Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-21 Thread David Nicholas
Thanks Ronni David On 21 May 2014, at 3:59 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi David, > > I've changed the Subject in your previous reply to the correct Subject. > > Yes, it's a scam/phishing email. > You can report such scam emails by forwarding a copy to "ab...@iinet.net.au". > Instructions can be

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-21 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi David, I've changed the Subject in your previous reply to the correct Subject. Yes, it's a scam/phishing email. You can report such scam emails by forwarding a copy to "ab...@iinet.net.au". Instructions can be found here: https://iihelp.iinet.net.au/support/Reporting_Phishing_Emails If you d

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-21 Thread Laura Webb
I also received a similar message today. Deleted immediately. Laura Sent from my iPad > On 21 May 2014, at 9:30 am, Kevin Lock wrote: > > I had two messages the same yesterday. > > Kev > > >> On 21 May 2014, at 9:19 am, David Nicholas wrote: >> >> I’m worried I might have let a rogue in

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-21 Thread David Nicholas
Thanks Neil I found Ronni’s similar suggestion first, and it worked. David On 21 May 2014, at 11:49 am, Neil Houghton wrote: > Hi David, > > Not sure what system you are running but for me, on OSX 10.6.8, it is all > under system preferences/security > > To require a password at boot-up (a

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi David, Using Mountain Lion or Mavericks - System Preferences > Security & Privacy - General You will see 'A login password has been set for this user' Then Select: -Require password 'immediately' after sleep or screen saver begins Show a message when the screen is loc

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi David, Not sure what system you are running but for me, on OSX 10.6.8, it is all under system preferences/security To require a password at boot-up (actually for any account log-in) just make sure you tick ³disable automatic login² To go further (which I do) you can require a password to get

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread David Nicholas
Thanks Jewels. It’s not Keychain that is the bother. It is the boot access when I start the machine. It doesn’t require any kind of password to open up and get into the operating system. This worries me. I have changed by bank and credit card passwords over the phone, not using my computer.

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread Julie Bedford
Hi David, You may be already aware, but I think it is Applications / Utilities / Key Chain Access. Not sure if that is where you need to go though, may be best to wait for our gurus to enlighten us ! Jewels On 21/05/2014, at 10:32 AM, David Nicholas wrote: > Hi Jewels > > That was a good sugg

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread David Nicholas
Hi Jewels That was a good suggestion. I changed my Password, rebooted and found I got into my machine without my Password!! I’ve since checked that for example on Keychain I need to enter my changed Password to access items. So, it seems to be only on a Boot that the Password is bypassed. H

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread Kevin Lock
I had two messages the same yesterday. Kev On 21 May 2014, at 9:19 am, David Nicholas wrote: > I’m worried I might have let a rogue into my system. > > I received the following email purporting to be from iinet. > > Welcome to iiNet, > > There was an issue with your last subscription Due to

Re: Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread Julie Bedford
David, I received the same last night and immediately notified iinet. It may be pertinent to change passwords etc. Good luck Jewels On 21/05/2014, at 9:19 AM, David Nicholas wrote: > I’m worried I might have let a rogue into my system. > > I received the following email purporting to be fro

Possible security breach

2014-05-20 Thread David Nicholas
I’m worried I might have let a rogue into my system. I received the following email purporting to be from iinet. Welcome to iiNet, There was an issue with your last subscription Due to system upgrade and webmail upgrade to Zimbra. Please use any of the below methods to update your contact and