Topband: Spam on the Reflector!

[James Rodenkirch]

 I use System Mechanic AND Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
 
Purchased both - use 'em all the time and have been free from malware or Trojan horses or whatever infections since installing them about two years ago.  I purchase the multi-computer package for our three computers....consider them inexpensive insurance!
 
72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
 


 
> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:38:17 +0100
> From: g3oit.keith at jillings.org.uk
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Spam on the Reflector!
> 
> On 19/06/2013 19:26, Charlie Cunningham wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the info. I know that I did receive the "Jim Koshmider" e-mail
> > just this morning and I did click on it to see what it was and got no
> > warning. Wish I had seen your post first!! Any tips/pointers on how to check
> > my machine for the infection, and how to remove it?
> 
> If you have a reasonable virus protection, it will have blocked it if 
> you did click on it.   There are lots of AV solutions on the market, 
> some free and some paid-for.  Opinions vary widely, but I reckon the 
> free ones are as good as the paid-for:  I use Avast Free (you have to be 
> persistent to find that on their website, because they try to sell you 
> the paid version).
> AVG Free is also generally well rated.   You can pay $100 and more for 
> AV, and not fare any better than with the free ones.
> 
> If you think you have an infection on your computer, then the generally 
> favoured way of checking is to run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.  Google it 
> (I don't put links in e-mails - guess why!).  You may find that it wants 
> to install, then download more, then update that.  It's a bit of a faff 
> sometimes, but when it's all done it will check your machine and tell 
> you what problem (if any) you have.
> 
> Yahoo's mail server was hacked a couple of weeks ago - I've had spam or 
> virus e-mails from most people I know who have a Yahoo e-mail address. 
> I don't know if Yahoo are acknowledging the problem yet.
> 
> I spent some of last week clearing out the computers of a couple of 
> ladies in our congregation, and setting them up with decent AV (Avast, 
> needless to say).   The friends whose accounts were used to infect them 
> were not to blame in any way - their address books were copied by the 
> hackers and used to send the nasties.
> 
> It's all part of the fun!
> 
> Keith
> G3OIT
> 
> 
> 
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