Advice from computer nerds required
Apologies for anyone who dislikes the term nerd. I use it as a compliment and a term of respect for those who can understand that which I cannot. :)
Ok, so hubby did something rather stupid and gave his debit card details to an untrustworthy source. We have sorted out the bank and he has filed a report with the cops.
I am now wondering what the chances are of needing to wipe the lap top? Would it be likely that some sort of nastiness is now residing in our computer?
We have been considering purchasing windows 7 (we still use XP) so it wouldn't be too much of a hassle in the long run, I guess I'm just wondering if I should be doing that ASAP, or if I can still wait a bit.