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From: MZB on 9 Mar 2010 21:17 I ran Avira and Malwarebytes. No infections according to those programs. Mel "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:hn6qq905gb(a)news3.newsguy.com... > From: "MZB" <moo(a)noway.prudigy.net> > > | David: > > | I wonder how that happens. They somehow got my Yahoo email address > (easy) > | and my Yahoo password. Hmmmm > > | Mel > > Multiple ways now... > > Scenario 1: > Your PC is infected with Malware. It scans your IE and FireFox password > stores and steals > credentials, including your "Yahoo! Account". The credentials are then > sent to a third > party web site to be parked and waiting for pickup. The Malicious actor > gathers > credentials and uses them against you and for his gain. > > Scenario 2: > You are infected with a keylogging trojan. It catures and your keystokes > and and then the > credentials are sent to a third party web site to be parked and waiting > for pickup. The > Malicious actor gathers those credentials and... > > Scenario 3: > You advertanly realeased the account information. > > To name a few... > > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > >
From: FromTheRafters on 9 Mar 2010 21:33 "MZB" <moo(a)noway.prudigy.net> wrote in message news:c6Aln.4570$ao7.4139(a)newsfe21.iad... [...] > I wonder how that happens. They somehow got my Yahoo email address > (easy) and my Yahoo password. Hmmmm Sometimes they just guess, sometimes they use datamining, and there have been software based exploits in the past with similar e-mail services. http://www.emeagwali.com/bbs/messages/3193.html
From: David H. Lipman on 10 Mar 2010 06:32 From: "MZB" <moo(a)noway.prudigy.net> | I ran Avira and Malwarebytes. No infections according to those programs. | Mel Good ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: MZB on 10 Mar 2010 10:06 David: Does this mean I can be somewhat assured that there is no keylogger or malware on my system? The article posted "From the Rafters" was interesting. Is it likely someone got that information that way? Mel "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:hn8014014ip(a)news3.newsguy.com... > From: "MZB" <moo(a)noway.prudigy.net> > > | I ran Avira and Malwarebytes. No infections according to those programs. > > | Mel > > > Good ! > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > >
From: David H. Lipman on 10 Mar 2010 16:12
From: "MZB" <moo(a)noway.prudigy.net> | David: | Does this mean I can be somewhat assured that there is no keylogger or | malware on my system? | The article posted "From the Rafters" was interesting. Is it likely someone | got that information that way? | Mel What way ? -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |