Has MR been infiltrated?

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Geoff, you should've THOUAQUE'd him harder...

sorry, i must admit i've been criticised for not hitting harder ...

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Am, you're protecting the duck?? How could you? We were just put him on the spit for dinner!

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Man!, where's my head? I knew it was a long day but I should be able to tell the diff 'tween a cluck and duck.

THOUAQUE

[poohbear_nc]

Hah! You can no longer THOUAQUE me without injuring little Am!! And she's mean when riled!!

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[neilmarr]

I wish I'd kept the email for reference now, Steve and Kenny, instead of binning it. It came from someone in Hungary calling himself something like 'Tibor'.

It wasn't your usual spam because it was very much personalised, perfect grammar, chatty, talked about finding me through MR and being impressed by my BB site and what have you. No attachment, by the way. Just a straight email that my security passed as clean.

The bones of the message claimed that adding the tracking pixel to my signature would 'help the community' (whatever that's supposed to mean) and that it was perfectly invisible and legal. His projected earnings for agreeing to this -- unlike the wild offers in other spam -- were a modest $100-$300 a month, based he said, on my generally high profile on the net.

I must confess that I didn't even know what a 'tracking pixel' was until I Googled. I checked, too, with my tech partner and he immediately replied: "Trash it." So I did.

Similarly, Tom, I don't know what a keystroke logger is. Sounds pretty sinister, though. Must dash -- you just made me another appointment with Google.

Hoots. Neil

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

THOUAQUE

Late hit! Sorry, Am already made that one... now Pooh gets to hit you back. Pay better attention next time!

[GeoffC]

One has to be doubly certain, one never knows who is who, or may be ....

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Originally Posted by neilmarr

It wasn't your usual spam because it was very much personalised, perfect grammar, chatty, talked about finding me through MR and being impressed by my BB site and what have you. No attachment, by the way. Just a straight email that my security passed as clean.

Similarly, Tom, I don't know what a keystroke logger is.

A keystroke logger uses a program hidden on your computer to record your keystrokes and send them to someone else. They will essentially record anything you type, including identifying information, credit card info, passwords and personal messages. Your secrets are theirs. Your accounts are compromised. Doubleplus uncool.

Not all doubleplus uncool web activity is embedded in spam. You gotta watch all of it, even those that seem to come from friends and confidants.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by neilmarr

... Similarly, Tom, I don't know what a keystroke logger is. Sounds pretty sinister, though. Must dash -- you just made me another appointment with Google.

Hoots. Neil

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

A keystroke logger uses a program hidden on your computer to record your keystrokes and send them to someone else. They will essentially record anything you type, including identifying information, credit card info, passwords and personal messages. Your secrets are theirs. Your accounts are compromised. Doubleplus uncool.

Not all doubleplus uncool web activity is embedded in spam. You gotta watch all of it, even those that seem to come from friends and confidants.

What he said. A keystroke logger allows a third party to view every thing you type without your knowledge. Very dangerous stuff. These programs come in disguise; they are wolves in sheep's clothing. You may, for example, think you are downloading a ring-tone only to discover a few days later that your bank account has been cleaned out.

[neilmarr]

Sounds nasty. Anyway, just thought I'd let you know this character was around. Thanks for encouraging me to bone up on some stuff I didn't know, chaps. Best. Neil