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ZZenith

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7. My advice might have sounded flippant but wasn't meant to be.

Reply to Kali (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 05:54 PM

Jun 2020

A lot of our internet weirdness vanished once my wife deleted her account.

If you have ever looked at your server logs and seen how often Facebook gets pinged back you’ll understand why.

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Did Facebook just highjack my computer? [View all] Kali Jun 2020 OP

Delete your Facebook account and see if that helps. ZZenith Jun 2020 #1

no shit, huh? Kali Jun 2020 #4

My advice might have sounded flippant but wasn't meant to be. ZZenith Jun 2020 #7

Check to see if you computer can handle the upgrade to win 10. mikeysnot Jun 2020 #2

I have a laptop with 10 Kali Jun 2020 #5

Check the link out, if you desktop mikeysnot Jul 2020 #13

I meant that I just havent made the mental change Kali Jul 2020 #14

Try shutting down running programs using task manager sobenji Jun 2020 #3

you mean if it happens again? Kali Jun 2020 #6

Right click on the task bar and select Task Manager. Click on processes tag. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2020 #8

when I look Kali Jun 2020 #9

That's normal for Firefox. Foolacious Jun 2020 #10

I once joined facebook. Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #11

I have an account, use it to see a few friends. Maybe twice per year. LuckyLib Jul 2020 #15

This was several years ago. Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #16

TBH, this was the initial reason I refused to get a FB account JDC Jun 2020 #12

A resource hog LeftInTX Jul 2020 #17