Anybody else suddenly getting multiple virii laden emails

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by BigR
I think you can be pretty sure that HTCs servers didn’t get hacked. Was probably just someone with a bunch of friends on AH who got a virus, and that virus is using his email list to propagate itself.

LOL dont say that. Its like issuing a challenge saying "A mountain cant be climbed"
Sooner or later someone HAS to prove it can be if for no other reason then to prove it.
I couldnt tell ya the difference beetween a peek and a poke but even I know that
ANY system can be hacked

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
There are many clients of HTC who do have viruses on thier systems.  I get emails that show to be from me, only to find they come from someone on Comcast, AOL, RR, or some other ISP.

Quite a number of players have viruses/worms and probably do not know it.

 

Do you drop them a note letting them know they are infected?
I know when I receive such things or suspicious mail from people I know. and even some I do not I either drop them a note or send them an instant message (If I see them online) letting them know of their problem

[DREDIOCK]

Here's an old trick that sometimes helps to notify you that you are infected
Put your own addy in your address book.
If you start getting emails from yourself you know you didnt send  then you know you have a problem.

If you have AOL you can even one up this.
Create a screen name starting with the letter "A"

Example: "ALuvly1"

Then delete that SN from your account but put that SN in your address books.
Often these virus's will go alphabetically and since "ALuvly1" is no longer a valid email address you will automatically start getting bounced mail

Sounds screwey I know. But it works

[Skuzzy]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Do you drop them a note letting them know they are infected?
I know when I receive such things or suspicious mail from people I know. and even some I do not I either drop them a note or send them an instant message (If I see them online) letting them know of their problem

As the email addresses are forged, all you have is an IP address, so you cannot know where it really came from.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
As the email addresses are forged, all you have is an IP address, so you cannot know where it really came from.

ahhh ok gotcha

[Raptor]

I've gotten quite a few lately... one was "Dux@Hitechcreations.com", scanned it and there was a virus in it, most are going to my bulk mail folder or getting deleted before I even see it.


BTW.. anyone else getting a pop-up window when viewing the BB's saying "save $5.00 on an Aces High II WWII sim subscription." Seems kinda suspicious to me.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Raptor01


BTW.. anyone else getting a pop-up window when viewing the BB's saying "save $5.00 on an Aces High II WWII sim subscription." Seems kinda suspicious to me.

Havent seen hide nor hair of a single popup since installing Mozilla firefox

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

[Dux]

LOL, Raptor. I got one from Dux yesterday also. If I ever find out who this guy is....

[kj714]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Here's an old trick that sometimes helps to notify you that you are infected
Put your own addy in your address book.
If you start getting emails from yourself you know you didnt send  then you know you have a problem.

If you have AOL you can even one up this.
Create a screen name starting with the letter "A"

Example: "ALuvly1"

Then delete that SN from your account but put that SN in your address books.
Often these virus's will go alphabetically and since "ALuvly1" is no longer a valid email address you will automatically start getting bounced mail

Sounds screwey I know. But it works

Not an AOL memebr myself, but I always thought AOL screened out virii for you. Not true?