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Offline sonofthom

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"Memento Mori" - Warning!
« on: Friday 28 March 25 14:33 GMT (UK) »
I used to go to the above website regularly to find Scottish Graves. As my tree filled up I have had less need to use it but today for the first time in months, maybe even a year or two, I clicked on my saved link for this website. Bad mistake! I was immediately on a website telling me that my computer was infected and a non stop pop up supposedly from Windows Defender was insisting that I click the button to remove the viruses. After a bit of effort I managed to get rid of the pop up and a Norton scan tells me that my computer is clear of viruses.

Looks like the legitimate website is no more so beware - does anyone know what has happened to it or can it still be found somewhere?
Sinclair: Lanarkshire & Antrim; McDougall: Bute; Ramsay: Invernesshire; Thomson & Robertson: Perthshire; Brown: Argyll; Scott: Ayrshire: Duff: Fife.

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Re: "Memento Mori" - Warning!
« Reply #1 on: Friday 28 March 25 14:38 GMT (UK) »
Boyd, Dove, Blakey, Burdon

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Re: "Memento Mori" - Warning!
« Reply #2 on: Friday 28 March 25 15:05 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Alan. I don't know this site (not the one I used to use) but will enjoy exploring it.
Sinclair: Lanarkshire & Antrim; McDougall: Bute; Ramsay: Invernesshire; Thomson & Robertson: Perthshire; Brown: Argyll; Scott: Ayrshire: Duff: Fife.

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Re: "Memento Mori" - Warning!
« Reply #3 on: Friday 28 March 25 15:12 GMT (UK) »
Is it possible that is the same ‘site’ at a new address?
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Re: "Memento Mori" - Warning!
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 02 April 25 09:23 BST (UK) »
The site closed down some years ago. I don't remember exactly when or why.
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