You can imagine how I felt. It's the next step really since most people are using smart phones to read email. An there is little way for you to open a virus in a smartphone email program. Go for the email servers.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:00 AM, John Humphries <johnedna2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It makes one a little uneasy to be sure… > >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Ed Wiser <wisero...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Who knows I didn't think it was possible but anything is I guess. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Sep 24, 2015, at 10:11 AM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com> wrote: >> > >> > Ed, do you think this could happen through any email portal? Would there >> > not be a check with the client to verify the request? You think Apple >> > would have allowed this? >> > >> > John >> > >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> >> On Sep 24, 2015, at 10:02 AM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Thanks Ed. >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 9:03 AM, Ed Wiser <wisero...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I wanted to share with you this virus I found on my Bellsouth email >> >>> address. I generally get a lot of ad emails on this account along with >> >>> some real email from time to time. I have a lot of other email accounts >> >>> which I have set up over the years to keep thing separate. At the >> >>> beginning of this month I noticed that I had stopped receiving email >> >>> thru my bellsouth.net account. I let things go for a few days as >> >>> bellsouth/yahoo email can be flakey. >> >>> So this past Monday night I was tossing and turning in bed thinking >> >>> about this problem. I get online with AT&T technical support they log on >> >>> my computer and check web mail which I never use and after 2 hours we >> >>> find that all my email is being forwarded to a hotmail account. Well I >> >>> have never had a hotmail account. So the next morning I had to take off >> >>> work since I hd to take my wife to the dentist for a tooth extraction. >> >>> Oh that was and still is fun. An while she rested in the morning I >> >>> called AT&T support again for the next 3 hours we went over everything >> >>> again with 5 different techs. Oh this was a tech support nightmare. >> >>> Finally the last tech gave me a support ticket and pasted the problem to >> >>> higher level techs. >> >>> After an hour I get a phone call on my cell phone from AT&T saying they >> >>> found the problem and to check my bellsouth email an se if I am getting >> >>> mail. An sure enough I was. >> >>> So I asked the tech what was the problem and he said they found an email >> >>> that when it hit their sever forwarded all my email to the >> >>> "ewiser@hotmail" address. Now this is a wicked virus as I don't even use >> >>> my Apple mail program much any more and generally just swipe to delete >> >>> off my iPhone. >> >>> Thought I would share with you this nasty new email server virus that is >> >>> out there and keep and eye on when you last received email from your >> >>> email accounts don't wait to long your account may have been hacked. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> MacGroup mailing list >> >>> MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> >>> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> MacGroup mailing list >> >> MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MacGroup mailing list >> > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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