John, what is a partial motor stick ?
LeRoy Cordes  YOLO
Chicago, Illinois
AMA 16974 - WAA Pilot #337
In God We Trust
On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:28:16 -0000 "John Kagan" <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
writes:
> 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:
> >
> > 
> > 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?
> > Gary 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> >   
> >     
> >                   
> > 
> > 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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LeRoy Cordes  YOLO
Chicago, Illinois
AMA 16974 - WAA Pilot #337
In God We Trust
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