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On 2009-10-07 01:56:39, masseur wrote:
most email accounts are pretty safe until you go clicking phishing links and giving your credentials to a fake web site
But sometimes its difficult tell a phishing site and they are getting better and better hence this situation we have
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Posted: 2009-10-07 02:19:03
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You can read more on this story on
www.bbc.co.uk/news
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Posted: 2009-10-07 02:27:00
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@julias, nonesense. if there is any doubt you don't click the link. or indeed make a rule for youself that you never click such links
simply make your own way to the site via a known link and log in that way and if there is some action you are supposed to take, such as confirming certain details, then you will be prompted at login
I NEVER click links in emails that require me to log in to an account. I ALWAYS start a new windows session and make my own way to that site... then you can never go wrong
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Posted: 2009-10-07 02:28:21
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Well looks like its Gmail,AOL,and Yahoo now too
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8292928.stm
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Posted: 2009-10-07 03:07:07
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but this is not really news! Phishing has been around for several years!
I don't understand this sudden news activity for this common internet phenonemon which is these days checked and reported by most of the standard internet security softwares
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Posted: 2009-10-07 03:15:19
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I've been lucky that my hotmail account hasn't been hacked.
Going to check if it's not hacked later.
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Posted: 2009-10-07 04:38:00
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In all, there were 10,028 pairs of user names and passwords posted to multiple pages of public upload website Pastebin.com, some of which remained live at time of writing. The stash is likely only a small sample of a much larger haul, since the alphabetical list begins with the user name
ararat973@hotmail.com
and concludes with
blando2713@hotmail.com
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Posted: 2009-10-07 08:06:00
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my password now is changed. hotmail said that it's strong
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Posted: 2009-10-07 15:00:06
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Oh dear think i should not have mentioned this on the news i have had Julias worried now. sorry. i know these things are common but i just thought i would mention it just in case anyone is careless and clicks on such things. i constantly get pop ups on my email and during internet browsing. just be wise and careful about clicking anything even if it says its from your bank. my brother once accidentally clicked on a pop up on the internet which was pretending to from AVG ANTI VIRUS. It was not and it infected his pc even with his security software installed. just be careful
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Posted: 2009-10-07 15:18:00
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not be hacked, but for hurricane
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Posted: 2009-10-09 08:03:23
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