Liam Bunce Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Can anyone explain to me what this might be, it came up on my computer this morning when I switched on. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ibzr3lha7m7ecf/Screenshot 2018-07-14 05.33.31.png?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Actually, I don't think anyone would like to click on the link - and as I see it, you shouldn't encourage people to do so without more information. https://www.csoonline.com/article/3179466/security/danes-targeted-by-malware-spread-through-dropbox.html https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/57056/cyber-crime/dropbox-links-spam.html Have you scanned you computer for malware and/or experienced any signs of it? It doesn't seem to be the same method - but perhaps one should be cautious with Dropbox links you don't know about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Bunce Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 32 minutes ago, Niels Quist said: Actually, I don't think anyone would like to click on the link - and as I see it, you shouldn't encourage people to do so without more information. https://www.csoonline.com/article/3179466/security/danes-targeted-by-malware-spread-through-dropbox.html https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/57056/cyber-crime/dropbox-links-spam.html Have you scanned you computer for malware and/or experienced any signs of it? It doesn't seem to be the same method - but perhaps one should be cautious with Dropbox links you don't know about. Apologies for that Its just a screenshot of a box that popped up on my computer below is what it stated. Preferences.readprefs err=69 what= where=4 Name=Preferences.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 No problem, thanks - it helps with more information. I am duly afraid of clicking on sinister links, I don't know more about - perhaps too much afraid, if one can be. Could there be any connection with one of your previous uses of Dropbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Looks like you may have a missing or corrupted preferences file. Shame it doesn't indicate which application it might belong to. Does it appear every time you boot, or was this a one off? If it occurs every time, you could try rebooting in safe mode to see if it the message still appears. If not then it's likely to be a problem with another program that starts at startup. Try using startup manager to temporarily disable one start up program at a time and then reboot in normal mode until you find out which one has the problem. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Lowe Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Try running the Windows App Troubleshooter. See here.... https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance-winpc/windows-10-error-id-69-occurring-daily/5c8c73be-0e60-4489-9368-badbd705c928 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Bunce Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 3 hours ago, M.Chapman said: Looks like you may have a missing or corrupted preferences file. Shame it doesn't indicate which application it might belong to. Does it appear every time you boot, or was this a one off? If it occurs every time, you could try rebooting in safe mode to see if it the message still appears. If not then it's likely to be a problem with another program that starts at startup. Try using startup manager to temporarily disable one start up program at a time and then reboot in normal mode until you find out which one has the problem. Mark it's happened just the one time, I have rebooted since though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Bunce Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Niels Quist said: No problem, thanks - it helps with more information. I am duly afraid of clicking on sinister links, I don't know more about - perhaps too much afraid, if one can be. Could there be any connection with one of your previous uses of Dropbox? That is possible as I used it the other day to take a screenshot of an image of mine that has been downloaded without Alamy's permission, by a company in Panama it may have come from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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