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09-04-2013, 04:03 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2007
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M.O.C. #6920
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Hacked
We have been hacked due to a phishing message we received. We received a message two days ago from a friend that had a Google Docs attachment. We opened that attachment thru our smartphone and that caused many of you a problem. Had we opened that Google Docs attachment thru our PC there's no doubt this would not have occurred. We have taken actions to hopefully lessen and ultimately stop this action. If you receive such a message from Judy or I do not open the attachment. Simply delete the entire message. Thanks for your understanding.
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09-04-2013, 04:35 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
Posts: 7,167
M.O.C. #6433
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Be very careful of any e-mail that appears to be from a friend with an attachment. I get regular e-mails with friends and relatives names as the sender, even my young granddaughters, but when checking I find the associated e-mail address is not even close to theirs. So I send the e-mails to spam folder without opening anything.
When you get one of those, click on the details of the sender name to check the e-mail address. That will verify if it is the actual friend or a spammer.
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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09-04-2013, 05:19 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location:
Posts: 2,156
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Good advice. Our issue was some ignorance on our part as it relates to our smartphone usage. We have not up to now had any anti-virus app. We opened a Google Docs attachment from a friend, as you related not to, and that began the phishing. We now have anti-virus app on our smartphones. Our PC caught it after we had already opened the attachment from our smartphones.
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09-04-2013, 05:36 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: _
Posts: 5,238
M.O.C. #6337
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I hope you changed ALL your passwords too. I got that email on my Mrs. CountryGuy email, I wrote YOU????? back asking what it was and YOU??? answered saying it was just a prayer list. Was that really you??
IF it was not, and even if it were, you would be wise to change every email account password, maybe more than once??
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09-04-2013, 05:48 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North East
Posts: 1,050
M.O.C. #10758
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by mail2us
Good advice. Our issue was some ignorance on our part as it relates to our smartphone usage. We have not up to now had any anti-virus app. We opened a Google Docs attachment from a friend, as you related not to, and that began the phishing. We now have anti-virus app on our smartphones. Our PC caught it after we had already opened the attachment from our smartphones.
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Dennis,
What anti-virus app did you get?
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09-04-2013, 06:26 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BEND
Posts: 350
M.O.C. #11243
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I have Norton Mobile on all my phones and Tablets.....
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09-04-2013, 06:46 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location:
Posts: 2,156
M.O.C. #6920
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by oldelmer1
Quote:
quote:Originally posted by mail2us
Good advice. Our issue was some ignorance on our part as it relates to our smartphone usage. We have not up to now had any anti-virus app. We opened a Google Docs attachment from a friend, as you related not to, and that began the phishing. We now have anti-virus app on our smartphones. Our PC caught it after we had already opened the attachment from our smartphones.
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Dennis,
What anti-virus app did you get?
We installed the free AVG mobile. There are others and AVG also has a premium, one time pay of $9.99 for another app.]
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09-04-2013, 06:51 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location:
Posts: 2,156
M.O.C. #6920
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Mrs. CountryGuy
I hope you changed ALL your passwords too. I got that email on my Mrs. CountryGuy email, I wrote YOU????? back asking what it was and YOU??? answered saying it was just a prayer list. Was that really you??
IF it was not, and even if it were, you would be wise to change every email account password, maybe more than once??
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Tks Carol. We have done all that you mentioned. We did not respond about any prayer list to you. Our primary fault was no AV on our smartphones. That too has been remedied. Tks
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09-04-2013, 06:54 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location:
Posts: 2,156
M.O.C. #6920
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by CATCRAW
I have Norton Mobile on all my phones and Tablets.....
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Tks for the input. We now have an AV on our smartphones. We initially forgot about Judy's tablet and that too is now covered.
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09-04-2013, 07:33 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 860
M.O.C. #8154
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Folks,
Just a FYI, most anti virus programs will not prevent a virus if you execute a program. Opening an attachment can execute the bad guys code. The anti virus or spam filter might catch it before it hits your email. If you open an infected attachment, you are executing a program designed to do bad things to your machine. Since you "executed" the program by opening the attachment, the anti virus software will not protect you.
Clicking on an embedded link can do the same thing. A simple work around is to copy the link and paste it into your browser.
Behavior is your number one defense.
Ken
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09-04-2013, 01:37 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Fayetteville
Posts: 2,351
M.O.C. #6831
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Dennis,
When you opened the attachment it must have captured your mailing list. I received that message from you and Judy yesterday. Jan Kelp had sent me the warning so I did not open the email. This is a learning experience for us as well. we did not have anti-virus protection on our phones either. However, that is about to change.
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09-04-2013, 03:19 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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Got it twice, but being a suspicious guy I deleted both of them.
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Dick, Joyce, Diego, Picatso and Gustav
2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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09-04-2013, 07:25 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mesa az
Posts: 2,953
M.O.C. #5651
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Smartphone? What's a smartphone?
My T-mobile 10 cents a minute phone doesn't catch colds - errr, viruses.
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Tom and Gail
2013 Mountaineer 362
2012 Silverado 2500
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09-05-2013, 02:43 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Newport
Posts: 546
M.O.C. #10257
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I got the message and when I tried to reply asking you if you really sent it my anti-virus would not let me send it saying it was suspicious. I did notice that the email address was different than yours.
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