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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: moggy on 13 January 2016, 16:03:31
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<Discussion of obtaining services by means that might not be strictly legal removed>
..And now when my pc starts up the america megatrend bios,screen come up but it never used to.I have now restored to and earlier time,before i messed about.But the megatrend thing is still there,does anyone have any advice or help.I wish i had not fooked about in the first place,as i know fook all about pcs.Regards Dean.
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I doubt you'll get much help on this forum with regards to illegal viewing/streaming of Movies and TV.
As for the BIOS screen showing on start-up That is quite normal, but *if* it has been changed by a malicious piece of software, then you may be saying 'ta ta' to your computer very soon.
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I doubt you'll get much help on this forum with regards to illegal viewing/streaming of Movies and TV.
As for the BIOS screen showing on start-up That is quite normal, but *if* it has been changed by a malicious piece of software, then you may be saying 'ta ta' to your computer very soon.
Hi mate,do you mean something i have down loaded may have changed the bios set up.Also is it possible to remove my post my post.
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Pm incoming Moggy ;)
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I am very sorry for posting this if a kind admin would remove it,i would be grateful.I should of thought before i posted Dean.
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I will try to modify.can anyone help me sort this bios thing out.
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As said, whilst Torrents are perfectly legal to talk about, the other bit, film rights type software etc, can't be discussed.
Personally, if its not too late, you should try and recover your pc from a previous back up, although if the bios has been messed with, that's probably easier said than done.
From a torrent streaming point of view to your home PC, your always going to be on dodgy ground, starting and including your ISP, maybe theres such a thing as 'torrent to cloud services' out there, so you wouldn't have to mess with the software on your PC, who knows.
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As said, whilst Torrents are perfectly legal to talk about, the other bit, film rights type software etc, can't be discussed.
Personally, if its not too late, you should try and recover your pc from a previous back up, although if the bios has been messed with, that's probably easier said than done.
From a torrent streaming point of view to your home PC, your always going to be on dodgy ground, starting and including your ISP, maybe theres such a thing as 'torrent to cloud services' out there, so you wouldn't have to mess with the software on your PC, who knows.
Hi Zirk,thanks for that.I restored to an earlier date two days before i pissed about.Is that good enough as i don't have an actual back up.The megatrend thing is still there,so how will i know if my bios has been messed with.Dean.
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If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.
And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.
The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...
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If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.
And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.
The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...
Thanks for that TB never been called a freetard before,do you mean bin the pc.Dean.Actually i find that quite derogatory and upsetting to be honest sir.
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If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.
And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.
The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...
Thanks for that TB never been called a freetard before,do you mean bin the pc.Dean.Actually i find that quite derogatory and upsetting to be honest sir.
Its a fairly standard term in the industry for someone who uses/enjoys commercial/copyrighted material/services with no intention of paying for it. I think it was an online IT magazine/news site that originally coined it several years ago, but has now become commonplace. Covers everything from illegal music downloads to SIM cloning. I think its quite a good, descriptive term myself :)
As to the PC, if the bootblock has become compromised, fairly common a few years ago with BIOS altering malware, yes, bin the PC. Unless you have access to a desoldering station, and can reprogram the flash away from the systemboard. I'm guessing as its AMI, its old anyway.
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If you're not sure - and it sounds like it has been adjusted - bin it.
And let it be a lesson that to be a successful freetard, you need to have a very good understanding of what you are doing, not just follow stupid instructions or downloads off the internet.
The likes of Netflix are cheap enough, and sports are often free with a couple of ISPs...
Thanks for that TB never been called a freetard before,do you mean bin the pc.Dean.Actually i find that quite derogatory and upsetting to be honest sir.
Its a fairly standard term in the industry for someone who uses/enjoys commercial/copyrighted material/services with no intention of paying for it. I think it was an online IT magazine/news site that originally coined it several years ago, but has now become commonplace. Covers everything from illegal music downloads to SIM cloning. I think its quite a good, descriptive term myself :)
As to the PC, if the bootblock has become compromised, fairly common a few years ago with BIOS altering malware, yes, bin the PC. Unless you have access to a desoldering station, and can reprogram the flash away from the systemboard. I'm guessing as its AMI, its old anyway.
Well mate the wife has called me worse :),how can i tell if the boot block has been compromised.And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,could a pc shop do this.Dean.
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And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,
Depends on flash chip used. Some need registers set to program bootblock, some just need a bog standard flash programmer (which connects to a computer, usually PC.
could a pc shop do this.Dean.
No
If its an American Megatrends Inc BIOS, I'm guessing its several years old. Which makes it not worthwhile, as newer PCs are being sent to landfill daily.
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And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,
Depends on flash chip used. Some need registers set to program bootblock, some just need a bog standard flash programmer (which connects to a computer, usually PC.
could a pc shop do this.Dean.
No
If its an American Megatrends Inc BIOS, I'm guessing its several years old. Which makes it not worthwhile, as newer PCs are being sent to landfill daily.
But i can change the settings in my bios,to stop this starting on start up.And go straight to windows start up cant i, :-\.
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And yes i have access to a soldering station,as i work as a solderer for an electronics company.Thing is how would i reprogram the flash without the correct software,
Depends on flash chip used. Some need registers set to program bootblock, some just need a bog standard flash programmer (which connects to a computer, usually PC.
could a pc shop do this.Dean.
No
If its an American Megatrends Inc BIOS, I'm guessing its several years old. Which makes it not worthwhile, as newer PCs are being sent to landfill daily.
But i can change the settings in my bios,to stop this starting on start up.And go straight to windows start up cant i, :-\.
No. One a PC of this era, the bootblock loads into memory first and is executed, which will then load the main BIOS into memory and executed, and its settings applied, which itself is responsible for bootstrapping whatever OS it can find in its boot path.
If you can get malware into the bootblock or the main BIOS, you control the PC, and there is nothing the PC owner can do about it.
Newer system have the potential for the OS to check the BIOS is unmolested, and the BIOS has the potential to check that the boot files of the OS are unmolested. But AMI must be at least 10yrs old, probably more.
If running some dodgy software, downloaded with admin rights from a dodgy website, has caused the BIOS actions to change, you have to class it as compromised. And therefore junk (as not financially viable to fix).
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The problem is if your BIOS code has been changed by someone malicious, and that's what it seems to us who know on here, then your computer is screwed. It's not that it wont work again, the problem is its security. The BIOS flash is a very effective way of hiding malware (usually a RAT loader) and even if you get it working again it might become at the very best just part of a Botnet, at worse they are logging all your keystrokes looking for bank details or are about to encrypt your whole hard drive seeking a ransom.
Eitherway, if you BIOS has been changed without yuor knowledge, as TB said, bin the whole computer. Unless it is a high spec machine it is proably more cost effective to replace it rather than repair.
And yes, unless you know what you are doing then downloading illegally will put you at very high risk of being compromised that way. I work in ITsecurity and I have looked at this area* and found it very difficult to do it without being attacked repeatedly.
*as part of an investigation in to a CEO that got proper hacked ;D
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Thing is, being quite old, you'd more than likely pick up a replacement Motherboard for pennies, but (by your own admission) you aren't in a position to swap that out yourself.
If you could post the Make, Model, Version and BIOS Software version here (If you hit the Pause/Break key when the AMI screen appears, it will stay on screen until you press any other button).
Write everything down, or better still, take a photo of the screen and post it here. There may be a BIOS update that *may* get you out of trouble, although unlikely.
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Thing is, being quite old, you'd more than likely pick up a replacement Motherboard for pennies, but (by your own admission) you aren't in a position to swap that out yourself.
If you could post the Make, Model, Version and BIOS Software version here (If you hit the Pause/Break key when the AMI screen appears, it will stay on screen until you press any other button).
Write everything down, or better still, take a photo of the screen and post it here. There may be a BIOS update that *may* get you out of trouble, although unlikely.
can the BIOS not be re- flashed :-\
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I wont go in to specifics (google will help you out) but if you leave the disc drive and just change the motherboard you cant be sure that there is not something on the drive which will reinfect the BIOS of the new board. Likewise you cannot be sure that reflashing the BIOS will remove all the malware.
Thus the only solution is to start again with a whole new computer. If you're really stingy you can reuse the case, screen, mouse, PSU and keyoard.
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Hi guys,what are the odds that the bios has not been compromised.As unfortunately i cannot afford a new pc,and i will have to stick to this one. :-\ :'( >:(.As tb pointed out freetard,wont be doing it again.So i assume my security is at risk. >:(
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Hi guys,what are the odds that the bios has not been compromised.As unfortunately i cannot afford a new pc,and i will have to stick to this one. :-\ :'( >:(.As tb pointed out freetard,wont be doing it again.So i assume my security is at risk. >:(
It is impossible to say without running some very in-depth diagnostics. The very fact that BIOS settings HAVE been changed strongly suggests it's integrity has been compromised.
Ultimately, it's your call - But I'd definitely not be doing any on-line banking, bill paying or anything which could leave YOU vulnerable.
If you can get the Firmware Version and Software Revision numbers, I *may* be able to help find out what (if anything) has compromised your machine.
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Hi guys,what are the odds that the bios has not been compromised.As unfortunately i cannot afford a new pc,and i will have to stick to this one. :-\ :'( >:(.As tb pointed out freetard,wont be doing it again.So i assume my security is at risk. >:(
It is impossible to say without running some very in-depth diagnostics. The very fact that BIOS settings HAVE been changed strongly suggests it's integrity has been compromised.
Ultimately, it's your call - But I'd definitely not be doing any on-line banking, bill paying or anything which could leave YOU vulnerable.
If you can get the Firmware Version and Software Revision numbers, I *may* be able to help find out what (if anything) has compromised your machine.
BM,i do all my banking,bill paying online,where do i get my firmware and software revision numbers from.Dean.
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Hi guys,what are the odds that the bios has not been compromised.As unfortunately i cannot afford a new pc,and i will have to stick to this one. :-\ :'( >:(.As tb pointed out freetard,wont be doing it again.So i assume my security is at risk. >:(
It is impossible to say without running some very in-depth diagnostics. The very fact that BIOS settings HAVE been changed strongly suggests it's integrity has been compromised.
Ultimately, it's your call - But I'd definitely not be doing any on-line banking, bill paying or anything which could leave YOU vulnerable.
If you can get the Firmware Version and Software Revision numbers, I *may* be able to help find out what (if anything) has compromised your machine.
BM,i do all my banking,bill paying online,where do i get my firmware and software revision numbers from.Dean.
Post #16 ^^ There.
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The screen *may* look something like this; (Depending on age).
(http://www.biosflash.com/images/ami-version.png)
Would be good if you could get a Hi-Res Photo of your screen.
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;D ;D ;D
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Piss taker, ;D
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Hi all just a quick question,i looked at the AMI screen today and the only thing i can see is.At the bottom of the page it says COMS wrong settings,could this be what is causing it to come up.Dean.
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Hi all just a quick question,i looked at the AMI screen today and the only thing i can see is.At the bottom of the page it says CMOS wrong settings,could this be what is causing it to come up.Dean.
Sorry i mean CMOS.
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Moggy. Two possibilities.
Either the CMOS Battery is flat/going flat (There is a small button type battery on the Motherboard to store all the essential settings even when the Computer is unplugged from the mains).
Something has attempted to break stuff.
Enter the BIOS by pressing 'DEL' when it says to do so and use the arrow keys to navigate to "Standard CMOS Setup". In here, set the correct date and time.
Then back at the main menu, select "Load Optimal Settings".
Go to "Save & Exit"
If the computer loses it's settings again after being turned off for an hour or so, you could try changing the battery on the Motherboard. If you can change the battery in a key-fob, you'll be fine with this. It's very easy.
If that still doesn't stop the BIOS losing it's settings, it's toast.
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Jeebus theres a lot of scaremongering going on here....
Has no-one thought its just the BIOS start-up screen that is being displayed and not the actual BIOS....
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Jeebus theres a lot of scaremongering going on here....
Has no-one thought its just the BIOS start-up screen that is being displayed and not the actual BIOS....
Can i ask what do you mean mate its the AMI screen,if i press pause/break it stays on that screen.If i press delete i get the BIOS screen.Are they two separate things forgive my ignorance.Dean.
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Yes...
It basically tells you how much RAM memory your graphics adapter has and what type/model it is... also what CPU the machine has installed, and also what hard drives and CD/DVD/Bluray drives are installed...
The BIOS screen is ONLY accessed by a key press, it won't boot directly to the BIOS screen...
Basically once you press the on button, it will (or should) eventually boot into Windows or whichever operating system is installed...
Your not being ignorant at all BTW....
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Well with some help of some of you guys and some personal pms,i think i may i say may have sorted it.I went into the Bios and made sure the date was correct,as the other day it was 02/02/2002.Then i went to load default ok turned off the pc,left it for half hour.Restarted and it is now booting straight to windows,no AMI screen.I still don't know what caused this(as said could have been something i downloaded) or whether my BIOS is still compromised,but i suppose i will just have to wait and see.Thanks for all the help and advice as always it was very much appreciated.Dean.
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Well with some help of some of you guys and some personal pms,i think i may i say may have sorted it.I went into the Bios and made sure the date was correct,as the other day it was 02/02/2002.Then i went to load default ok turned off the pc,left it for half hour.Restarted and it is now booting straight to windows,no AMI screen.I still don't know what caused this(as said could have been something i downloaded) or whether my BIOS is still compromised,but i suppose i will just have to wait and see.Thanks for all the help and advice as always it was very much appreciated.Dean.
given 2 salient points from all that has been said ..
1) It self booted to BIOS (setup)
2) The date reverted to 2002 (probably when it was built)
I will 99% agree with BM that the BIOS (CMOS) battery is on its way out. This provides a very small current to a single chip on the motherboard that "stores" a "map" of where everything is, the date, and a few other things. If the battery starts to get tired then the chip loses that info and setup has to run everytime.
If you "boot" several times in succsesion you put extra strain on the battery .. leaving it a while allows it to recover a tad ....
For the sake of around £2.00 change the little battery .. it is probably a CR2032 ... if nothing else it will take the battery out of the equation .. if the problem still occurs it is then something serious.
HTH
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Jeebus theres a lot of scaremongering going on here....
Has no-one thought its just the BIOS start-up screen that is being displayed and not the actual BIOS....
Right. 'dangle berries'. In a nutshell.
The OP has said he was downloading dodgy software from dubious sources. These downloads are riddled with malware, always are, always will be.
Whilst doing this, the BIOS configuration changed.
Coincidence? Really?
Its far more likely that the BIOS and/or the boot block (if its new enough to have one) have been compromised. The big danger with pre-boot compromises is the OS is unable to detect the compromise in any way, so immediately the OS is pwned by somebody nasty.
A BIOS update is probably unlikely to resolve it, due to a combination of poor software handling by the flasher, and because at the point of flashing, the system is still compromised. If the bootblock has been done as well, no chance.
Can it be fixed? Yup, most probably. I can certainly put the OP in touch with companies that can analyse and usually remove the infection, as I'm sure Guffer could too. An initial investigation is likely to be £20-30k (exc vat), with a quote then generated. For most people, a £150 brand spankers PC is a far more viable option.
Scaremongering? Nah, sadly its reality. Apart from a desire not to see a fellow OOFer get oppsed over by scumbags, I really couldn't give a shit about anyones PC. One more compromised PC on the Internet is irrelevant to me, as long as none of mine are.
To the OP, you've had the views of somebody with a 20yr professional background in IT systems engineering, and the views of our resident professional IT Security guy, and both (for once ;D) are broadly in line with each other - it is very likely that that system board, that hard disk and potentially that RAM will be controlled by somebody out to make financial gain.
I would strongly recommend to never use it again, and from another PC, change all your passwords used in any online services.
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Jeebus theres a lot of scaremongering going on here....
Has no-one thought its just the BIOS start-up screen that is being displayed and not the actual BIOS....
Right. 'dangle berries'. In a nutshell.
The OP has said he was downloading dodgy software from dubious sources. These downloads are riddled with malware, always are, always will be.
Whilst doing this, the BIOS configuration changed.
Coincidence? Really?
Its far more likely that the BIOS and/or the boot block (if its new enough to have one) have been compromised. The big danger with pre-boot compromises is the OS is unable to detect the compromise in any way, so immediately the OS is pwned by somebody nasty.
A BIOS update is probably unlikely to resolve it, due to a combination of poor software handling by the flasher, and because at the point of flashing, the system is still compromised. If the bootblock has been done as well, no chance.
Can it be fixed? Yup, most probably. I can certainly put the OP in touch with companies that can analyse and usually remove the infection, as I'm sure Guffer could too. An initial investigation is likely to be £20-30k (exc vat), with a quote then generated. For most people, a £150 brand spankers PC is a far more viable option.
Scaremongering? Nah, sadly its reality. Apart from a desire not to see a fellow OOFer get oppsed over by scumbags, I really couldn't give a shit about anyones PC. One more compromised PC on the Internet is irrelevant to me, as long as none of mine are.
To the OP, you've had the views of somebody with a 20yr professional background in IT systems engineering, and the views of our resident professional IT Security guy, and both (for once ;D) are broadly in line with each other - it is very likely that that system board, that hard disk and potentially that RAM will be controlled by somebody out to make financial gain.
I would strongly recommend to never use it again, and from another PC, change all your passwords used in any online services.
Hi TB,first of all can i say thank you for all of your and others comments and advice.But the bottom line is that financially i cannot afford another pc,i just don't have the money.I have to say i still don't understand,what the difference is between the AMI screen and the bios screen.All i know is that the Ami screen never used to come up,it did say cmos settings wrong.As for the bios settings i would not know,if they are wrong.Because i don't know what they were in the first place,i am i a no win situation as i need to keep using this pc.But thanks again to all,i will just have to hope my pc is not being controlled by a nasty.Regards a very foolish and upset Dean.
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Dean...I don't know much about computers either. But what I do know is, after all the advice you've received on here, you shouldn't even be considering using it for online banking or the like. Even access to your emails would give someone a shed load of information about everything from car insurance to which banks you use and, of course, your personal life.
You say you can't afford a new PC. Can you afford to have all your accounts hacked?
Buy a cheapish tablet, they are pretty good for day-to-day stuff now.
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Jeebus theres a lot of scaremongering going on here....
Has no-one thought its just the BIOS start-up screen that is being displayed and not the actual BIOS....
and both (for once ;D) are broadly in line with each other
I know! I was shocked too but it was probably because nobody mentioned the C word ;D
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Dean...I don't know much about computers either. But what I do know is, after all the advice you've received on here, you shouldn't even be considering using it for online banking or the like. Even access to your emails would give someone a shed load of information about everything from car insurance to which banks you use and, of course, your personal life.
You say you can't afford a new PC. Can you afford to have all your accounts hacked?
Buy a cheapish tablet, they are pretty good for day-to-day stuff now.
Ste,thanks for your reply.Without going it to to much detail,myself and the wife are nearly close to being evicted.No money is available for a tablet,everything goes on bills and rent food and getting us to work.If i have been hacked the hacker has nothing to get as i don't have anything.I made a big mistake and do not have the means or money to put it right.But i will have to live with that,i do worry about my wife.As in my youth i lived on the streets but she will not cope well,and what do we do with the cat she loves him.I will have to keep close eye on my banking stuff,but if things go tits up.There is nothing i can do about it,as TB said i should not have been a Freetard.Regards to all Dean.
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Dean...I don't know much about computers either. But what I do know is, after all the advice you've received on here, you shouldn't even be considering using it for online banking or the like. Even access to your emails would give someone a shed load of information about everything from car insurance to which banks you use and, of course, your personal life.
You say you can't afford a new PC. Can you afford to have all your accounts hacked?
Buy a cheapish tablet, they are pretty good for day-to-day stuff now.
Ste,thanks for your reply.Without going it to to much detail,myself and the wife are nearly close to being evicted.No money is available for a tablet,everything goes on bills and rent food and getting us to work.If i have been hacked the hacker has nothing to get as i don't have anything.I made a big mistake and do not have the means or money to put it right.But i will have to live with that,i do worry about my wife.As in my youth i lived on the streets but she will not cope well,and what do we do with the cat she loves him.I will have to keep close eye on my banking stuff,but if things go tits up.There is nothing i can do about it,as TB said i should not have been a Freetard.Regards to all Dean.
:'( :'( :'(
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Sorry to hear that Dean. Ideally you need to not be using that PC for anything, especially not banking etc :-\
I would go as far as to ask if the pay issue you had a while back was when you started having pc issues? Could be a lesson there for everyone :-\
I appreciate that won't be of any solace but it might make you think twice about keeping the pc irrespective of whether you replace it sooner or later...
As for the rest of the issue, get in touch with Stepchange :y
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Sorry to hear that Dean. Ideally you need to not be using that PC for anything, especially not banking etc :-\
I would go as far as to ask if the pay issue you had a while back was when you started having pc issues? Could be a lesson there for everyone :-\
I appreciate that won't be of any solace but it might make you think twice about keeping the pc irrespective of whether you replace it sooner or later...
As for the rest of the issue, get in touch with Stepchange :y
And shelter, they really are on your side :y
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Bearing in mind that I'm a complete ignoramus luddite. ::) Would a new hard drive and/or memory card give Dean a 'clean' lappy? :-\
Hell of a lot cheaper if so. :y
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Bearing in mind that I'm a complete ignoramus luddite. ::) Would a new hard drive and/or memory card give Dean a 'clean' lappy? :-\
Hell of a lot cheaper if so. :y
I don't know, Tigger, but those who do are adamant about stuff like this......rebuild or new. :(
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Sorry to hear that Dean. Ideally you need to not be using that PC for anything, especially not banking etc :-\
I would go as far as to ask if the pay issue you had a while back was when you started having pc issues? Could be a lesson there for everyone :-\
I appreciate that won't be of any solace but it might make you think twice about keeping the pc irrespective of whether you replace it sooner or later...
As for the rest of the issue, get in touch with Stepchange :y
Hi mate,thanks for that.I have no choice but to use this pc,no about the pay issues i had no pc problems then.Just when i downloaded some doggy software.Can you tell me what is stepchange,Regards Dean.
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Sorry to hear that Dean. Ideally you need to not be using that PC for anything, especially not banking etc :-\
I would go as far as to ask if the pay issue you had a while back was when you started having pc issues? Could be a lesson there for everyone :-\
I appreciate that won't be of any solace but it might make you think twice about keeping the pc irrespective of whether you replace it sooner or later...
As for the rest of the issue, get in touch with Stepchange :y
And shelter, they really are on your side :y
Ste who are they,and would they look after the wife.Dean.
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Bearing in mind that I'm a complete ignoramus luddite. ::) Would a new hard drive and/or memory card give Dean a 'clean' lappy? :-\
Hell of a lot cheaper if so. :y
Hi Trigger,thanks for that.But it seams the experts on here say it would not make any difference.
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Sorry to hear that Dean. Ideally you need to not be using that PC for anything, especially not banking etc :-\
I would go as far as to ask if the pay issue you had a while back was when you started having pc issues? Could be a lesson there for everyone :-\
I appreciate that won't be of any solace but it might make you think twice about keeping the pc irrespective of whether you replace it sooner or later...
As for the rest of the issue, get in touch with Stepchange :y
And shelter, they really are on your side :y
Ste who are they,and would they look after the wife.Dean.
They will help with your housing needs. Everything from advice to communicating with your landlord and even putting your case for you in court.
http://england.shelter.org.uk/?_ga=1.77926036.1660784600.1450090658
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Sorry to hear that Dean. Ideally you need to not be using that PC for anything, especially not banking etc :-\
I would go as far as to ask if the pay issue you had a while back was when you started having pc issues? Could be a lesson there for everyone :-\
I appreciate that won't be of any solace but it might make you think twice about keeping the pc irrespective of whether you replace it sooner or later...
As for the rest of the issue, get in touch with Stepchange :y
And shelter, they really are on your side :y
Ste who are they,and would they look after the wife.Dean.
They will help with your housing needs. Everything from advice to communicating with your landlord and even putting your case for you in court.
http://england.shelter.org.uk/?_ga=1.77926036.1660784600.1450090658
Thanks mate,as long as they can help my wife,i will be happy she has a roof over her head.Dean.
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http://www.stepchange.org/ :y
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Said all I can on the computer stuff Moggy and agree with TuBy and Guffer :(
I don't know if you have freecycle up in your parts but you may find somebody who is turfing out a old PC for nothing. If you was closer, i've got a few very old towers which you could probably make something usable out of :-\
As for the money shite, i've been there and eventually come out the other side mate as has a few on here :)
I believe Al (Harris K Telemacher) is probably the most current on the rules and regulations.
I ended up a friggin mental wreck over it and tbh, a few on here suffered with my rants I came out with :-[
All I will say (because I don't know your circumstances) is this ................
No matter what threats these financial oppsers come out with, they can't take what you haven't got.
Once you get your head around that, a lot of the stress goes out of the window ;)
As Al recommended, ring Stepchange and the Citizens Advise Centre for starters and just be 100% honest (no matter how embarrassing) with them and if by any chance your ex military, pick up the phone to the Royal British Legion because they saved my arse when I was in a VERY Very dark place.
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Agree with Tiger on this if ex military RBL are great as are SSAFA and depending on service branch try RNRMC as well