There is another trick I learned years ago. Make the very first name in your
address book something fake with a fake email that will immediately bounce back
when sent. I watch my sent files several times a day most days so will know
within a short period of time if someone is using my address book. Of course by
then I've already been hacked, but at least I can put a stop to it right away
too.
Thank you,
George Vollema
Great Lakes Antique Phonograph
5092 Muskego Dr.
Newaygo MI 49337-8556
231-652-5753
www.victroladoctor.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven Medved
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:04 PM
Subject: [Phono-L] Newton's Law to prevent hacking
Hello to all, The key thing I have noted lately is when a person's e-mail is
hacked there is (no subject) in the subject. There are two main types of
hacking, the first someone discovers your e-mail password and send from you
e-mail, this is easy to fix with a new password. I have used roboform for years
and I have over 100 passwords, it really helps. The second type they just
make it look like it came from your e-mail, but there is nothing in your sent
box. This is embarassing, no one will intentionally send something like that on
the list. If your password is weak add characters and read what the famous Mr.
Newton has to say:
Please read... this is important:
There have been an increasing number of times over the past 6 months where
spammers have signed up to email lists or managed to hack into mail list
email
accounts and thus making you a victim of this rapidly increasing spamming
method.
Here's how and what happens and how to prevent you falling for this:
===================================================================
A spammer hacks into your email account and uses it to send spam to your
entire
address book making it look like YOU have sent the spam.
It is usually selling phony Viagra, other drugs, promoting porn sites or a
"make money fast" scam, ALL of which are skillfully designed to part you with
your hard earned money.
If you have a fairly sizable address list the spammer will break up the list
and send a number of different messages to cover your entire address book
without raising undue suspicion.
You won't probably know anything about this until it is too late or until
someone advises you about the phony messages sent under your name, apparently
by you.
HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS AND STOP IT:
=================================
Once you become aware of this, you need to immediately sign in to your
account,
if you still can, and change to a secure password ASAP! The spammers usually
don't change your password because they don't want to raise your suspicions
that anything is out of the ordinary. They will keep coming back and send
more
spam under your name until YOU stop them!
See below for what is secure for a new password.
I suggest you immediately advise everyone in your email address book.
Look in your SENT mail... you will likely see everyone who got the messages.
You will probably receive bounced returns as well. If those returns were all
out of your address book, you can bet the spammer sent to every one of them, a
few at a time so as not to raise your ISP's suspicions with a pile of outgoing
identical emails!
You ask... how did they find your password? My bet is they did a dictionary
attack. Was your password a small 6-8 character common word? You are one of
many who has had this problem in the past few months.
I'd give your friends a "heads up"... remember the spammer now has ALL their
addresses and you can bet they'll be doing dictionary attacks on them as well.
If you don't change your password, they'll be back with more spam.
Change it to something secure from a dictionary attack... use something like:-
apple*sauce other symbols are also good~^+=|
Two words separated by a symbol is secure (but don't use my example!).
Oh yes... If you haven't had this happen to you, AND you still use a weak
password on your email account, then it is only a matter of time before a
spammer rolls you over! They love email accounts because they usually lead to
a pile of email address that they can use to send their drivel to.
Go to your email account NOW WHILE YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD TO SOMETHING SECURE!
I've written about this before recently, and people who ignored my warning
have
since been taken by the spammers... you can bet there will be more!
... Graham Newton
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