Alright....if he was hacked I retrack my assclown labling. Bob R On Dec 6, 2011 11:51 AM, "Rick Knoble" <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Bob R > > wrote: > > > How is this ass clown able to still post? > > He is a semi-active lurking member. He just needs to follow a few steps to > straighten out > his email account. The same thing happened to me a while back. His account > has been hacked, > possibly by a malicious java script. A repost of my write up follows. > > I had a similar problem last year. I use Linux and I thought my machine > was invincible. > I clicked on a spam link while in Hotmail (web based) and I believe a > malicious Java script took > over the account and sent a message similar to yours to all my contacts. > My advice is as follows > > You need to make sure that your virus protection and malware protection > are up to date. > You should then perform virus and malware scans on your computer. > > CHANGE YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD. > > ALSO DELETE ALL COOKIES AND BROWSING HISTORY. (clear the cache) > > I use FireFox and have several add ons that are quite useful. One in > particular can prevent > such attacks. It is NoScript. > > 1. Always make sure your anti-virus software is up to date. (or run Linux) > > 2. Always make sure your operating system and web browser are up to date. > > 3. Never click a link in an email you are unsure of. > > 4. Use complex passwords. Use upper case & lower case letters, numbers, > and special characters. > > Also, if you run a windows machine... > > I forgot to add that all of my machines are set up with an Owner account > as the administrator, > with separate accounts for other users that are NOT administrators, > (including my own account). > I also set up guest accounts for any company that requires the use of a > computer. This practice > saved me a lot of work on at least one occasion. I was surfing the web and > picked up a virus on > my account (Avira virus alert popped up, ect.). I immediately shut the > machine down and re-booted > into the administrator account and did a virus and malware scan. I removed > the bad stuff and logged > back in to my primary (non-administrator) account. For some reason, I had > no sound and no internet, > so I logged back into the admin account and backed up any important files > in my non-admin account. > I then deleted the non-admin account and re-booted the computer. I logged > in to the admin account > again, created a new non-admin account for myself, logged into the newly > recreated non-admin account > and restored the backups. I took less time (nearly) than typing this. It > took WAY less time than > formatting and rebuild from scratch. Just a thought. > > Rick > Sent from my iPhone > Because for some reason, email sent from my web based hotmail to this list > bounces. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
