Help (Page 2): I agree. Gmail on a Mac is the answer. I don't think I've ever been phished since I switched. In part, I am told, it's because those that write the programs for phishing...

charryl Loc: New Mexico, USA

kprea2 wrote:

I do, no problems yet. I also have gmail, no problem so far.

I agree. Gmail on a Mac is the answer. I don't think I've ever been phished since I switched. In part, I am told, it's because those that write the programs for phishing are looking for 1) the largest audience and 2) it's much easier to write code for PCs than for Apple computers.

stonecherub Loc: Tucson, AZ

Not so! Years ago, when Mac had 5% of the market, writing malware for it was no more difficult than writing for the PC, just a waste of time. Now, with so many Macs around, the malware is catching up. Nothing, NOTHING, can protect the user like vigilance.

Check out Stu Sjouwerman's website knowbe4.com, he publishes CyberheistNews. He's the phishing expert.

rogerl Loc: UK (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)

We've experienced several instances of this from friends' email addresses - no header & just a web link. Naturally we delete the message without clicking. We email (use a fresh email rather than reply to the suspect one) them & tell them their email account has been hacked so to go online & change their password. It happened to a friend in NZ a couple of weeks ago so she changed her password; unfortunately we had another one from her email address today!

It happened to us last year - friends received an email purporting to be from us & containing just a web link. A change of password solved it & we haven't had a repetition.

ted45 Loc: Delaware

stonecherub wrote:

Not so! Years ago, when Mac had 5% of the market, writing malware for it was no more difficult than writing for the PC, just a waste of time. Now, with so many Macs around, the malware is catching up. Nothing, NOTHING, can protect the user like vigilance.

Check out Stu Sjouwerman's website knowbe4.com, he publishes CyberheistNews. He's the phishing expert.

Actually the hackers left the Mac alone because there were so few of them. A cyber criminal always goes for the easiest and most abundant target. It was Apple bragging about how secure they were that got the attention of the hacking community.

I taught a course in computer security and I can tell you rule one is "Don't wave a red flag in front of the bull."

Ever notice how many of these phoney emails are trying to point you to big money without any effort? Big easy target -Greed!!

PhilNSLS Loc: North Shore Lake Superior, Minnesota

Bkh42 wrote:

There is a spate of hacking going on at the moment
How should I deal with the problem

Brenda

I have an unused Facebook account that I can recognize by a misspelling and three 'friends' attached to it. I get the same emails you describe from all three. I think someone hacked into Facebook and captured the info.

charryl Loc: New Mexico, USA

stonecherub wrote:

Not so! Years ago, when Mac had 5% of the market, writing malware for it was no more difficult than writing for the PC, just a waste of time. Now, with so many Macs around, the malware is catching up. Nothing, NOTHING, can protect the user like vigilance.

Check out Stu Sjouwerman's website knowbe4.com, he publishes CyberheistNews. He's the phishing expert.

Ok. Will do. I agree that diligence is the key. Just passing along personal experience plus tips from folks that make their living trying to bust through cyber walls....in a good way...they protect our nation's big computing systems.

leither Loc: Sunny Leith

Bkh42 wrote:

There is a spate of hacking going on at the moment
How should I deal with the problem

Brenda

As already stated it's more than likely a 'phishing' scam.
A possible reason why you're being targeted is you have received an email at some time from a friend who has used the 'cc' to send the same email to multiple contacts.
It's this practice that allows scammers to collect (farm) multi address's if one of the addressees has any kind of 'Farming Virus' hidden on their computer.
When I receive any emails with a 'cc' and many other address's shown the first thing I do is tell the sender to use 'BCC' so no-one see other addresses.
The 'cc' should be made obsolete from all email programs and would cut spam overnight. (possibly)

Rich Maher Loc: Sonoma County, CA

Bkh42 wrote:

There is a spate of hacking going on at the moment
How should I deal with the problem
You could buy a MAC and never worry about hacks or viruses.

Brenda

SHUTERED Loc: SO. CAL.

Bkh42 wrote:

quote=JR1 ???? br br Surely everyone has anti vi... (show quote)

Hi Brenda- You should be able to list the domain of the origin in your spam filter. If you are useing a microsoft program such as Outlook or hot mail there is are selections to either block, send to spam folder or automaticly delete upon receipt. :oops:

Michael O' Loc: Midwest right now

Bkh42 wrote:

There is a spate of hacking going on at the moment
How should I deal with the problem

Brenda

My yahoo account was hacked and used to send out requests for money in my name. Yahoo suggested I close the account, so I did. I created a new one, obviously with a grossly different password. The major problem has been caused by the loss of my entire contact list. I was on LinkedIn too and so changed that account reference, and LinkedIn will not respond to my request to transfer my old LinkedIn account profile to my new one. They are too hauty to actually communicate with a user. Thus, beware of ever needing contact with the birds at LinkedIn.