Edited by KingCobra, 18 December 2012 - 09:11 AM.
Dec 13Th Incident - Official Response
#281
Posted 18 December 2012 - 09:11 AM
#282
Posted 18 December 2012 - 11:12 AM
#283
Posted 18 December 2012 - 02:18 PM
Dark Severance, on 17 December 2012 - 06:50 AM, said:
I've had this domain for 12 years, and used it on Usenet. The amount of spam I get would choke a camel - I think I peaked at abut 5000 spam messages a *day*. I don't care about that.
The concern I have is that the statement about
"At no time were any databases containing personal information compromised. This includes e-mails and passwords."
is demonstrably false, as I got spam to a one-off email address that was only ever registered in the PGI system, and never was logged in or used in the forums.
#284
Posted 19 December 2012 - 01:43 AM
#285
Posted 19 December 2012 - 01:40 PM
#286
Posted 19 December 2012 - 01:52 PM
Lerzpftz, on 19 December 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:
Mine is Yahoo, and i did get the email on the 13th.
#287
Posted 19 December 2012 - 01:59 PM
Wolfways, on 19 December 2012 - 01:52 PM, said:
Which makes me wonder, why someone stealing a load of emails from a forum sends his spam only to certain accounts, not even certain providers but only some accounts at the same provider. Maybe he had limited time or something ... don't know.
Edit: Are you using the .com yahoo or something different? I think my mail account is registered with yahoo.de ...
Edited by Lerzpftz, 19 December 2012 - 02:00 PM.
#288
Posted 19 December 2012 - 03:42 PM
#289
Posted 20 December 2012 - 03:49 AM
#290
Posted 20 December 2012 - 12:25 PM
Attalward, on 17 December 2012 - 10:23 AM, said:
same here, only not from Spain, but from the Netherlands. (both of which are EU, in case you have the misfortune of not knowing this through some rough topography)
#291
Posted 21 December 2012 - 02:06 AM
What are you doing, guys?
#292
Posted 21 December 2012 - 02:26 AM
#293
Posted 22 December 2012 - 02:03 AM
Still can't figure out why it's only occurring for some (ie im still thinking it's local based).
An option to test, would be to save your personal stuff, passwords and the like, uninstall your browser.
Ensure you use a registry cleaner.
And remove the browser data in the apps data (hidden folder).
Reinstall and see if it still occurs.
#294
Posted 22 December 2012 - 04:14 AM
Step 1: Reboot the machine and go into "Safe Mode" to load only essential drivers and OS Software.
Step 2: Run a full scan of all the HDDs, SSDs, and Flash Drives that are ever connected to the computer with Microsoft Security Essentials or Avast antivirus.
Step 3: After the AV Scan is complete run a full scan of all drives with Malwarebytes. Make sure to remove all the threats it uncovers. Quarantine folders are only semi-effective.
Step 4: Run Pyriform's CCleaner to remove all the debris and garbage that most Malicious software loves to leave behind in all the folders you never look in.
Step 5: Defrag and Fully Optimize all HDDs with Iobit's Smart Defrag 2. This will take a while. But it's a LOT better than the standard MS Defrag.
Step 6: Reboot normally and check for signs of any malicious software.
With ALL of the above steps, make sure that one process is complete before you start the next. Trying to run full scans in more than one application at a time can cause some major freezing and crashing issues when the apps start fighting over HDD access, RAM, and CPU time.
Hope it helps!
#295
Posted 22 December 2012 - 08:57 AM
#296
Posted 22 December 2012 - 08:58 AM
#298
Posted 22 December 2012 - 09:33 AM
C'mon, It's been going on long enough has It not?
#299
Posted 22 December 2012 - 01:28 PM
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