Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I have corresponded with Vic over the years by e-mail, but this one looks odd. It contains only a link to a blog and has no 'subject'.
It may be that his PC too has been compromised and so I feel unable to check by simply responding.
Any thoughts?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I received and deleted dodgy message and it looks like his account has been hacked....
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I shall do the same. Thanks Paul. (It appears to have been sent to eight people in total?)
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I opened it, wish I had deleted it straight away! Hopefully my programme will have countered any virus and binned it!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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same here tom, as far as i know vic would not know how to post a link.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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I had one too, and deleted it. All about slimming !
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Me too and just deleted it.
Roger
Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Same here - certainly looks like a hack. Incidentally, I also have received a couple of phishing emails recently (I hope merely coincidentally just after I had given my email address to a particular company). The emails have been forwarded to the relevant organisations.
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Kath.
How do you know it was about slimming?
Did you open it before deleting it?
If you opened it prior to deleting it, you may have a virus and needs sorting.
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
Guest 711- Registered: 1 Mar 2011
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I had a similar email from a friend yesterday containing that link to slimming website. He had not sent the email.
I did open it but ran a full computer scan afterwards and fortunately nothing sinister was found.
Got the same email again today and immediately deleted it!
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Gary - yes, I did open it. I have an Apple Mac. Not noticed anything strange about it yet. Our son coming down tonight, will ask him to check (he works for Apple)
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Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Kath.
You should be ok then but always worth checking.
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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He says should be fine, because (1) it's an Apple, and (2) also has virus protection which stops anything being sent on.
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Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Kath.
He is right about Apple and he is right about VP on Apple at the moment.
However, virus protection on windows based pc's, does not mean you will not get virus's.
I usualy explain it by saying that "the best goalkeeper in the world will ocassionally let in a goal".
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Jan Higgins
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A very good reason to scan for problems on a regular basis, I run a security scan at least once a week depending on how often I have used the computer.
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Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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That is the way Jan and not opening suspect emails in the first place.
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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A message from Vic.
He apologises to everyone who received one of those e-mails and explained he had picked a virus up on his computer.
The virus has now been dealt with and hopefully it will not happen again.
Ian.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Thanks Ian.
Roger
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Scanning is so important. I have nightly scans for malware and spyware a bit before my pc backs-up and I do an additional spyware scan at least once a week.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i recently changed to mcafee and it scans 2 or 3 times a day automatically and flags up dodgy sites if i enter one.
i had norton for years and had a lot more problems.