Knowing Yahoo as we do, I would say that more problems are almost inevitable :-( Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/03/2013 20:46, Charani wrote: > Nivard Ovington wrote: > >> It may be worth noting that Sky (currently Gmail) is passing all their >> email accounts over to *Yahoo* in April > > <groan> > > Thanks for the alert - I think. I'll add sky addresses to the list. > >> So expect plenty more hacked accounts > > Hopefully not but that's probably a hope in vain. > >

Every time a hacker hits one of my lists, I send out a warning to the list not to click on the link or to respond to Yahoo.  I also warn them that if they did already click or respond, they are also now infected with instructions on how to clean the hacking. Each one of my lists has been warned countless times yet it keeps happening over and over again.  I can't help wonder how many warnings it will take to sink in. I just received this message supposedly from Yahoo: Dear Customer Your E-mail account has exceeded its limit and needs to be verified, if not verified within 24hours, we shall suspend your account. It was signed Yahoo and there was a link to click on which I have not included in this message.  This can only mean that there will be another rash of hackings from Yahoo in the near future.  If only people would heed the warnings about these messages and not reply or click on the link.   Mary Ann Lubinsky

On 3/10/2013 4:28 PM, Mary Ann Lubinsky wrote: > Every time a hacker hits one of my lists, I send out a warning to > the list not to click on the link or to respond to Yahoo. I also warn them that if they did already click or respond, they are also now infected with instructions on how to clean the hacking. > > Each one of my lists has been warned countless times yet it keeps happening over and over again. I can't help wonder how many warnings it will take to sink in. > ... > Mary Ann Lubinsky Mary: It will take at least one more warning than the number you send out. And it is a moving target. [wry grin] Darrell

Mary Ann Lubinsky wrote: > Every time a hacker hits one of my lists, I send out a warning to > the list not to click on the link or to respond to Yahoo. I also > warn them that if they did already click or respond, they are also > now infected with instructions on how to clean the hacking. You can't clean a hacking because it's not an infection as a virus is, but you can take steps to prevent it, possibly only in the short term. The usual and apparently effective method is changing the password, preferably to a very much stronger one. If someone has clicked a link, then they are likely to be infected with a virus, a trojan or other malware and steps do need to be taken to clean their machines. Unfortunately many people think just running a scan with an anti virus program will solve the problem. That's not necessarily correct. There are also many who think having the program on their machine is enough without realising (or accepting/believing) they need to update it regularly. The same goes for any security program, including software firewalls. > Each one of my lists has been warned countless times yet it keeps > happening over and over again. I can't help wonder how many > warnings it will take to sink in. Some people won't believe it'll happen to them, it'll happen to someone else. They don't realise they ARE that "someone else" to someone else. > > I just received this message supposedly from Yahoo: > > Dear Customer > > Your E-mail account has exceeded its limit and needs to be > verified, if not verified within 24hours, we shall suspend your > account. > > It was signed Yahoo and there was a link to click on which I have > not included in this message. This can only mean that there will > be another rash of hackings from Yahoo in the near future. If only > people would heed the warnings about these messages and not reply > or click on the link. I've had those supposedly from Gmail, which Gmail has dumped in the junk mail folder. I've also had them from other email providers and ISPs to my Gmail account! And treated with the same contempt LOL Most of my email accounts have been hit with similar false claims. Ditto banks, some of which I've heard of before. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk