Thanks Pat. This information is very helpful. Did not hear about any of this before. I have had concerns about Facebook. Toodles, Ginny --- nymets22@gmail.com wrote: From: Pat Connors <nymets22@gmail.com> To: ny irish <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com>, irish-american@rootsweb.com, irish-in-uk@rootsweb.com, Ireland-Genealogy-Newbies@rootsweb.com, roll calls mailing list <Ireland-roll-calls-L@rootsweb.com>, Can-Ontario-Irish-L@rootsweb.com, new-england-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-IRISH] ADMIN MESSAGE: Cyberscams, the three most common Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:40:18 -0700 I received the below from my anti-virus program's company and thought I would send it on to all the lists that admin: Putting the brakes on social engineering tricks usually takes all the steam out of them. To that end, below are three of the most common cyberscams that lead to the loss of personal information or sensitive data. Hopefully, if you know what to expect, you'll simply walk away from the encounters unscathed. Scam #1: Your computer is infected! The biggest criminal enterprise is the rogue antivirus product. It tries to convince you that your computer is infected so you hand over money for "antivirus protection" - which is not actually protection at all. The minute you see a fake alert, stop everything you're doing, kill the browser, and perform a full scan with the legitimate antivirus product of your choice. Scam #2: Check out this cool link! Your friend's email or Facebook account is hijacked, and you receive a brief message with a short URL to watch a video or check out something equally "cool." The link actually leads to a malicious page with a malware download. Most shortlink services have a feature that lets you preview where the shortlink will go; use it. If you've never heard of the Web site, check the true destination domain against a reputation service. And don't be the first one among your friends to click a link. Scam #3: John Doe wants to be your friend. In this one, the scammers usually duplicate the message format of popular social network sites. Instead of linking to "friend request," it takes you to a malicious page instead. To avoid this one, without clicking anything, move the mouse over the link in your email message, then look at the Status Bar to see exactly where the link leads. If the message claims to come from one company, but the URL points to a domain you've never heard of, don't click the link. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, list admin http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's were my Address Book was compromised. When you sign up for Facebook, they don't tell you but they automatically copy your Address Book. About six or so months ago, I got up one day and there they were...those spam emails posted to most of the lists I belong to (many) and they looked like they came from my computer. It was scarey and embarrassing. I then read about how security on Facebook isn't that great. I got off it and things are now better. But, someone out there has my Address Book and I worry, I'll wake up some morning and turn on my computer and see those spam emails with my email address. Thanks Pat. This information is very helpful. Did not hear about any of > this before. > I have had concerns about Facebook. > > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com