Thank you Peter, As a reflex reaction I automatically immediately delete any that has the letters php in it. I don't know why, but it feels safer to do so.
Cheers, Michael Hawkins Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Sep 2015, at 10:41 am, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> > wrote: > > >> On 26 Sep 2015, at 6:52 am, Michael Hawkins >> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm checking emails by using iPhone and latest version of ios8. Have >> received an email supposedly from a person in my contact list, but obviously >> not from him. He has run a scan on his computer but found nothing amiss. Is >> there a program I can use to check my iPhone and my MacBook to see if they >> are affected? Westnet is my ISP, Telstra my phone service. >> >> Haven't checked emails on MacBook yet, nor have I checked webmail (deleting >> from one device doesn't prevent email being received on the other). >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael Hawkins > > The email has probably come from a third party, who just happens to have both > of your details in their contact list through one means or another. This is > not to say even that this third party is acting maliciously, but they are > probably the ones who have the malware. Given the nature of the way this > stuff works these days, that third party needn’t even be someone either of > you know. > > The one thing you CAN be sure of is that the problem dies not exist on either > your iPhone or your MacBook. While there is a small amount of malware now > creeping into Mac OS X, none of it has been characterised with this > behaviour, which is clearly come from a virus infection on the third party’s > computer. There are no viruses yet reported on either Mac OS X or iOS > (malware yes; viruses no). There are plenty of companies out there who will > happily take you money on the promise to do what you describe, but you’d be > just wasting it. > > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
