For weeks it sat on my browser - Chrome - two words I had no clue about. "Ester Nutzer." I didn't know what it meant. Was it Malaware? Was it a spying program? Was it one of those phishing things I hear about. Though reasonably tech savvy I had no idea what this was.
I was completely at a loss.
I put a message of Facebook. The replies weren't encouraging. I searched the net and found that "Ester Nutzer" meant first user in German. Well I am the first user of my computer, who else could have access to it?
I downloaded a Malaware programme, which was of no use to remove those two hateful words. Again, the sense of loss continued unwittingly. I have too many documents of importance on the computer to want to lose anything.
We live in an age devoid of privacy. Whatever we do is available and visible to someone sitting somewhere. I was thinking of this: is he reading my mail, is he deleting my files? Who is he? And
Then today I went to the settings of my browser. (It is the icon with the three horizontal lines right at the top end of the browser.) There again I find my friend "Ester Nutzer" sitting above my name as the first user. What the heck?
Get away, off with you, man. I don't want you snooping on my computer anymore. There was a small button to delete him. I did it.
Mercifully now my browser doesn't have his august presence imprinted on it. I can rest content.
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| The Offensive Erster Nutzer. Oh it's Erster! Sorry for that typo. Who bothers now! |
I was completely at a loss.
I put a message of Facebook. The replies weren't encouraging. I searched the net and found that "Ester Nutzer" meant first user in German. Well I am the first user of my computer, who else could have access to it?
I downloaded a Malaware programme, which was of no use to remove those two hateful words. Again, the sense of loss continued unwittingly. I have too many documents of importance on the computer to want to lose anything.
Only now have I realised the importance of backing up my data.
We live in an age devoid of privacy. Whatever we do is available and visible to someone sitting somewhere. I was thinking of this: is he reading my mail, is he deleting my files? Who is he? And
, interestingly,the US administration says they have a right to snoop into our emails in the greater interest of humanity. I know the security of the human race comes before anything else in this beleaguered world, but what about my security? Is there no guaranty for that?Then today I went to the settings of my browser. (It is the icon with the three horizontal lines right at the top end of the browser.) There again I find my friend "Ester Nutzer" sitting above my name as the first user. What the heck?
Get away, off with you, man. I don't want you snooping on my computer anymore. There was a small button to delete him. I did it.
Mercifully now my browser doesn't have his august presence imprinted on it. I can rest content.
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