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Across the Fence:  Yarnmamma, did your email get hacked?  |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
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Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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 Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 04:12:14 AM
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I receive email from you with no message and a link. I think it's happened three times.
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 04:41:17 AM
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me too.
Beverly Gill
There's no place like home |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 04:50:09 AM
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I got a couple of those e-mails too!
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farmgirl sister #922
Don't go with the flow...you are the flow.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 05:22:01 AM
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Yes it did. I is still happening and I don't know what to do.
Should I just change my email address?
Most of my email comes from farmgirls.
Sorry ladies but I don't know what to do.
Linda in Scranton, PA
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 05:27:39 AM
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Hi Linda,
Change your email password right away. Save your contact list somewhere else, if possible. If not, then delete everyone from your contact list. The virus is using that to send out emails. Changing your password might stop it. Just make sure you close your browser completely after you change your password so nothing is cached in memory that the virus can use.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 07:11:44 AM
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I've received several e-mails too - after the first one I didn't try to open them for fear of getting a virus of some sort.
Thanks,
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 07:19:47 AM
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Thanks for the info
Linda in Scranton, PA
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treelady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Medina
ND
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 07:31:01 AM
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I've been getting those to.
A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
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Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 11:08:33 AM
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My bank put a notice on their site that a phishing scam was going on. They don't send out emails, period. Sure enuf, later that day, I got 2 emails from "the bank". I didn't delete them but sent them to my spam folder, where it deletes automatically. Then I got an email saying I was required to respond. Delete! My email also warned me that someone was trying to hack. Changed my email password and so far, so good.
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 1:31:20 PM
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Thanks for the info
Linda in Scranton, PA
Farmgirl #71 |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 1:52:34 PM
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I got those emails from Linda's address too. I just delete them AND delete them from my deleted file too. AND NEVER EVER answer mail from your bank!! HERE they are warning us about those pfishing emails from banks that goes around lately. Your bank will NEVER EVER ask for info concerning your account or password by email OR by phone. Never so delete them immediately.
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Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 2:13:16 PM
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WOW! 84-emails......................Placed them in my spam folder and deleted.
What's up with that?
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 2:19:34 PM
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I've never had this happen to me before is there anything I should be doing besides placing these e-mails in Spam??
Melody |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 6:04:36 PM
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Whatever you do, don't open them. Change your email password if you receive an email from Linda, just to be safe, or consider it a good time to go ahead and do it anyway. Linda, it isn't your fault. I had a similar thing happen to me. It is very embarrassing, but not a reflection on you personally. It is just a sign of the times.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 7:53:57 PM
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Actually, if you picked up a key logger in a file or a "script" (thats like a mini file your internet browser runs automatically) changing your email alone won't help. You need to get an anti-malware program and a good antivirus. You have to run scans with BOTH because they both find different things and work differently.
I recommend:
http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html and
http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition-2012/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?tag=mncol;1
Both are excellent products, are frequently updated to protect you against new threats, and safe downloads. Best Buy techs charge 75$ to run those two programs on your machine for you; not macafee, not norton.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
Edited by - Dusky Beauty on Nov 17 2011 7:57:06 PM |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3318 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3318 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 8:17:21 PM
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I haven't opened any.... thank goodness-It's the attachment that always worries me more than anything, but I went ahead and changed my password and deleted all my contacts-still getting a few, but not like before.Ugghh!
Melody
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Nov 17 2011 : 11:13:20 PM
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OH no it has nothing to do with Linda personally, I think we ALL know that 
These things seem to happen once in a while. Indeed, run a complete extra scan.... and an anti malware program
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Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
http://pinkprincessdecorating.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me, my home and my crafts
Farmgirl sister # 2410 |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2011 : 01:35:47 AM
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I don't use a desktop or laptop. I just use my android by at &t.
I will get to a desktop to delete all contacts or addresses I have on aol.
A friend of mine said my facebook account was hacked. I can change that password and also email address that is used there.
Perhaps I will go to the at&t store to have them do what they can.
So sorry about the problems....I am working on it.
Linda in Scranton, PA
Farmgirl #71 |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Nov 18 2011 : 02:09:04 AM
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YIKES< just did an Anti Malware scan......had quite a few nasty things that got deleted PTL BUT now I also have lost ALL my favorites...all of them boohoo. Ah well I will get that back soon lol. Just have to remember my fave sites.
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Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
http://pinkprincessdecorating.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me, my home and my crafts
Farmgirl sister # 2410 |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2011 : 8:09:25 PM
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I'm careful and usually only go to the same 10 or so sites for a period of months and I still clean up things when I don't run a scan for a while. It doesn't matter how tech savvy you are (or aren't) everyone should still scan their computer periodically.
Computers used by children and teens need it done no less than every other week. (Thanks to that frontal lobe with all the judgement and reasoning centers not "growed in" yet.  )
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
Edited by - Dusky Beauty on Nov 20 2011 8:11:14 PM |
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