<VV> E-Mail Hacking-Solutions? (VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 94, Issue 28)

[Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA]

I’ve had problems in the past, even with my corporate supported 
laptop (before retirement) and they recommended the following:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/
it’s free and done a GREAT job for me.  I have it on both my 
personal laptop and my desktop.  It’s never failed me in the past 
5 years.

Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA

From: RoboMan91324 at aol.com 
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 1:35 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Subject: <VV> E-Mail Hacking-Solutions? (VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 94,Issue 28)

All,
 
In the latest VV Digest, there was a claim from Bill that  his E-Mail 
account was hacked and fixed.  However, he warned about the  possibility of 
future tainted E-Mail.  I suspect that Bill and I as well as  others share this 
problem and insecurity.  Later in the same  digest, there was a posting from 
Dave which was the apparent result of  another hacking.  Both posts are 
copied below.
 
We are seeing all too many of these tainted posts here on VV  as well as in 
our in-boxes from other sources I assume.  Among others, my  account has 
been hacked as well with the results demonstrated here on VV.   Earlier today, 
I sent myself an E-Mail to document something and along with the  expected 
E-Mail, I also had a tainted E-Mail supposedly from myself to myself  with a 
link.  I did an immediate search-and-destroy scan of my hard  disk.  
Unfortunately, this problem is recurrent and I have no confidence  that this issue 
is permanently fixed on my disk.
 
I scan my disk on a regular basis with Norton 360, TuneUp 360  and ARO 2012 
(Advanced Repair and Optimization.)  Either there is malware  that is 
clever enough to avoid detection and removal under scrutiny of all these  
programs or my PC gets reinfected on a regular basis.  The Norton is  supposed to 
detect attacks before infection occurs.
 
So, here's my point.  Does anyone have some insight they  would like to 
share with all of us on an effective way to remove this insidious  malware and 
hopefully, give us pointers on how to prevent future  infection.
 
Please forgive me if there is a tainted post along with this  real post.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Doc
 
1960 Corvette, 1961 Rampside, 1962 Rampside, 1964 Spyder  coupe, 1965 
Greenbrier, 1966 Canadian Corsa turbo coupe, 1967 Nova SS, 1968  Camaro ragtop

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In a message dated 11/16/2012 8:22:20 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:

Message:  1
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:27:41 -0800 (PST)
From: William Pierson  <billpier39 at yahoo.com>
Subject: <VV> my e-mail now  repaired

????My e-mail was hacked but is now ok. Still, do not open  e-mail from me 
unless there is a message in the subject line 
Bill  Pierson

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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:22:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Sanders  <sandersdave at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Hey
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