warning, "yahoo" emails

[arkiv]

Please be alert to this type of email:

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From:
"Yahoo! Alert©" <alert@yahoo-inc.com>

Dear User,

We are sorry to inform you that we are currently working on securing our
server, during this process account which is not manually verified by us will
be deleted, Please confirm and submit your information for manual verification
by one of our customer care.
       
Information which is to be provided is below:
User Name:
User Id:
Password:
Date Of Birth:
Country (At Sign up):

Upon confirmation of information from you, we will manually verify your Yahoo!
Account and reserve it not to be deleted, We are sorry for any inconveniences
this might have cause providing  your information over the email.
     
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two
weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

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Never provide your password.

[Fëanor]

Very transparently phishing, but some people still need to have this pointed out. 

[drogulus]

     I have Yahoo email. Apparently it's targeted frequently along with the other big mail services. The safe thing is to use image blockers and be wary of "click to see image". One thing I do with suspicious mail is to copy the title and paste it into Google. Often you'll get something informative. Another thing would be to navigate to the site on your own. If "Verizon" sends me something I just use my Verizon bookmark, and the same with Amazon and Newegg, etc. If it's real I can find out without clicking on anything in the mail. I bookmark any site that I transact business with so I have a safe path back if I need it.

     I use no firewall, no anti-virus, and I'm a compulsive surfer and downloader of just the kind of things that should get me into trouble yet I never actually get into it. It isn't entirely luck. I figured out what not to do and do everything else. 

[Holden]

     
     I use no firewall, no anti-virus, and I'm a compulsive surfer and downloader of just the kind of things that should get me into trouble yet I never actually get into it. It isn't entirely luck. I figured out what not to do and do everything else. 

Just a thought - how do you know you have no viruses or malware on your PC if you've never checked it out or do you occasionally do an online check?

[drogulus]

    No. I run my AVG Setup, do a scan and uninstall.

    Right now I have Panda Cloud Antivirus on Vista, and forgot I had it because it doesn't slow the system down noticeably. On Windows 7 I have nothing.

    Which reminds me, I should run Ad-Aware. I'll go to C> Downloads > Ad-Aware Setup, install, run, and uninstall.

    So, welcome to the machine, as it were. Must  restart  now .

[DavidW]

Ernie, you disappoint me.  I figured you would be content only with OpenBSD behind three firewalls, and you only install software where you can look the source code line by line before compiling.  

[drogulus]

Ernie, you disappoint me.  I figured you would be content only with OpenBSD behind three firewalls, and you only install software where you can look the source code line by line before compiling.  

     You can't be serious!

     

     Oh, good, you're not.

Logfile created: 8/22/2009 10:12:9

Lavasoft Ad-Aware version: 8.0.7
Extended engine version: 8.1
User performing scan: Ernie

*********************** Definitions database information ***********************
Lavasoft definition file: 144.0
Extended engine definition file: 8.1

******************************** Scan results: *********************************
Scan profile name: Smart Scan  (ID: smart)
Objects scanned: 47276
Objects detected: 34


Type              Detected
==========================
Processes.......:        0
Registry entries:        0
Hostfile entries:        0
Files...........:        0
Folders.........:        0
LSPs............:        0
Cookies.........:       34
Browser hijacks.:        0
MRU objects.....:        0



Removed items:
Description: *.bridgetrack* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409095 Family ID: 0
Description: *adserver* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408737 Family ID: 0
Description: *adserv* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408921 Family ID: 0
Description: *adtech* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409018 Family ID: 0
Description: *adserve* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409020 Family ID: 0
Description: *coremetrics* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409008 Family ID: 0
Description: *data.coremetrics* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409220 Family ID: 0
Description: *doubleclick* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408875 Family ID: 0
Description: *hitbox* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408858 Family ID: 0
Description: *.hitbox* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409072 Family ID: 0
Description: *adrevolver* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408932 Family ID: 0
Description: *media.adrevolver* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409144 Family ID: 0
Description: *2o7* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408943 Family ID: 0
Description: *revsci* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409137 Family ID: 0
Description: *specificclick* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408807 Family ID: 0
Description: *tacoda* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409123 Family ID: 0
Description: *gamers* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409301 Family ID: 0
Description: *.bridgetrack* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409095 Family ID: 0
Description: *adserver* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408737 Family ID: 0
Description: *adserv* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408921 Family ID: 0
Description: *adtech* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409018 Family ID: 0
Description: *adserve* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409020 Family ID: 0
Description: *coremetrics* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409008 Family ID: 0
Description: *data.coremetrics* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409220 Family ID: 0
Description: *doubleclick* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408875 Family ID: 0
Description: *hitbox* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408858 Family ID: 0
Description: *.hitbox* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409072 Family ID: 0
Description: *adrevolver* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408932 Family ID: 0
Description: *media.adrevolver* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409144 Family ID: 0
Description: *2o7* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408943 Family ID: 0
Description: *revsci* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409137 Family ID: 0
Description: *specificclick* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 408807 Family ID: 0
Description: *tacoda* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409123 Family ID: 0
Description: *gamers* Family Name: Cookies Clean status: Success Item ID: 409301 Family ID: 0

Scan and cleaning complete: Finished correctly after 51 seconds

[drogulus]

     I'll do a full scan later. 

     Maybe next year. 

     I wouldn't recommend that anyone do this unless fixing trouble is part of the hobby as it is mine. If my PC blows up I'll just take my flash drive with my escape pod rescue pack (browser with profile, plus My Docs), and plug it into whatever I can get from BB.

     Time to full Operational Status: 24 hrs.

     My reasoning is as follows: The time you spend preparing for the worst case scenario is Totally Wasted since a real 100 year blowup means a trip to the store and not some desperate attempt to pull data from a dead HD. And infections require at most formatting, not getting your affairs in order. So you never get back the investment in precautions you don't need to take, precautions you can easily manage by using the instincts you sharpen by normal use over the years.

     If you do work on your PC then the calculation changes, as it does if you just have the Granny sensibility that says "Oh, these new fangled machines, I just don't know what the world is coming to...."

     Yeah, one day we'll take pills instead of eating food.