My wife forgot the password for her gmail account. I was unsuccessful at retrieving it so she ended up calling gmail. I don't know where she got the number. I'm convinced the guy on the other end was running a scam :mad: He talked her into/thru granting him remote access to my pc :eek: He then claimed my pc was ate up with bugs and was being used by hackers in germany. He proceeded to tell her that my pc, laptop both of our tablets, cellphones, TV and router were all infected but he could get us in contact with someone to clean them up for $600-$700. He also advised her that just replacing the devices wouldn't get rid of the threat. He then offered a $400-$500 repair using a senior discount. When I realized what was going on I made her hang up and then I turned off the router and run Avast [which came up clean] and SuperAntiSpyware which showed more than normal but they were all adware/tracking cookies. I also removed the remote access program he put on my pc. He did show her on my pc screen a long list of virus that had been installed, this list disappeared as soon as she hung up, shortly before I turned off the router. Is it likely he installed a virus on my pc? if so, is there a good way to find and eliminate it? Oh, she never did get her password, the 'tech' said because all our devices were infected he couldn't do it but they could once the threat was eliminated.

I have a 2 story house with a Linksys E1200 on the main floor. I am finding that down in my basement I do not get a good signal. I want to add another wireless device so I get coverage down there. I thought about putting in an identical Linksys to keep things consistent and I managed to get the first one up and running despite limited computer skills. My question is how do I setup the basement one, what happens if I have an active wireless connection off the main wireless router then I roam downstairs, will I see a disruption as it picks up the new one or is it all seemless? I know my main one hands out its own DHCP address space, would I need to change the address space on the downstairs unit? sorry if these are dumb questions, I just want a transparent connection if I take a device between floors and it jumps from one wireless device to the other, I'm not looking for anything fancy. any help appreciated. thank you