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Can any of you "geeks" explain this to me?
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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 512302" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>A couple questions - </p><p></p><p>DO you use Wifi? If yes - then you could have been hacked....</p><p></p><p>Maybe you have an easy to guess password? </p><p></p><p>If so someone could have hacked your email account and is randomly sending emails to all your contacts. Happens a lot more than anyone thinks because we all don't change our email password to at least an 8 letter, numeric, coded, encrypted passcode daily, or weekly or at least bi-weekly. OH - like most of us - yearly? Longer? Ut oh. </p><p></p><p>What Spyware do you run automatically? There are a lot out there that are free - and if you aren't running it manually at least weekly? You're going to have problems with - trojans, hackers, viruses. </p><p></p><p>Avira is free and one of the best I've found. (if you need help for a link let me know) </p><p></p><p>Also - the best thing you can do right now? </p><p></p><p>Change ALL your email passwords - </p><p></p><p>Then EMail ALL your contacts that got emails sent (Check your SENT folder), tell them TO IGNORE and NOT open any mail with odd or short messages sent on such and such a date. </p><p></p><p>Then run a scan of your entire system with the antivirus again. Delete any viruses or trojans etc. that pop up. </p><p></p><p>It may not be that big of a deal - and then I'd make SURE you change your wi-fi password at least every three days or so. Even if you aren't on wi-fi? I'd change my password - and encrypt it - like this </p><p></p><p>Not - IloveAce8 - too easy to guess - More something like - #2Abli*Gj29#** - harder to crack.....series of capital letters, lower case, symbols and numbers. </p><p></p><p>Then delete the sent emails that were a problem too. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 512302, member: 4964"] A couple questions - DO you use Wifi? If yes - then you could have been hacked.... Maybe you have an easy to guess password? If so someone could have hacked your email account and is randomly sending emails to all your contacts. Happens a lot more than anyone thinks because we all don't change our email password to at least an 8 letter, numeric, coded, encrypted passcode daily, or weekly or at least bi-weekly. OH - like most of us - yearly? Longer? Ut oh. What Spyware do you run automatically? There are a lot out there that are free - and if you aren't running it manually at least weekly? You're going to have problems with - trojans, hackers, viruses. Avira is free and one of the best I've found. (if you need help for a link let me know) Also - the best thing you can do right now? Change ALL your email passwords - Then EMail ALL your contacts that got emails sent (Check your SENT folder), tell them TO IGNORE and NOT open any mail with odd or short messages sent on such and such a date. Then run a scan of your entire system with the antivirus again. Delete any viruses or trojans etc. that pop up. It may not be that big of a deal - and then I'd make SURE you change your wi-fi password at least every three days or so. Even if you aren't on wi-fi? I'd change my password - and encrypt it - like this Not - IloveAce8 - too easy to guess - More something like - #2Abli*Gj29#** - harder to crack.....series of capital letters, lower case, symbols and numbers. Then delete the sent emails that were a problem too. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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