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09/28/2012 12:28:11 PM · #26 |
| So....... what should I do with these nekkid photos that "you" emailed me, Janine? :P |
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09/28/2012 12:30:36 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Neil:
Your computer was hacked, or just your AOL email?
How do you know? Are there messages in the "Sent" box you didn't send?
(I'm asking because it's possible to "think" you got hacked but really got spoofed instead, meaning, they are using your return address but they are not actually in your email system). |
I never got to my AOL account (my choice) but my husband and Steve (Yo_Spiff) received them they said it came from my aol account (e-mail address)...I guess I should have said my "e-mail got kidnapped"...lol
I think your right Neil...as my computer cks out fine with our spyware/spamware/whatever ware it is now...lol |
Unfortunately, there's nothing to protect you against spoofing -- it happens to me occaisionally, and then the main consequence is that you have to live with all the bounced messages (since they typically use your return address to send bulk spam). Eventually it dies down...until the next time!
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09/28/2012 12:41:14 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I used to collect AOL CDs back when they were everywhere. Years later I put them on eBay and some sucker actually bought them. |
I've still got several boxes of these, of various vintages.... Along with a reasonable stock of cue-cats... How much did you get anyway? ;) |
I looked in my eBay, but the records don't appear to go that far back. It was no raving heck, probably just under $20 for around 24 CDs. Free money, though. Would almost buy a case of Canadian beer back then. :-)
Back then, in the early days of eBay, I experimented by selling a couple of unusual things. A pair of used underwear. I was pretty grossed out by some requests I got to got with the underwear, so I never did that again. Then I tried selling my vote for an election. I got an offer, but then cancelled the auction before it ended when some reporter got in touch with me wanting to do an article and saying that what I was doing was illegal. He was looking for some deep statement on politics, but I was just goofing around.
Message edited by author 2012-09-28 16:46:20.
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09/28/2012 01:37:02 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Neil:
Your computer was hacked, or just your AOL email?
How do you know? Are there messages in the "Sent" box you didn't send?
(I'm asking because it's possible to "think" you got hacked but really got spoofed instead, meaning, they are using your return address but they are not actually in your email system). |
I never got to my AOL account (my choice) but my husband and Steve (Yo_Spiff) received them they said it came from my aol account (e-mail address)...I guess I should have said my "e-mail got kidnapped"...lol
I think your right Neil...as my computer cks out fine with our spyware/spamware/whatever ware it is now...lol |
Neil is right, the emails can be sent from anywhere, the "From" field is easily changed using very simple tools (or just by knowing a weak mail server).
But just to be sure, why don't you try running another anti-malware software? Try MalwareBytes for example. Most common e-mail spoofing I've seen is usually running on your own computer, accessing your contacts and sending out emails - although usually they run "stealthy" and are used to join your computer to a spam-sending Borg army :).
Message edited by author 2012-09-28 17:38:05. |
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09/28/2012 01:41:32 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
So....... what should I do with these nekkid photos that "you" emailed me, Janine? :P |
if you haven't lost your eye sight yet...I'd call a Dr. I'm sure something very, very bad will happen to you Art!!! |
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09/28/2012 01:43:26 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by tome:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Neil:
Your computer was hacked, or just your AOL email?
How do you know? Are there messages in the "Sent" box you didn't send?
(I'm asking because it's possible to "think" you got hacked but really got spoofed instead, meaning, they are using your return address but they are not actually in your email system). |
I never got to my AOL account (my choice) but my husband and Steve (Yo_Spiff) received them they said it came from my aol account (e-mail address)...I guess I should have said my "e-mail got kidnapped"...lol
I think your right Neil...as my computer cks out fine with our spyware/spamware/whatever ware it is now...lol |
Neil is right, the emails can be sent from anywhere, the "From" field is easily changed using very simple tools (or just by knowing a weak mail server).
But just to be sure, why don't you try running another anti-malware software? Try MalwareBytes for example. Most common e-mail spoofing I've seen is usually running on your own computer, accessing your contacts and sending out emails - although usually they run "stealthy" and are used to join your computer to a spam-sending Borg army :). |
We are using Windows Defender, we ran it last night...I'll probably run it again tonight...on both our computers... |
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09/28/2012 02:13:03 PM · #32 |
| Zombie computers. How does this happen in this day and age? |
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09/28/2012 02:35:23 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I used to collect AOL CDs back when they were everywhere. Years later I put them on eBay and some sucker actually bought them. |
I've still got several boxes of these, of various vintages.... Along with a reasonable stock of cue-cats... How much did you get anyway? ;) |
Thank you AOL, for so kindly donating insane amounts of cd's to my artistic endeavor. 
Message edited by author 2012-09-28 18:35:38. |
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09/28/2012 05:46:44 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I used to collect AOL CDs back when they were everywhere. Years later I put them on eBay and some sucker actually bought them. |
I've still got several boxes of these, of various vintages.... Along with a reasonable stock of cue-cats... How much did you get anyway? ;) |
Thank you AOL, for so kindly donating insane amounts of cd's to my artistic endeavor. |
personally I'd like to see what you would do with BETA, VHS, records, 8 Tracks OR Cassettes...hmmm (old technology (in our day/lifetime)...hmmm NOW there's a challenge for ya... |
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09/28/2012 06:03:03 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
this thread brings back memories. i remember having to disable call waiting to get online or else if the phone rag you'd get kicked off. *57
i feel old. |
Me too. I remember when NetZero was the awesomest thing, and FREE. I was so bummed when they started charging for it :-( |
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09/28/2012 06:23:39 PM · #36 |
Janine...I need to confess I now see that you are the OP originally I did not know who the OP was. When I 1st glanced at the thread title I was scared to open it.....I thought it said I got naked...I figured it was Art or slippy and I did not want to see...
On a diff note I am sorry you got hacked. I have been hacked a few times.....but only on my Yahoo account and that is my junk mail account..
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09/28/2012 09:03:44 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
I get quite a few emails from AOL contacts that show up in my junk folder. They never have a subject, and they only contain a link in the message. I tell my friends when it happens, and in some cases, they had to cancel that email ID to clear up the problem. The problem emails all come from AOL. Weird. I never click the link, which is different in each email. |
AOL has always been notoriously problematic. Between their proprietary, and weird, ways of providing 'Net service, and the fact that they just plain flat ignore their customers' needs....I could never understand why they didn't just burn out. Anyone that's ever been a mailing list admin will tell you that they had more trouble with AOL, and some of their customers, than all other ISPs combined. I had always attributed the ills with the way that they made it so easy for some people to connect with their weird way of doing things that some people simply couldn't handle the way the rest of the world did things on line.
I also noticed that their solution to some of their customers' complaints was to close their accounts.
FWIW, the blind e-mails.......no subject line and nothing but a link inside have been going around for a couple years ago. I've always reminded people to never open a link that you didn't know was coming, no matter who it's from. I've had two viruses (virii?) since 1993, one that was just sheer stupidity on my part, and the other was from a friend who had gotten hacked. I trusted the link because he was a mailing list admin at the same site I was working at, and opened it 'cause it was from him. That was prolly nigh onto 15 years ago, now. Good ol' common sense is your best computer weapon against invasion.
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09/28/2012 09:27:25 PM · #38 |
| My first Internet account was $18.99 a month for 30 minutes and 89 cents a minute after that. I could download a jog in about 20 minutes on a 1400bps modem. Yes I'm old. Lol |
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09/28/2012 09:31:17 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
So....... what should I do with these nekkid photos that "you" emailed me, Janine? :P |
if you haven't lost your eye sight yet...I'd call a Dr. I'm sure something very, very bad will happen to you Art!!! |
Hey look, they're not watermarked... |
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09/29/2012 12:15:54 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by Markkitto:
My first Internet account was $18.99 a month for 30 minutes and 89 cents a minute after that. I could download a jog in about 20 minutes on a 1400bps modem. Yes I'm old. Lol |
back before they went from the "jog" format to "jpg"? That is old..... |
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09/29/2012 03:57:58 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by mike_311:
this thread brings back memories. i remember having to disable call waiting to get online or else if the phone rag you'd get kicked off. *57
i feel old. |
Me too. I remember when NetZero was the awesomest thing, and FREE. I was so bummed when they started charging for it :-( |
Their old slogan went something like "Netzero, we will NEVER charge, EVER." ... haha!
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09/29/2012 04:00:59 AM · #42 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
I get quite a few emails from AOL contacts that show up in my junk folder. They never have a subject, and they only contain a link in the message. I tell my friends when it happens, and in some cases, they had to cancel that email ID to clear up the problem. The problem emails all come from AOL. Weird. I never click the link, which is different in each email. |
AOL has always been notoriously problematic. Between their proprietary, and weird, ways of providing 'Net service, and the fact that they just plain flat ignore their customers' needs....I could never understand why they didn't just burn out. Anyone that's ever been a mailing list admin will tell you that they had more trouble with AOL, and some of their customers, than all other ISPs combined. I had always attributed the ills with the way that they made it so easy for some people to connect with their weird way of doing things that some people simply couldn't handle the way the rest of the world did things on line.
I also noticed that their solution to some of their customers' complaints was to close their accounts.
FWIW, the blind e-mails.......no subject line and nothing but a link inside have been going around for a couple years ago. I've always reminded people to never open a link that you didn't know was coming, no matter who it's from. I've had two viruses (virii?) since 1993, one that was just sheer stupidity on my part, and the other was from a friend who had gotten hacked. I trusted the link because he was a mailing list admin at the same site I was working at, and opened it 'cause it was from him. That was prolly nigh onto 15 years ago, now. Good ol' common sense is your best computer weapon against invasion. |
My boss is an AOL zombie. Causes problems often, but if anybody mentions that it's AOL's fault he goes ballistic. I always tell the newbies at work not to diss AOL, but sometimes they forget briefly and end up getting roasted by the boss. Happened just last week, again.
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09/29/2012 06:09:49 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
So....... what should I do with these nekkid photos that "you" emailed me, Janine? :P |
if you haven't lost your eye sight yet...I'd call a Dr. I'm sure something very, very bad will happen to you Art!!! |
Hey look, they're not watermarked... |
OMG!!! I knew I should have cked that file...pfffttt |
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09/29/2012 07:38:39 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
So....... what should I do with these nekkid photos that "you" emailed me, Janine? :P |
if you haven't lost your eye sight yet...I'd call a Dr. I'm sure something very, very bad will happen to you Art!!! |
Hey look, they're not watermarked... |
OMG!!! I knew I should have cked that file...pfffttt |
Don't worry about it Janine. I'll promise to delete them if you tell me the story behind that tattoo. :P |
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09/30/2012 05:49:39 AM · #45 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
So....... what should I do with these nekkid photos that "you" emailed me, Janine? :P |
if you haven't lost your eye sight yet...I'd call a Dr. I'm sure something very, very bad will happen to you Art!!! |
Hey look, they're not watermarked... |
OMG!!! I knew I should have cked that file...pfffttt |
Don't worry about it Janine. I'll promise to delete them if you tell me the story behind that tattoo. :P |
Which one???? |
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09/30/2012 01:34:53 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Just letting you all know that I got hacked tonight...DO NOT OPEN ANY E-MAILS FROM ME FROM AOL.
I have NO idea what they would do...
I've cked my computer spyware...changed all passwords (made them complicated as I can...great now I'll be locked out) |
Does this mean we are not getting married? I sent the airfare and everything, just as you asked! What about your rightful inheritance from your father? We are still on for that, right? Just a couple of more officials to bribe to get the millions and millions of dollars out of that corrupt country... You don't want to give up now, do you? ;-)
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09/30/2012 05:04:35 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by ambaker:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Just letting you all know that I got hacked tonight...DO NOT OPEN ANY E-MAILS FROM ME FROM AOL.
I have NO idea what they would do...
I've cked my computer spyware...changed all passwords (made them complicated as I can...great now I'll be locked out) |
Does this mean we are not getting married? I sent the airfare and everything, just as you asked! What about your rightful inheritance from your father? We are still on for that, right? Just a couple of more officials to bribe to get the millions and millions of dollars out of that corrupt country... You don't want to give up now, do you? ;-) |
SHHHHHH!!! Just wait for the next e-mail...it should be coming very, very soon...I'm cashing the ck tomorrow that you sent me....one more account to hack...cough, cough then I'll we'll have our millions in hand...
ETA: now what was that account number again...you know your mother's....
Message edited by author 2012-09-30 21:06:15. |
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