Re: Re: Calling Kagan, ya spammer

From: LeRoy C Cordes <lcordes_at_juno.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:30:49 -0500

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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