research done on this?

Sleeping patterns start before you are born. The time of your birth has nothing to do with it.

"Night owl" and "morning lark" traits are caused by differing sensitivities to light in relation to your circadian rhythm. You are less sensitive to light, so it takes more light to wake you up and more dark to put you to sleep. This sensitivity is primarily determined by your genes.

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Does darkness/lightness have anything to do with weather? Cause like, I stayed up all night tonight. And it was storming when it was dark, and I didnt think anything of it. Then it started getting light and it seemed like it stopped storming. Then it started again later. But Idk, does that have anything to do with it?

Yes. Weather is caused by differences in air temperature, which the sun affects

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Can someone please make me a DIV MYSPACE LAYOUT?

I have a picture of what I would like it to look like
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=21erbt5&s=5
Where it says 'Any random picture I want'
That is supossed to be for the box LEXT to that one (The one with the scribbled out word in it)
I accidently typed that there and paint wouldnt let me change it

I typed out the words I'd like written incase my handwritting wasnt readable

I would like the background to be BLACK
With purple, pink, and lime random colors in it
Make my text white please

I'll rate a FIVE once I get the layout

THANKYOUU

Why would any of us spend hours making you a Myspace layout? Especially when you didn't bother to take the time to draw a proper mockup, and you change your layout every few weeks.

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I am an amatuer photographer. i have a 9megapixel digital camera, but im wondering if i need a better one. also, any tips or techniques would be greatly appreciated. and is it possible to take an online photography class? thanks in advance ;)

That's plenty. More megapixels is not necessarily better. Anywhere from 6-12 is good. Higher and images will be dark and less colorful, lower and the quality will suffer.

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Hey, how much would it hurt if I grabbed onto an
electric fence?

Also, would it shock us all if I grabbed it, and
like, 5 people linked arms with me?

Electric fences meant for animals are moderately painful. 5-10 times worse than a static shock. You will involuntarily move your hand away from the fence as soon as you are shocked. Your arm will be numb for a few minutes afterward.

You should not touch an electric fence used for security. It could kill you.

Electricity takes the shortest path out of your body. If you are not wearing shoes, the electricity will likely go out through the ground. If you are wearing shoes and not touching anything except another person, the electricity may pass to them. It will get weaker for every person and object it passes through.

Touching an electric fence meant for animals is usually not harmful, but if you have any kind of heart condition it could be dangerous. Consult a doctor.

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ok so i had the old version of limewire, 4.16 or whatever it was. but all week it hasn't connected, it would only go up to one bar even though i could access websites and stuff fine. so i uninstalled it and installed the new limewire 5. i opened it right after it installed and connected easily, downloaded some songs, everything worked fine. well i turned my computer off and when i turned it back on and opened up limewire, a pop up came up saying i needed the latest java 6.0 to run limewire, go to www.java.com to download it, so i go to java, try to download it, and it gets almost finished but then a pop up comes up saying error: 25099. Can't unzip files or something like that. and now i dont know what to do. i've tried it several different times. no luck. i've read the help options on java. no luck. so now i can't open limewire at all. what do i do mow?

Uninstall all versions of Limewire and Java from add/remove programs. Restart. Install this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
Use it to remove all Java-related entries (if any). Restart. Install Java using this installer:
http://www.java.com/winoffline_installer/
Install Limewire.

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when ever i go onto youtube it say's that i need to download the latest version of the adobe flash player. and when i click to download it..it say's that i need to click on the yellow bar at the top of the screen..and that dosent show up. so it say's that i need to click " yes" if the yellow bar dosent show up..and there isnt a " yes" or " download" button on the screen..

what am i doing wrong?

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools -> Internet options -> Security tab -> Custom level -> Reset to "medium" -> Reset -> ok everything -> restart IE. It should now work.

If it doesn't work, download and run this Flash uninstaller:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
Restart Windows. Then try installing Flash again.

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i've seen this picture of a hello kitty that has a like a money bandana on, and i was wondering if it was copyright and how one could check whether or not it was?

this is the picture i'm talking about:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/hello%20kitty%20thug/KillahhKenzie/Other/ThugHelloKitty.jpg?o=4

In the US, everything is automatically copyrighted immediately upon creation. It is not necessary to register a copyright or post a copyright notice near the content. This text is copyrighted as soon as I post it.

The image is therefore copyrighted. You can't legally use it unless the author licenses it to you, or you use it under fair use. The Hello Kitty logo used in the image is also copyrighted, so the author of this bandanna version probably violated copyright by making it.

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I know this is a lil weird, but is there a way to make someone's webcam come on without them knowing about it? Like, for the people with webcams built into their laptops. Im sure theres a way.

If you have physical access to their computer you could easily write and install a program which would allow you to activate their webcam at will. However, you *would* go to jail if they ever found out about it. Since this is very illegal, there is no pre-made program for this that you could easily acquire.

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