...Yankee Jim, I don't think it is a case of FOF denying responsibility, it is more likely that nobody knew the answers, and 1,051 replies saying so would have made this the biggest post of all time.
I am not a techie, but all I can suggest is that your security on your pc needs updating or renewing and you should run some malaware programmes.
Contact Logicalman via a PM - he lives in the USA and certainly knows his stuff, I am sure he'll guide you in the right direction.
Re the money, we had a whip - round at FoF, and got you this:-
