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29 Dec 10 - 12:15 PM (#3063286) Subject: BS: ShoppyBag From: John MacKenzie I have received 4 requests from Mudcatters, via e-mail. Asking me to join this ShoppyBag site. I am told it's a viral thing which invades your e-mail, and mails all your contacts, and on no account should I open it, or supply the information asked for. The Cattersd involved are Nick Apollonio, and Kendall Morse, both of whom would be on each other's contact list. PLease be aware |
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29 Dec 10 - 02:04 PM (#3063344) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: gnu What's the subject/title of the email? Perhaps you, and Kendall and Nick could (have?) report it to your ISP. |
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29 Dec 10 - 02:17 PM (#3063350) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: John MacKenzie Can't tell you exactly g, it's all been deleted, but it does mention ShoppyBag |
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29 Dec 10 - 02:20 PM (#3063354) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: gnu At any rate, glad you alerted us all. |
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29 Dec 10 - 02:39 PM (#3063362) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: kendall God damn virus bastards |
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29 Dec 10 - 02:42 PM (#3063366) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: kendall I got it from Nick but I refused to allow it into my info. |
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29 Dec 10 - 03:45 PM (#3063399) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Little Hawk Yes, I got it from Nick too. It purports to be sending you a photo to open. |
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29 Dec 10 - 03:50 PM (#3063402) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: GUEST,999 I trashed one ShoppyBag that I received from `Kendall`. He knows my e-mail address and there is NO way he`d ever contact me from a strange kinda site like that. |
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29 Dec 10 - 04:29 PM (#3063426) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Van if you Google it there are 213,000 results and the few I read reflect the above views. (I only read the precis I didn't open any of the sites) |
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29 Dec 10 - 04:49 PM (#3063436) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Leadfingers I had one too - From Kendall , but I dont like sites like that so didnt bother 'logging on' just to (Possibly) look at a photo of me . |
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29 Dec 10 - 06:19 PM (#3063476) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Bat Goddess I heavily suspect all such sites and requests -- usually with good reason. It's not the sort of thing Kendall would be likely to send, either. Linn |
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29 Dec 10 - 07:44 PM (#3063523) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: kendall Absolutely not! How did this get by my virus killer? |
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29 Dec 10 - 08:25 PM (#3063543) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Van Perhaps a bit of thread creep but I know a young woman who goes shopping lifting. So much more poetic than the more mundane shoplifting but no more legal for all that. |
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29 Dec 10 - 08:31 PM (#3063550) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Jeri A data miner program isn't a virus. At some point, you probably clicked something that gave the website permission to access your address book. I got this (my Gmail account) from Nick last night and clicked on the link, but when it wanted me to sign up to look at the alleged photo, I left. |
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29 Dec 10 - 08:38 PM (#3063555) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: gnu Now... if it was for leather jackets endorsed by Kendall??? |
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29 Dec 10 - 08:42 PM (#3063563) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Little Hawk Yeah, I think it's a data miner for marketers. It wants you to enter some info and sign up. I did not do so. |
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29 Dec 10 - 08:43 PM (#3063569) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: GUEST,kendall Nor did I. I got suspicious and left. |
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30 Dec 10 - 07:21 PM (#3064146) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: GUEST,999 Refresh. |
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02 Jan 11 - 05:11 PM (#3065803) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Ebbie grrrrr. I was alerted by my ISP that there were some 'failures' in an group email I had sent out. Just about the same time a friend called me and asked whether she is supposed to open the attachment. Thinking immediately of this thread I told her NO. I had NOT sent out a group mail but the addresses are from my Contacts list. I have deleted the list and will manually re-enter the list and let friends know that 'twarn't I. Like Kendall, I was wondering how it got past my virus protection but a data miner makes sense. Looking at the ISP message I couldn't even figure out what I was supposed to have sent out. This is a strange, strange world. |
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02 Jan 11 - 05:31 PM (#3065819) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp It is a damned good thing real life ain't like this. I'd hate to be held responsible for sendin' a baboon or a gorilla to every front door on my entire business and personal address list. You can lose friends that way. - Chongo |
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02 Jan 11 - 08:50 PM (#3065921) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: kendall It's akin to an unsolicited grope.. Well, no, much worse. Sorry Becca. |
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05 Jan 11 - 12:41 PM (#3067817) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Becca72 Right. Dad, have you changed your email password since this started? Don't know if it'll help in this case, but it worked when something similar happened to me a couple months ago. I have gotten it from you in my Yahoo Spam folder several times (I've also gotten it from Nick a time or two). |
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05 Jan 11 - 01:21 PM (#3067846) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: GUEST,999 I just received another and it went directly to trash. FYI |
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05 Jan 11 - 01:38 PM (#3067856) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: Jeri I just got another one too. It's easy enough to fake a "from" address after the individual's address book has been harvested, or someone else's address book simply containing the address the mail is supposed to be from. This is why, if you're the type to send out mass e-mails, you should send them to "BCC". If ANY one of the people on the list of addresses gets infected or hacked, ALL of the names/addresses will be collected. |
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05 Jan 11 - 02:16 PM (#3067879) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: maeve And that's why I keep asking friends and contacts to never use my email in a group or forwarded email unless it's in the BCC field. |
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05 Jan 11 - 02:21 PM (#3067884) Subject: RE: BS: ShoppyBag From: EBarnacle It's also one of the reasons I avoid Outlook Express. My e-mail has no reason to be downloaded to my hard drive. |