Random "are you online?" message at 3am.

Hi. I got on my computer in the morning and saw "buttons devil" send me a contact request and say "Are you online?". I asked a friend if it was one of them, they laughed at the name and said no. My friend got a random person added to their contacts today "from 7 to 8" so who knows if he and my other "friend" are pulling one on me or is it a spam bot that is well known? Any help would be great.

hi there,
i took the thing into the apple again last week and they ran some more tests. this time they found the logic board, more specifically the "accelerator" was messed up. they replaced the logic board and so far, no problems. but it's only been a week. i was super irritated that i even had to pay for the repair since i think the computer is a lemon. they used the "excuse" that i didn't have apple care and the machine was out of warranty. and also, that no problems were ever documented with apple. i think purchasing apple care is a scam. i have never had a problem with any of my other apple products so i have never seen the need to spend that kind of money. what kind of crap are they producing if they want all their customers to purchase apple care. bah!  needless to say, i'm very upset with the way apple handled this. i've been a loyal customer since the early 90s and have spent enough $$$ with them. they can't pay for this repair? it's a manufacturing problem, not my fault.

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