Guy Fawkes
Patron
Thanks everyone for your messages of support. It truly makes this much easier to deal with.
I'm doing OK today. Was a freaking mess this morning but as the day unfolded I began to think more clearly.
That is part and parcel of how they operate -- they want to upset you, to knock you off-balance, to get you to make mistakes.
I have received some great help already and I think this will be resolved in a matter of weeks.
Glad to hear it.
I'm going to be offline for a bit tonight as I install (yet another) new computer. Ian couldn't stand the idea of us being without PCs so we had to go buy some new ones, so when this is all over I'll be have a "slightly used PC" sale if anyone is interested
If I were in your shoes, I would consider the returned machines as compromised -- I wouldn't be caught dead using them online.
If you do decide to sell them, ensure that their hard drives are properly wiped so data recovery is impossible. Formatting the drive is NOT enough! Data can be recovered from a drive even after it has been formatted. I would recommend a data destruction utility called Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN). It can be downloaded from: http://www.dban.org/
Operation Foot-Bullet continues apace.
Guy Fawkes