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There isn't much you can do. It will stop if you wait long enough. If the bounced mail is bothering her, you can set up a rule to delete it.
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An iPad is unlikely to get compromised unless it's EOL'd by Apple with no patch against an exploit, a state actor is after your mother, or you have managed to jailbreak it.
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OSI bean dip posted:An iPad is unlikely to get compromised unless it's EOL'd by Apple with no patch against an exploit, a state actor is after your mother, or you have managed to jailbreak it. It's not jailbroken, but I have no idea why she'd be targeted for email spoofing.
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Squeegy posted:It's not jailbroken, but I have no idea why she'd be targeted for email spoofing. Because she has an email address and it was included in some "Million Addresses for JUST $49.99!" megadeal.
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Sep 5, 2016 19:53
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Saukkis posted:Because she has an email address and it was included in some "Million Addresses for JUST $49.99!" megadeal. Along with her contacts list?
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Squeegy posted:Along with her contacts list? Change her e-mail password and tell her to ignore these bouncebacks. It's possible she could have been phished and someone swiped her address book via Gmail or whatever service she uses.
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Sep 5, 2016 21:31
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Squeegy posted:Along with her contacts list? Yes, I've had it happen to a few clients. Change her password and setup a filter/rule to dump the bounce messages until they stop.
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Sep 5, 2016 21:58
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Righto, thanks lads.
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Squeegy posted:Along with her contacts list? it won't neccesarily have been her contacts list, probably someone she knows. it goes something like this (assuming an infected computer somewhere) person A (who knows your mother) gets infected. Virus/worm scans address book Virus/worm picks an address at random to send 'from' Virus/wrom then spams address list (and probably loads of other address lists from other unlucky people) Person B then gets spam from your mother, even though it was Person A that sent it. I got hit a few years back, got thousands of bounces, and a few hundred angry people telling me my computer was infected, which it wasn't. Just had to sit tight until it stopped :/
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spiny posted:I got hit a few years back, got thousands of bounces, and a few hundred angry people telling me my computer was infected, which it wasn't. Just had to sit tight until it stopped :/ One of the few useful things Squeegy can do in this situation, is to explain faked email senders to his mother well enough, that she will be able to explain it to ther friends. May not be easy depending on how tech savvy that group is.
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Saukkis posted:One of the few useful things Squeegy can do in this situation, is to explain faked email senders to his mother well enough, that she will be able to explain it to ther friends. May not be easy depending on how tech savvy that group is. It should be easy enough to talk about putting a fake return address on a letter. Better than explaining most weird tech problems.
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To spin this into a somewhat interesting topic, why do you think email encryption has not caught on like SSL encryption has lately?
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Squeegy posted:To spin this into a somewhat interesting topic, why do you think email encryption has not caught on like SSL encryption has lately? It kinda has, motivated by Gmail's TLS shaming icon they introduced a while back
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I have a SandForce SF-2281 SSD (a Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB) that I'm thinking about enabling bitlocker on. However, I've been reading horrible things bout the SF-2281 and am worried that it'll end up killing my drive if I try to do this and that the encryption this drive apparently provides isn't as strong as it should be. Advice? I also just upgraded to Windows 10 Pro from 8.1 Pro if that matters.
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I got one of those pop ups last night that "locks" your browser (This one told me they were Windows and to call them), I alt-cntrl-del'd out and ran Malwarebytes and AVG, then scanned with Emisoft this morning, this is what Emi came up with: Anything I need to be concerned about?
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Professor Shark posted:I got one of those pop ups last night that "locks" your browser (This one told me they were Windows and to call them), I alt-cntrl-del'd out and ran Malwarebytes and AVG, then scanned with Emisoft this morning, this is what Emi came up with: yes - how it happened in the first place? What OS and browser are you using? Do you have Flash or Java installed? An ad blocker? Also get rid of your third-party antivirus software, all of which have a poor record of security and actually increase your attack surface area.
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Oct 7, 2016 13:23
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Windows 7, Firefox Flash uBlock
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Uninstall Flash. If you actually got infected with something, this is almost certainly how it happened. Also
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The free Windows 10 upgrade is still available here if you missed the deadline
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What should I use instead of Flash? I was under the impression most videos ran on it online...
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Professor Shark posted:What should I use instead of Flash? I was under the impression most videos ran on it online... All of the major video services (YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, etc) have HTML5 services. If you still require Flash for video, stop watching porn.
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Professor Shark posted:What should I use instead of Flash? I was under the impression most videos ran on it online... Most websites have HTML5 players these days.
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OSI bean dip posted:All of the major video services (YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, etc) have HTML5 services. HBO says I need it 
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Installing now Does Win10 still have the rollback option? I installed it last year and it wouldn't let my iPod or USB connect, only my iPhone, so I changed it back
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yeah Chrome currently still has a built in version of Flash that it will fall back to
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Professor Shark posted:Installing now it gives you 10 days to roll back
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Professor Shark posted:HBO says I need it Go to chrome://plugins/ (in Chrome, obviously) and disable flash. You'll find the majority of sites that were telling you to enable flash now silently roll over to HTML5. If you for-real need flash, you can simply turn it on.
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OSI bean dip posted:If you still require Flash for video, stop watching porn. Don't kinkshame  Khablam posted:Go to chrome://plugins/ (in Chrome, obviously) and disable flash. You'll find the majority of sites that were telling you to enable flash now silently roll over to HTML5. If you for-real need flash, you can simply turn it on. Actually, click-to-play might be the smarter choice. In Chrome, go to Settings, click "Show advanced settings...", and scroll down a bit until you see the Privacy section. Click on "Content settings..." From there, scroll down until you see the Plugins section. You'll have the option to "Let me choose when to run plugin content." Here, you'll get the best of both worlds: Flash will never run unless you explicitly tell it to, and you'll still have it for when you run into a site that requires it, and even then you can enable Flash on a per-app basis (e.g. you can enable a video player without enabling an ad). Segmentation Fault fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Segmentation Fault posted:Actually, click-to-play might be the smarter choice. In Chrome, go to Settings, click "Show advanced settings...", and scroll down a bit until you see the Privacy section. Click on "Content settings..." From there, scroll down until you see the Plugins section. You'll have the option to "Let me choose when to run plugin content." Here, you'll get the best of both worlds: Flash will never run unless you explicitly tell it to, and you'll still have it for when you run into a site that requires it, and even then you can enable Flash on a per-app basis (e.g. you can enable a video player without enabling an ad). The problem with going click-to-play is that every site that can be flash or HTML5 will prompt you to use flash. If you just disable it, the vast vast majority of all those sites you were going click-to-play on will just use HTML5 instead. I haven't needed to turn the plugin back on in weeks.
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Rufus Ping posted:Uninstall Flash. If you actually got infected with something, this is almost certainly how it happened. You know, most of EMET is baked into 10, albeit without the granular controls. Also, how to you justify "DEATH TO THIRD PARTY AV, but not THAT third-party AV!"? (As Defender was originally from Giant Software if I remember correctly)
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Samizdata posted:You know, most of EMET is baked into 10, albeit without the granular controls. Also, how to you justify "DEATH TO THIRD PARTY AV, but not THAT third-party AV!"? (As Defender was originally from Giant Software if I remember correctly)
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Samizdata posted:Also, how to you justify "DEATH TO THIRD PARTY AV, but not THAT third-party AV!"? (As Defender was originally from Giant Software if I remember correctly) If you can somehow justify burning your money, then go ahead and buy AV. The list vulnerabilities from just one person is slowly increasing as well.
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Samizdata posted:You know, most of EMET is baked into 10, albeit without the granular controls. I mentioned EMET explicitly in case he disregarded or was forced to stay on windows 7 Samizdata posted:Also, how to you justify "DEATH TO THIRD PARTY AV, but not THAT third-party AV!"? Samizdata posted:(As Defender was originally from Giant Software if I remember correctly)
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Samizdata posted:You know, most of EMET is baked into 10, albeit without the granular controls. Also, how to you justify "DEATH TO THIRD PARTY AV, but not THAT third-party AV!"? (As Defender was originally from Giant Software if I remember correctly) this is a valid query because in the twelve years Microsoft has has the product, they certainly didn't ever change the internals especially not when they rewrote the entire core in 2006
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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:Expertise OSI bean dip posted:If you can somehow justify burning your money, then go ahead and buy AV. The list vulnerabilities from just one person is slowly increasing as well. Yeah, well, the Defender detection rate has been shown to be not very good, so... I will stick with what has worked for me. I don't expect perfect software of any type, not do I rely on it solely as my only line of defense, so, yeah. Also, as far as expertise goes, I think it makes more sense to stick with a company that specializes in AV as opposed to it being yet another in a line of products.
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Rufus Ping posted:yes - the better exploit mitigation in 10 is why I suggested he upgrade. It certainly wasn't for the new UI lol Seriously? They can't even make Office worth a crap. And, why do I have to reboot after Office updates anyway? Also, I was semi-wrong. It was GIANT Company Software, not just Giant Software. (citation)
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Khablam posted:The problem with going click-to-play is that every site that can be flash or HTML5 will prompt you to use flash. If you just disable it, the vast vast majority of all those sites you were going click-to-play on will just use HTML5 instead. I haven't needed to turn the plugin back on in weeks. Word? I haven't had this happen to me, Youtube and etc. just give me HTML5 players. Samizdata posted:Yeah, well, the Defender detection rate has been shown to be not very good, so... Says who? Samizdata posted:I will stick with what has worked for me. I don't expect perfect software of any type, not do I rely on it solely as my only line of defense, so, yeah. You're correct that you shouldn't rely on it as your only line of defense, but is your anti-virus even working for you? What is it finding? Is its service a net gain considering the many vulnerabilities antivirus introduces into your machine, as OSI Bean Dip references? Samizdata posted:Also, as far as expertise goes, I think it makes more sense to stick with a company that specializes in AV as opposed to it being yet another in a line of products.  I am the pusher robot Samizdata posted:Seriously? They can't even make Office worth a crap. And, why do I have to reboot after Office updates anyway? lol
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Segmentation Fault posted:
How's this from last year? https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/avc_fdt_201509_en.pdf They use the Defender as the out of box baseline with the worst detection rate. It primarily detects driveby attempts and malvertising online. I did some extra reading on the AV solution I uses vulns and I don't match any of the use cases. Not worried about Eset. I am protected. And the Office comments were designed to prove that MS can suck out loud when delaing with their own stuff.
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Please do not reply to this thread as you clearly do not understand what you speak of. By just citing AV tests you have demonstrated that you are clueless about everything.
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