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Critical MS Outlook Update HOAX - submitted by Kathy Funk
There is an email going around that looks like it is from Microsoft regarding an Outlook update. Don't click on any of the links in this message.
Just DELETE it. It looks real but it is not. Clicking on a link in the message may download malware which could compromise your computer.
CLICK HERE to view the phony message.
A Message from Jolyn Bowler to All Hargray Users
It has come to our attention that Hargray email addresses are being used to send spam. A number of members have inquired about this.
I get at 10 to 15 of these each day. My initial reaction is to delete these emails. However, Tuesday, a member came in with this problem
and since I hadn't yet asked Hargray about this, I got on line while he was there and chatted with a Hargray Tech Support person.
His initial answer was to go to Postini.com (the spam filter site that Hargray uses) and block my own address. You are welcome to take
this step, but this is actually unacceptable to me as, from time to time, I email myself something I've found on the web. Especially if I'm
on another computer other than my own. It's an easy way to remind me of a web site I want to revisit. The tech support person's second
suggestion was to forward these emails to the abuse center at Hargray. I have begun to do this.
It is not absolutely necessary, but, if Hargray does what they say they will do, they can track down the ISP (Internet Service Provider)
that the spammers are using and try to limit or block those users. This does take a little extra time,
which I know not all of us have, but I think it is worth it in the long run. The situation seems to be getting worse than better fast.
My recommendation is that when you receive a message that is not from you, but your email is used as the "sender," open it and immediately
forward it to abuse@hargray.com. Then immediately delete the message once the forward has been sent. I have not opened any that have caused a
problem or have automatically downloaded a virus or spyware. They are mostly advertising for men's products or vitamin supplements.
You will get an acknowledgement from abuse@hhargray.com that says they have received your email and will address the issue. It is an automated
reply which you can also delete.
Yes, this is a frustrating situation. Yes, it does take a little extra time to open and forward the SPAMS. But if enough of us send our
SPAMS to abuse@hargray.com, they may find a way of resolving the situation so that bad guys can't abuse our addresses like this. I have not
found any other solutions to this problem. Hargray doesn't seem to have a fix yet either.
Other email providers are having the same problem. I also forward messages I get from Gmail and Hotmail accounts to
abuse@gmail.com and abuse@hotmail.com.
Please learn to use BCC (blind carbon copy) when sending an email to multiple addresses. Do this, especially if you forward jokes and such. Also, when you "forward" the message and the new message opens to add the addresses, please take the time to delete the multitude of other addresses in the body of the message you are forwarding. It takes an extra moment, but not clearing everyone's address allows anyone receiving the message to see everyone's address. This is one of the easiest ways for spammers to harvest everyone's" address. They then can abuse the addresses they get by making it look like you are the one sending their spam messages.
If you have any questions . . . drop by the Resource Center on a Tuesday afternoon or email me at either jlbowler@hargray.com
or jlbowler@roadrunner.com.
Beware the Michael Jackson Spam - submitted by Ed Cliff
By Andrew LaVallee - June 26
It didn’t take long for fraudsters to exploit Michael Jackson’s death, as online-security firms began reporting email scams using his name to attract victims.
One message contains links supposedly of unpublished photos and a YouTube video of the singer, but the link prompts recipients to download a file that,
when opened, opens a legitimate Web page while downloading and installing malware, according to San Diego-based security provider Websense.
Elsewhere, an email is circulating that reads: “Vital informations after the death of Michael Jackson’s I really need some one trusted &
secretive to speak with with informations i have in my possession before its too late Kindly reply me and i will immediately respond back,Its for just secret
between both of us,” warned Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at security firm Sophos.
“Okay, so it’s not the most grammatically convincing spam message ever to have been sent, but in the whirlwind of interest in Jackson’s demise
there are probably more than a few whose interest would have been piqued,” he wrote.
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