Re: Calling Kagan, ya spammer

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:28:16 -0000

What happens is that hackers "guess" the password to your online email account via automated tools and gain access. They then use the account to send spam.

Opening a spam link can take you to a site that runs malicious code on your computer (or one that just tries to get you to buy something), but that is separate from the process of gaining access to your online email account.

A good defense is to use difficult-for-computers-to-crack passwords for your online accounts. This means long passphrases with non-dictionary words, symbols, numbers, and mixed case. Just make sure you can remember it without writing it down. There are websites that help you generate mnemonic, easy to remember strings.

Changing your password can lock out someone who has cracked your password, but probably not before they've already done what they want.

I'm building some new partial motor sticks, too.

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Warthodson@... wrote:
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> If I change my password now, I.E. preemptively, before I inadvertently open a spam email, am I more secure or is doing that just a waste of time?
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> From: Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_...>
> To: Indoor_Construction <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogr oups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 2:26 pm
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Calling Kagan, ya spammer
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> JK,
> I just opened a spam link from you. Maybe change your Yahoo password, as I have also done. Everyone, if you accidentally open a spam ad from an address you recognize, it's then time to immediately change your Yahoo password for the sake of everyone downstream.
> Thanks, MB
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Received on Thu Jul 12 2012 - 17:28:17 CEST