Post by PaulG2 on Aug 10, 2016 2:59:23 GMT
Beware of any emails you might get from anyone with a Yahoo email address that contain a link that says something to the effect of "click here to read entire mail". Yahoo mail has been compromised and that link will hack your email and send an email to every one of your contacts.
I got an email from one of my cousins today and it had the link and since it was a cousin I clicked on the link and then I was hacked.
I also got an email from Yahoo, Inc. saying they were having some "security issues".
This warning applies to any mail you may get from any Yahoo address, but it especially applies to anyone who I've corresponded with that gets an email from me. I tried to warn all my contacts by sending an email with the subject line "Important - My Yahoo Email Was Hacked Today". If anyone gets that email from me, it's a legit warning - and it shouldn't contain any links. Any other email anyone gets from my Yahoo account is part of the hack, so it's best to just delete it and then empty your trash.
I don't know what kind of crap is now on my computer. Time to do some full system scans. So far the hack has just sent emails from my Yahoo account, but I suspect there is something more sinister than that going on.
What a PITA!! I should know better than to click on links!
I got an email from one of my cousins today and it had the link and since it was a cousin I clicked on the link and then I was hacked.
I also got an email from Yahoo, Inc. saying they were having some "security issues".
This warning applies to any mail you may get from any Yahoo address, but it especially applies to anyone who I've corresponded with that gets an email from me. I tried to warn all my contacts by sending an email with the subject line "Important - My Yahoo Email Was Hacked Today". If anyone gets that email from me, it's a legit warning - and it shouldn't contain any links. Any other email anyone gets from my Yahoo account is part of the hack, so it's best to just delete it and then empty your trash.
I don't know what kind of crap is now on my computer. Time to do some full system scans. So far the hack has just sent emails from my Yahoo account, but I suspect there is something more sinister than that going on.
What a PITA!! I should know better than to click on links!
