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Offline Isabel H

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Weird Rootschat on Kindle Fire
« on: Monday 09 June 14 23:19 BST (UK) »
When I tried to view RC tonight via the browser on my Kindle Fire HD the home page looked sort of disjointed, with things not properly lined up,  and it greeted me with Hey instead of Hi.  There's also a button at the bottom of the page saying Contact Support. I was suspicious and avoided it. I've scanned for viruses and found nothing.
Anyone know what's going on?
GRAY - Inveresk; Lanarkshire
LINDSAY - Lanarkshire
PURDIE - Lanarkshire; W. Lothian
POZZI - Elgin; Lancashire
MACKENZIE, MORISON - Stornoway
ARCHIBALD, HAY, HUNTER, SNADDON - Clackmannanshire
COXON, HALL, JACKSON, SHOTTON - Northumberland

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Re: Weird Rootschat on Kindle Fire
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 10 June 14 09:32 BST (UK) »
Panic over!  :-[ This morning everything's running normally and I looked at the home page, which I confess I rarely do, and found that it does say "Hey" instead of "Hi" (why?), and also has the buttons at the foot of the page that alarmed me so last night. That and the way the page wasn't displaying properly made me worry that it had been hacked.  I've been caught once by ransom ware that completely locked up my laptop, so am now very suspicious of anything with clickable buttons that doesn't look quite right.
GRAY - Inveresk; Lanarkshire
LINDSAY - Lanarkshire
PURDIE - Lanarkshire; W. Lothian
POZZI - Elgin; Lancashire
MACKENZIE, MORISON - Stornoway
ARCHIBALD, HAY, HUNTER, SNADDON - Clackmannanshire
COXON, HALL, JACKSON, SHOTTON - Northumberland

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Re: Weird Rootschat on Kindle Fire
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 10 June 14 10:37 BST (UK) »
I'd forgotten all about the main page saying "Hey" and the others saying "Hi". It's something I should fix now that you've reminded me of it :)

The "Contact Support" button appears at the bottom of the first page, and on the Help pages.

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Re: Weird Rootschat on Kindle Fire
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 10 June 14 13:17 BST (UK) »
Thanks Trystan.  :)

I feel a bit silly for over-reacting, but I'd feel worse if there actually had been a problem and I'd said nothing.

Isabel
GRAY - Inveresk; Lanarkshire
LINDSAY - Lanarkshire
PURDIE - Lanarkshire; W. Lothian
POZZI - Elgin; Lancashire
MACKENZIE, MORISON - Stornoway
ARCHIBALD, HAY, HUNTER, SNADDON - Clackmannanshire
COXON, HALL, JACKSON, SHOTTON - Northumberland