Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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Just to let anyone who may receive an email from me that it is probably not. It seems that one of those cretins who love the internet so much they have to try and kill it has hacked into my account and sent out a spurious message with attached virus. If you do receive anything from me please delete it straight away, do not open any attachments. I have, of course, taken steps to correct it.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just got two chris, knew it wasn't you.
thanks for putting it on here.
So soon after Roger being hacked is there any merit in wondering if there is a DF hacker?
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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DF hacker?
I haven't got one
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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all getting to be a bit of a mystery, somewhere between an agatha christie story and cluedo.
which one of us is it?
could be the vicar with a starting handle in the drawing room.
Or the philanthropist with the cheque book in the conservatory?
If I see Chris P with a deerstalker on I shall know the hunt is on..........
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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"The game is afoot", surely.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i knew straight away that it wasn't you chris, the e mails started "hello friend", you've never been that polite to me.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Ditto Howard !
Roger
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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I always delete your e-mails anyway Chris.lol
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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when you look at the people that are copied in on the scam it is very worrying.
the town council, kent highways and our honourable member amongst them.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Chris, probably telling you something you already know, but do you have a good antivirus and anti-spyware programme, plus automatic updates activated and your firewall turned on? You might be able to get rid of this malware although threats are increeasingly good at hiding themselves from detection.
http://www.saga.co.uk/money/best-deals/staying-safe-online-what-you-need-to-know-about-malware.aspx
Bear in mind the article is nearly two years old.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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I feel upset now.
The last e-mail I had off Chris it began....hello T""ser.
Get walled up Chris and don't give the buggers the chance. Stay Safe.
If all else fails get the two guys from the thread ( the mob rules ) that'll scare anyone
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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I actually had three of these all at one go. You always fall for it initially...I thought to myself that Chris had been busy..and was wondering what it was all about. And then you click on the things and straight away you realise they are dodgy. Sadly it appears to be the way of the world these days.
Sigh!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i think that most of it is done through facebook accounts.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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Except that I'm not on Facebook!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Nor am I.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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but chris is, ken tranter also.
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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This one seems to have only gone for my email contacts, which is in itself worrying because it implies somebody we know, or at least knows me well enough to hack into my account. Hopefully it has been cured now and i hope the anti-virus will prevent others.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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It implies that you have clicked on a link in an email or a web page which has caused your machine to download a piece of malware which enables someone else to control either your machine or your email account. Highly unlikely to be anyone you know, I noticed a link to a Polish website in the rogue email. Anyone clicking on that link will suffer the same fate unless they have the best Internet security tools.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
