ALL, I had a fright as the email contains my own surname so I quickly did a full scan and check etc...whew
Scared the living daylights out of me. 73's Gary On 6 May 2011 08:48, JAMES ROGERS <[email protected]> wrote: > Jack, thank you for reminding me to do that. Got a email from the local > Apple group the other day about the trojan horse and had not gotten around > to unchecking the "Open safe files after downloading". Fortunately we still > have to go through the password process before anything gets installed on > the system. > > 73s Jim > On May 5, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Jack Brindle wrote: > > > Jim; > > > > We don't have any virii on the Mac OS X, but there are a few trojans out. > You really need to think twice before clicking on links (true for any > platform). > > It is highly recommended that you have "Open "safe" files after > downloading" UNchecked in Safari preferences. Automatically running an > unsafe downloaded file will eventually get you into trouble and compromise > your system! > > > > Jack B, W6FB > > > > > > On May 5, 2011, at 3:20 PM, JAMES ROGERS wrote: > > > >> You got that right Ron, I clicked on that one before I even thought. > Thank goodness I am running a Mac. At least I have some protection for the > bevy of PC malware. > >> > >> 73s, Jim > >> On May 5, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > >> > >>> It's pretty easy to tell that a link is dangerous - just look at the > >>> context. If they say "click here" with no explanation, Eric himself > couldn't > >>> convince me to click on the link. After all, people's e-mail addresses > do > >>> get hijacked and usually the person has no idea it happened - it's not > their > >>> computer that is infected, just someone who happened to have the > 'victim's' > >>> e-mail address in a computer with a virus. > >>> > >>> And, of course, a note without a call sign and no explanation as to why > no > >>> call sign was offered but which has a link to click is just about as > big a > >>> "red flag" as one could find. > >>> > >>> Ron AC7AC > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Ragle > >>> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:53 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Gregory > >>> > >>> Stronger than that! > >>> > >>> Up until now, this list has been remarkably free of phishing and spam. > >>> Someone needs to tighten down the screws on the spam filtering, as > >>> "Gregory" has clearly discovered a way in. I would hate to lose the > >>> levity and learning that this list presents, but if the two recent > >>> pieces of junk are followed by more, I will have to put Elecraft on my > >>> forbidden list. Not good! > >>> > >>> John Ragle -- W1ZI > >>> > >>> ===== > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________________________ > >>> Elecraft mailing list > >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >>> > >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > >> JIM ROGERS, W4ATK > >> [email protected] > >> http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk > >> K3/100 P3 > >> K2/10 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > JIM ROGERS, W4ATK > [email protected] > http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk > K3/100 P3 > K2/10 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
