WARNING "malware" emails from nbrettoner

[seeseeme]

Noel has asked me to post this notice as he is rather busy.

Some nasty *(&(^$%$ seems to have broken into Noel's (nbrettoner) Yahoo Address Book and is sending out emails with a link to another site.

DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.
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Noel apologies for any problem that this causes but at the moment he is busy trying to find out what is going on to post here. He has run a scan overnight using Malwarebytes to try and find anything and he has contacted Yahoo without any reply yet.

If anyone has any ideas about this then I am sure he would appreciate any assistance.

Also, any advice on how he should now set up his email account now (apart from security systems). Should he start a new one with a new name and advise all those in his old Address book of the change?

To my way of thinking, if they already have everyone's addresses then no matter what he does, they will continue to send out emails. I have no idea though. Also, to may way of thinking, if he is using a Yahoo Email Account system, wouldn't the Address Book be stored at Yahoo ?????

Hopefully the Mods will not delete/remove this thread as he has quite a few members addresses.

Craig
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[pommie]

I am in three yahoo groups and all three have been compromised, all you can do is NOT click on the links in the spam and NOT reply to them, they do not know if your email is active or not, UNLESS YOU CLICK OR ANSWER them.

Give it some time and it eventually goes away, unless you click on the link or answer it, so DO NOT DO IT!!!

get the message

Cheers David

 

[Bill69]

Hi seeseeme,

I recieved an email from Noel earlier today. It did not seem to relate to anything we had been discussing so I was suspicious right from the start, I deleted it and ran a scan straight away but it came up with no infections.

Cheers,
Bill

 

[seeseeme]

Hi seeseeme,

I recieved an email from Noel earlier today. It did not seem to relate to anything we had been discussing so I was suspicious right from the start, I deleted it and ran a scan straight away but it came up with no infections.

Cheers,
Bill

That's good news Bill, and the right thing to do when your not expecting anything or as you say it relates to nothing you have been talking about.

If I get a situation similar to yours (and mine) I sometimes even email the sender in another email to double check.

Craig

 

[Bill69]

That's good news Bill, and the right thing to do when your not expecting anything or as you say it relates to nothing you have been talking about.

If I get a situation similar to yours (and mine) I sometimes even email the sender in another email to double check.

Craig

Hi Craig,

That's a good scheme too but I was thinking along he lines, if it is important and Noel does not get an answer he will email me again.

Cheers,
Bill

 

[meridious]

Also, any advice on how he should now set up his email account now (apart from security systems). Should he start a new one with a new name and advise all those in his old Address book of the change?

The simple answer to this is to change his password. I had this happen a few weeks ago and from my research, they all said to do this. When choosing a password, make it something easy to remember but difficult for someone else to guess.

Here's a link for Microsoft password checker.

https://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/checker.aspx?WT.mc_id=Site_Link

 

[bendorsey]

I got that e-mail and since it didn't seem to make any sense to me deleted it without opening the link. I made a few items for Noel but its been some time and we have nothing going at the moment. If I don't recognize the sender or the e-mail doesn't seem to relate to Trainz it goes into the garbage unopened. Probably ticked a few Trainzers off over the years but they can always send me a PM, lol.

Ben

 

[seeseeme]

The simple answer to this is to change his password. I had this happen a few weeks ago and from my research, they all said to do this. When choosing a password, make it something easy to remember but difficult for someone else to guess.

Here's a link for Microsoft password checker.

https://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/checker.aspx?WT.mc_id=Site_Link

Thanks for the replies and thanks for the link Mike, that will be handy.

I will be talking to Noel this morning and see how he is going, plus pass on details posted here.

Craig

 

[HiBaller]

I've been getting several of them from Noel for the last four or five days. He accesses his Yahoo email account with the web interface, so all his addresses are kept on Yahoo severs. Changing his password might keep the spammers out for a while, but I'm betting they will come back.

The best (and, ultimately, the easiest) is to open a completely new account - with Yahoo if you wish. I'd opt for a different ISP like Gmail or Hotmail which are both free.

I have six different email accounts on three different ISP's. I used them according to what task I am emailing about.

One word of advice: stop using the web interface for ANY email account and get something like Thunderbird and let that client gather your emails. I haven't kept a single email address an an ISP's web site ever. I let Thunderbird handle them - right on my own computer.

Bill

 

[Red_Rattler]

One word of advice: stop using the web interface for ANY email account and get something like Thunderbird and let that client gather your emails.

If you plan to download, or use Thunderbird, I would check it for a virus first, as our certain anti-virus detected and blocked the computer virus.

 

[HiBaller]

True. The only safe place to download Thunderbird (or Firefox, for that matter) is from the Mozilla site here. That way, you can be sure the installation is virus-free.

Bill

 

[PJandDRC]

I have had numerous problems with Yahoo, from being spammed by groups welcoming me to their group when I have never joined. No replies from Yahoo when I complained.

That address book thing appeared in my Hotmail system and spammed my address book content. I just deleted everything and created a new account, Tho I never use it except for the odd occasion when I do not want to disclose my main emails.

I have found that GMail seems to be the best one and that also filters 99% of all spam. I also use Mailwasher so I can preview anything before I down load it. That is magic you can block, delete, blacklist and bounce any mail you do not want.

 

[HiBaller]

... I have found that GMail seems to be the best one and that also filters 99% of all spam. ...

I agree with that also. My two GMail accounts routinely show around 50 to 60 spam emails trapped in the spam folder. Not once in over a year have I found a legitimate email in the spam folder of GMail. My other accounts show far less spam being found (and eliminated).

Bill

 

[meridious]

While I don't disagree with anything you've said Bill, I do want to point out that it isn't just Yahoo that gets hit by these spammers. Mine is an msn (hotmail) account. Thing is, people use way to easy passwords for their accounts. I know mine was.

No matter what you do, you can never be fully safe.

So this thunderbird, I take it it is very similar to Outlook ? Does it require me to use firefox ? If so, then I will have to pass on this as I really don't like firefox. To each his own though.

 

[HiBaller]

Thunderbird is a totally separate email client. You can set up any mix of POP and IMAP accounts using it. I've been using TB for around seven years or more and love it because it will connect, and download, your mail from multiple accounts at the click of a button (or do it automatically every "N" minutes).

It is only similar to Outlook in that it can grab your mail from the web. There are many customizable add-ons you can use to enhance TB too.

Bill

 

[meridious]

Thanks Bill, I'll give it a try.

 

[Red_Rattler]

True. The only safe place to download Thunderbird (or Firefox, for that matter) is from the Mozilla site here. That way, you can be sure the installation is virus-free.

HiBaller, that WAS the place I downloaded it from, yet our certain anti-virus still blocked the virus.

 

[HiBaller]

Hmmm. They would probably like to know that then. I've never gotten any virus alerts from their site(s). I suppose anything is possible, though. Did you scan the installation file before running it, or did you just run the file without scanning it?

Bill

 

[Red_Rattler]

It was scanned before use. Didn't pick anything up though. And yes it is a well known anti virus program. But the anti-virus program did say that it blocked the virus. But it's been uninstalled.

 

[HiBaller]

I'd fire off an email to them then. They need to know this. I just now downloaded the installation file and scanned it - nothing. I installed it on my spare computer and didn't come down with any virus at all. Very strange.

Bill