Just received an e-mail from logging my ip address at more than 30 illigeal websites !!! . They ask me to answer a list of questions via an attachment .
As a couple that rarely visit more than half a dozen ever (true) , we find this hard to believe .
Anyone else shed any light on this
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Rule of thumb
NEVER EVER EVER open attachments that you are not expecting, no matter who they are from.
The FBI have far subtler ways of dealing with stuff like this, and the first you would know about it would be when you get Mr. Plod banging on the door, or a letter in the post inviting you to your local nick for an interview.
Ignore it, it’s going to be a Trojan, spy ware or a virus …………… The DELETE button is your friend.
NEVER EVER EVER open attachments that you are not expecting, no matter who they are from.
The FBI have far subtler ways of dealing with stuff like this, and the first you would know about it would be when you get Mr. Plod banging on the door, or a letter in the post inviting you to your local nick for an interview.
Ignore it, it’s going to be a Trojan, spy ware or a virus …………… The DELETE button is your friend.
Sexlightened
Does your zone Alarm also scan for viruses? Our free version of Zone Alarm just acts as a firewall, but isn't realy virus software.
I would be happy to give you a link (via PM) for free virus software if you want.
Yes, as everyone else said this is a virus doing the rounds via email. We had a warning at work a few weeks ago about it.
Tim
I would be happy to give you a link (via PM) for free virus software if you want.
Yes, as everyone else said this is a virus doing the rounds via email. We had a warning at work a few weeks ago about it.
Tim
Hope you've followed others' advice about NOT opening the attachment. A quick Google search reveals it's a variant of the w32/sober virus. There's even a comment about it from the FBI itself:
It is good practice to have your Zone Alarm firewall constantly updated, but I'd rrecommend having a stand-alone Anti-Virus programme as well. AVG is excellent and it's free.
Treat the internet like you would do sex.......Safety first!
Have fun. :thumbup:
It is good practice to have your Zone Alarm firewall constantly updated, but I'd rrecommend having a stand-alone Anti-Virus programme as well. AVG is excellent and it's free.
Treat the internet like you would do sex.......Safety first!
Have fun. :thumbup:
We have a e mail account that we use purely for this site, nothing else. There may be no connection, but since the site takeover we have had a rash of bogus e mails, all containing a virus. Fortunately, is shit-hot and picks up on it. For some reason, all these mails go straight into our bulk mail folder too.
Sexlightened
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AVG is a good anti virus and it was free aswell. dunno whether it still is or not though.
heres a link if anyone wants a look might be helpful to someone.
We use AVG, it is excellent and we certainly are not paying to use it.
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We have a e mail account that we use purely for this site, nothing else. There may be no connection, but since the site takeover we have had a rash of bogus e mails, all containing a virus. Fortunately, is shit-hot and picks up on it. For some reason, all these mails go straight into our bulk mail folder too.
Shrewd move Lissa. I think a sensible rule-of-thumb for everyone is to use your ISPs email account for friends and family, and to use a web-based account ( , , etc) when you subscribe to this or any other site. Lessens the risk of a virus or spam getting on to your hard drive.
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We have a e mail account that we use purely for this site, nothing else. There may be no connection, but since the site takeover we have had a rash of bogus e mails, all containing a virus. Fortunately, is shit-hot and picks up on it. For some reason, all these mails go straight into our bulk mail folder too.
I also have a account just for SH, however after posting an ad in the 'photos ad' section within a few hours I also recieve a bulk email titled something like 'extreme lesbians in fisting freenzy' or other such crap.
These get binned automatically, however upon checking one once the content seemed all religious & righteous. All very bizzare..
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We have a e mail account that we use purely for this site, nothing else. There may be no connection, but since the site takeover we have had a rash of bogus e mails, all containing a virus. Fortunately, is shit-hot and picks up on it. For some reason, all these mails go straight into our bulk mail folder too.
I also have a account just for SH, however after posting an ad in the 'photos ad' section within a few hours I also recieve a bulk email titled something like 'extreme lesbians in fisting freenzy' or other such crap.
These get binned automatically, however upon checking one once the content seemed all religious & righteous. All very bizzare..
Who would open an email if it was titled 'religious and righteous'. They must call it extreme lesbians in the hope of converting a few people
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Just received an e-mail from logging my ip address at more than 30 illigeal websites !!! . They ask me to answer a list of questions via an attachment .
As a couple that rarely visit more than half a dozen ever (true) , we find this hard to believe .
Anyone else shed any light on this
I got the same email a month ago, made me ponder for about three seconds, as the email had a German .gem email address the FBI would be .usa or .com any way its junk.
Keep sharp!
P.S if selling you car on the internet you will receive interest from overseas buyers, they will pay £4,000 too much and ask you to deposit the 4k in a wester union account (whuich is for a company to collect the car), need less to say the cherque will bounce, happened to me, I found it very funny, but might cach some people out?
Alan
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Just received an e-mail from logging my ip address at more than 30 illigeal websites !!! . They ask me to answer a list of questions via an attachment .
As a couple that rarely visit more than half a dozen ever (true) , we find this hard to believe .
Anyone else shed any light on this
I got the same email a month ago, made me ponder for about three seconds, as the email had a German .gem email address the FBI would be .usa or .com any way its junk.
Keep sharp!
P.S if selling you car on the internet you will receive interest from overseas buyers, they will pay £4,000 too much and ask you to deposit the 4k in a wester union account (whuich is for a company to collect the car), need less to say the cherque will bounce, happened to me, I found it very funny, but might cach some people out?
Alan
thats been done to me aswell lol i had my car for sale for 3 grand and some nigerian offered me 7 grand for it. he said a man would come to collect it and he would then give me a cheque for the 7 grand. i laughed my head of at it but people do fall for it though.
I use eTrust EZ ARMOR, came loaded on my pc with a three year prepaid contract , it updates at least twice a week. Never had any bother with it ,if you look at its stats and see how many intrusions its blocked ,, its just crazy.
I visited the White house web site a while back, just to see if I could ( sad I know ) but you can and its interesting, problem was after I came out of the site I got a email from the CIA advising me that my email address / isp have been logged with them for security and homeland defence purposes ! ! ,,,, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
I visited the White house web site a while back, just to see if I could ( sad I know ) but you can and its interesting, problem was after I came out of the site I got a email from the CIA advising me that my email address / isp have been logged with them for security and homeland defence purposes ! ! ,,,, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
Well it's all here if you care to click and set out for you by the lovely JQL.
Can you all use the side menus (especially the first one head INFORMATION) to find out what has been provided already?
Can you all use the side menus (especially the first one head INFORMATION) to find out what has been provided already?
Master of Sex
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Well it's all here if you care to click and set out for you by the lovely JQL.
Can you all use the side menus (especially the first one head INFORMATION) to find out what has been provided already?
I think this an excellent article and a credit to SH to have such help on here. One comment I'd like to offer is that since Microsoft released their AntiSpyware product, the need to use Ad-Aware and Spybot is all but redundant. I've done a number of concurrent tests with these products (at home and in a professional capacity) and MS AntiSpyware picks up all that the others pick up and a few more besides. Obviously this is only a good option if you (a) want to use MS products (as I know some feelings run high here) and (b) it works with your computer setup.
Orgasminator
i really recomend people start switching to a linux operating system rather than windows. theres no need for any form of antivirus protection and there is an endless amount of free open source software available. i use "ubuntu" which is really easy to use for a person raised on windows software.
hackers dont write viruses that affect linux systems, only microsoft is targeted.
the u.s government has issued several warnings not to use microsoft because its totally insecure even with several anti virus programs running.
hackers dont write viruses that affect linux systems, only microsoft is targeted.
the u.s government has issued several warnings not to use microsoft because its totally insecure even with several anti virus programs running.
