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General Category => The Sump => Topic started by: adsruss on March 28, 2011, 01:10:56 PM
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I think your email has been hacked. I am up to about 20 emails from you regarding Viagra!!
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I'll have 2 ;D ;D ;D johnno will have a bag. LOL ;D ;D ;D sorry johnno, could'nt resist.
george.
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Wanna go halves Georgey???? :D ;D :D ;D
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cool buddy, another year and 2 may be wishfull thinking. lol ;D ;D ;D
On a serious note though, hacking/viruses, i have recieved a number of emails from UPS, [united parcel service - america]telling me that i have a parcel to pick up, and parcel #, i eventually opened it, and bang my pc was gone. That was b4 xmas, i have had at least 6 since, i delete them now, and no more problems. So if you are not buying from the states and you get a UPS notice, it could be a virus.
george.
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hmmmmmm i will go and change the password,,,,,,,sorry for the inconvenience!!!!!! i just got a heap in my work email from my yahoo address!!!! I BEEN HACKED.
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No hassles here. I get up to 40-50 different spam emails a day. Has something to do with my company website and the exposure it has on google etc. Just though I would let you know.
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Apologies to anyone who recieves any spam or junk mail....i have deleted all contacts from this email address and reset my password.....
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hi george, that virus got me a couple of years ago, buggered my computer, i deal abit on ebay, thought it was from the postal service, it was even in my junk file and i opened it, whamo, got me but postal service is usps not ups, caught me unawares, bastards ??? ??? ??? ;D
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The one that i opened was in my spam, i was suspect, thats why it took me weeks to open, and when i did, i was right. The one i got though was from the big american courier service, united parcel service, their trucks are the black with gold writing. There was also a tracking number, here is a pic.
george.
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yep your right george, that was the same symbol, bastards ??? ??? ;D
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Just so everyone knows,my computer has been damaged about 6 times over the years I have had them.
Each time its been traced to Yahoo,before u jump up and down,its a fact been proved by a couple diffrent people.
So I dont open anything to do with yahoo and crossed fingers been about 3 years since I found out and havent had an issue since.
My 2c worth ;)
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I have a yahoo address, and not to many headaches, i dont open anything that i am not sure about, if i am not expecting then i wont miss it if i delete it. Maybe one day we will be able to use our PCs without the worry of viruses and grubs. mmmm one day ??? ??? :-\ :o ;D ;)
george.
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No way! I make good money cleaning those things off people's machines. That's helping to fund my van! 8)
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Getting Viruses sux big time. Had a friend who got married recently and they came back from their honeymoon to find their savings account drained. Used his credit card to buy something online just before they left and that was it. Little under $20k gone in a week.
The bank is doing a whole investigation into it, took his computer for a bit to get it looked at. Turns out a Trojan on his comp sent keystrokes to somewhere in Asia so they were just waiting around for him to type some useful information.
Personally I'm with a bank that doesn't just rely on typing to access my accounts, it has a virtual keyboard to type the password. I also use a MacBook which near on makes it impossible for a virus to destroy my computer.
So i guess after that long winded story all I'm saying is be very careful when using any personal info online.
Happy Vanning!!
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Hey 007, i dont put personal bank details on - line, i dont care what security banks put in, if banks can design it, crims can break it.
Hey Rogue, i dont think you have to worry about going out of bussiness mate, it will be years b4 we have 100% security, so hopefully your van will be done by then. ;D ;D ;D ;D
george.
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I got a virus once, but the doctor gave me some cream and it cleared right up ;D ;D ::)
Rogue, are you a computer nerd?
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No a Bedford nerd, like we all are.............. :D
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I am in my current life although like a few of us on here it is one of many hats I wear. ;)
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would a collective of bedford nerds be called a Bedford herd? .... hey thats us the Bedford herd and those of us that have fat black vans would be known as hereferds, um sorry .... not starting work till later this afternoon and can't be bothered trolling ebay :P
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I had to put my 2cents in :)
I am a reformed computer nerd. The virus attached to the UPS emails has nothing to do with UPS. I got one of them and at about 2am I thought it was a good idea to open it!!! About the time I clicked on it I knew I'd been done but too late. Half a second later my virus software informed me it had been captured and told me not to be so stupid in future.
In short - I spend $100 per year on virus protection, $50 on backing up. This is all I spend on software and BOTH are absolutely essential, I don't have time to fix PC's anymore I HAVE A BEDFORD.
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That was the same with me, but i let it sit in spam folder for about 2 weeks, i knew it was bad news, and one day i must of been on another planet cause i opened it knowing, within 3or4 seconds there were big RED words all over my screen, bang i was done in seconds. As you said it had nothing to do with UPS whatsoever, but it looked genuine. I knew it was a scam because if someone sends me tracking numbers then its because i asked them to, the thing that did'nt gel was, that we dont have UPS in australia, we have DHL, so it would of been a DHL tracking # if it was the real macoy. But still dumbo here could not resist opening it. ;D ;D ;D ;D Curiosity killed this dipsticks PC. Now i know how the cat feels. ;) ;) In my case it cost me $300 to fix the virus.
Well i have had half dozen new UPS emails since then, now i hit DELETE without thinking about it.
george.
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Eddy a collection of Bedford nerds is called a "Pride of Bedford" owners.
Some nasty persons of the female type may call it a "Money Pit" of Bedford Owners!
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hehehehe ... I reckon my missus would call my van the arm pit rather than the money pit only cause has all the dosh ;D
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would a collective of bedford nerds be called a Bedford herd? .... hey thats us the Bedford herd and those of us that have fat black vans would be known as hereferds, um sorry .... not starting work till later this afternoon and can't be bothered trolling ebay :P
so eddy?? if their hereferds with fat black vans ::) ..,then, if any of them didnt believe in the beddy god, would they then possibly be :o :o :o heretics??? :o :o ::) ;D my 1 cents worth ::) ;)...ps i dont get viruses, cos i never go to the wankysites ::) ::) ::)