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Warning , possible hacking

General Discussion
#1

I have received some very odd emails purporting to be from my good friend Ric Golding .

My suspicions were roused when they both arrived at the same time from New Zealand and Denmark ; I recognised one name on the addressees , but it was not anyone on this site .

My computer is still ok , and I have tried to warn Ric via a PM , but in view of his absence from here today , I think his machine is compromised .

I have no idea how to reach him now , but perhaps someone here knows his other addresses or telephone number because I think he’ll need to know .

Mike

#2

I got them too. He might have a virus. There’s no harm if you do not click on the link in the email.

#3

OK Jon . Thanks .

Mike

#4

I got one as well. I never open emails when the subject is odd looking or has a link.

#5

Shawn (napkin builder) Viggiano said:

I got one as well. I never open emails when the subject is odd looking or has a link.

You would think this would be common sense, but I cant tell you how many times I have to help someone clean up their machine after they opened, then clicked on links in an email “because I couldnt tell what it was”.

#6

I have friends who send me links. I double and triple check the “From” address to make sure its really from them. And I read the body of the email to make sure there isn’t anything suspicious. Even then, sometimes I don’t open the links, just for fear that they might not be genuine.

On my last computer, the main drive was labeled K instead of C. I do not know why. But that actually saved me once, because the virus went to install at c/windows/system, and the computer threw up a warning that c/windows/system was an invalid path.

#7

Not anything from Ric, but been getting odd stuff (almost all into my spam folder) all weekend long and I had to reboot my modem, somethings been going on worldwide since Saturday, dam Ruskies.

#8

I got it from Ric, too… We talked about it this morning… He knows about it, because, he got one too… :slight_smile:

#9

I got it and it said it was from me. I didn’t open it.

#10

Rick, you don’t open emails from yourself? Gee, that how I remind myself to do things, I send myself an email. Then, when its done, I send me an email to let me know its done.

#11

Ric , I’m happy to see you’ve not been hacked .

Mike

#12

It sure sounds like he HAS been hacked.

#13

Guys, having my confuser checked out. But I don’t use the formal name on any confuser. I’d not open anything from Richard W. Golding just to be safe. I certainly wouldn’t. I apologize if it is my system and I’ve caused a problem.

The cute young thing on the internet said of conversation was just between us. I guess you can’t trust anyone.

#14

Gee, I feel unloved. I didn’t get anything. :wink:

#15

Steve Featherkile said:

Gee, I feel unloved. I didn’t get anything. :wink:

get’em, Steve… hehehe

#16

Well , Ric , I didn’t have a problem , I was more concerned that you had .

Mike

#17

Ric Golding said:

Guys, having my confuser checked out. But I don’t use the formal name on any confuser. I’d not open anything from Richard W. Golding just to be safe. I certainly wouldn’t. I apologize if it is my system and I’ve caused a problem.

The cute young thing on the internet said of conversation was just between us. I guess you can’t trust anyone.

Ric,

The computer problems are like the road problems; 90% the driver (comp user), 5% the vehicle (again the comp user e.g. lack of maintenance.) and 5% the road (in this case the Super Cyber Highway).

Ducks and heads back to paint tunnel portals.

#18

Likely, it isn’t Ric that got the virus, but somebody that knows Ric.

#19

Well whatever is going on it ain’t over, I had to reload my modem connection again today.

#20
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:The computer problems are like the road problems; 90% the driver (comp user), 5% the vehicle (again the comp user e.g. lack of maintenance.) and 5% the road (in this case the Super Cyber Highway).
Amen. As a former user configuration tester for customer service at Apple, I can vouch for it being 90-95% user error.