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Mar 2, 2013 10:51:33 #
There is a spate of hacking going on at the moment
How should I deal with the problem
Brenda
How should I deal with the problem
Brenda
Mar 2, 2013 11:18:57 #
????
Surely everyone has anti virus and malware software running so why worry.
I have never known any individual "hacked" are you important, you may pick up a virus though
Surely everyone has anti virus and malware software running so why worry.
I have never known any individual "hacked" are you important, you may pick up a virus though
Mar 2, 2013 11:40:32 #
JR1 wrote:
????
Surely everyone has anti virus and malware software running so why worry.
I have never known any individual "hacked" are you important, you may pick up a virus though
Surely everyone has anti virus and malware software running so why worry.
I have never known any individual "hacked" are you important, you may pick up a virus though
Yes I do have anti- virus and malware running.....and no I am certainly not important
Problem is I get numerous emails from contacts who in actual fact have not sent them. These messages ask you (me) to follow a link
At this point I delete it. It is annoying and frustrating and I wondered if there is a method of finding out who has started this
And by the way any emails that I forward I do so via BCC
However thankyou for your prompt reply
Brenda
Mar 2, 2013 12:16:11 #
Who is the email from ?
Especially hotmail emails, the persons account has been hacked. Just tell them to log in and change their password.
Should be the same for other freebie email programs.
Sarge69
Especially hotmail emails, the persons account has been hacked. Just tell them to log in and change their password.
Should be the same for other freebie email programs.
Sarge69
Mar 2, 2013 12:49:39 #
Mar 2, 2013 13:04:41 #
You have to use caution when you receive an "out of character" email from your email contacts. If an acquaintance sends you an email with no subject that contains a website link or an attachment, delete it. PDF file attachments are especially dangerous, if the sender hasn't sent PDF's in the past, delete it.
Mar 2, 2013 14:02:51 #
Bkh42 wrote:
There is a spate of hacking going on at the moment
How should I deal with the problem
Brenda
How should I deal with the problem
Brenda
I have an.ti-evrtything and they run i thet background.All has been quiet, until my FB account and my computer was turned into
a zombie for a day.I resolved the problem.And wyes you are important.We all are snd it's troublesome when we get hacked.I have the best anti-virus, anti -malware, anti -keystroke, spot -bot software you can buy.No one is safe.
I suggest you go to www.cnet.com and see what programs they have rated highly.
Annie
Sorryy about the typos.Glasses are allnmessed -up!
Mar 2, 2013 14:04:44 #
yes... facebook started allowing messages to non-friends and someone had a virus ready to go...that was monday 2/25
Mar 2, 2013 15:01:09 #
papayanirvana wrote:
yes... facebook started allowing messages to non-friends and someone had a virus ready to go...that was monday 2/25
Thanks to all for your help and support
I shall advise my friends to change their passwords and shall change my own
Brenda
Mar 2, 2013 16:32:52 #
papayanirvana wrote:
does anybody still have a hotmail account that hasn't been hacked?
I do. But it's the 4th one with a new password.
Sarge69
Mar 3, 2013 06:57:56 #
Geniuses have been trying to solve this problem since the beginning of email...with no luck. If it doesn't look right, delete it. It's the best you can do.
Mar 3, 2013 07:03:16 #
instead of just delete them, try sending to the junk folder. then they should'nt be returning.
Mar 3, 2013 07:04:55 #
Mar 3, 2013 08:44:36 #
Bkh42 wrote:
Thanks to all for your help and support
I shall advise my friends to change their passwords and shall change my own
Brenda
papayanirvana wrote:
yes... facebook started allowing messages to non-friends and someone had a virus ready to go...that was monday 2/25
Thanks to all for your help and support
I shall advise my friends to change their passwords and shall change my own
Brenda
Download a copy of Malwarebytes. They have a free version and it will clean your machine. In the future if you do not recognize the person sending you the email - don't open it.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
There are a number of punks in the world that get their kicks breaking other peoples stuff. The internet allows them to do this with little chance of being caught. It reminds me of the people on UHH that jump into a conversation just to throw insults around.
It is the world we have and you just have to deal with it.
Mar 3, 2013 09:49:28 #
EVERYBODY gets these e-mails. If your address is out there (and it is), you will get them. You are not being hacked, it's called "phishing." Each has a link inviting you to download malware that will cause problems if you do. I just got back from five glorious days in the desert (1200 images) to find 300+ items in my in-box. Only 30 of them were from Nigeria, 5 from the FBI, one offered me viagra, and NOBODY cares about my penis length anymore. I must be getting old.
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