Topband: Spam on the Reflector!

[Wes Attaway (N5WA)]

All of the anti-malware products that have been mentioned do some good after
certain malware has been detected.  However, none of them are perfect and
there are some exploits that go around the anti-malware stuff and imbed
themselves anyway.

Some of the malware can be a real pain to remove.  Some malware can actually
destroy or encrypt your data.

The best remedy by far is to always be very alert as to what you are about
to click on.  Be in doubt if something about the e-mail looks odd and just
delete the e-mail without opening it.  Be in doubt if a proffered link looks
even the least bit odd, and as some have pointed out just consider not ever
clicking on a link that comes to you via an e-mail.

You can always ask a friend who sends a link whether they sent the link or
not.  If they say yes then it is OK to use it.  There is no penalty for
being safe.  There can be a big penalty for being unsafe.

Microsoft has made it very easy to create a system image of your computer.
It is a very good idea to do this periodically.  Go to Control Panel and
then the Backup and Restore.  Most full system images take about 50Gb to
60Gb and usually about 30-minutes or so to create.  Use a spare hard drive
to store the image.  Having an image saves you a world of trouble if you get
a bad malware attack.  You can completely restore your system with all the
many ham radio control settings in a matter of a half hour or so.  

System Restore is good for some types of problems but having a recent system
image on hand trumps everything because it actually replaces all files,
leaving nothing to chance.  In really bad malware situations you can simply
wipe your hard drive and then go back and restore the system image, knowing
that every single piece of old data has been overwritten and replaced with
your "good" system image.


----------------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) ------------------- 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Charlie
Cunningham
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:39 PM
To: Gary at ka1j.com; Topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Spam on the Reflector!

Thanks, Gary

I have both Malware Bytes and Spyware Blaster on my machines, so I'll run
those to be sure.

Thanks!

Charlie, K4OTV

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary
Smith
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:28 PM
To: Topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Spam on the Reflector!

The one from Jim was SPAM, originating from Peru (IP address 
190.40.217.23) It's possible the sender used a spoofed IP but it 
really doesn't matter, it was SPAM and obviously not topband 
oriented.

To check your computer for viruses, trojans & exploits, an excellent 
choice is "malwarebytes" http://www.malwarebytes.org/ The free 
version is excellent.

Kim Komando is a well known internet guru regarding computer issues. 
She suggests malwatebytes and spyware blaster, both free. Here are 
links to her comments on both:

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1927

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=6151

If you use microsoft, you might want to try microsoft essentials, a 
free download from microsoft.

73,

Gary
KA1J


> 
> 
> I've had two links to Trojans arrive in e-mails from the reflector
> in 
> the last two days - one labelled "Topband: John King" and the other
> "Topband: Jim Koshmider".
> 
> If you received and clicked on either and didn't get a warning, your
> computer is now infected!
> 
> Both seem to have originated from Yahoo addresses, so I'd guess this
> is 
> a continuation of the Yahoo hack from a couple of weeks ago.
> 
> 
> Keith
> G3OIT
> 
> 
> 
> All good topband ops know how to put up a beverage at night.
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