Re: [californiadisasters] Emails

Unlike your geo/weather analogies, though, you can not only mitigate it, you
can drastically reduce the threat by taking the appropriate (and
well-known/well-proven steps).

----- Original Message -----
From: <lnmolino@aol.com>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Emails

> Downloading gobs of mal ware protection crap is not the answer either.
> BUYING a good virus protection suite, keeping it up to date, running it
DAILY
> and the use of STRONG passwords is a start and guess what... you're still
> gonna get hit every now and again. it is much like living in LA for say
50
> years the earth will shake, live in Kansas for 50 years you will see a
> tornado, live in Maine for 50 years a blizzard etc etc etc.
>
> You can not avoid it but you can mitigate it.
>
> Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET
> FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI
> Freelance Consultant/Trainer/Author/Journalist/Fire Protection
Consultant
>
> LNMolino@aol.com
>
> 979-412-0890 (Cell Phone)
>
> "A Texan with a Jersey Attitude"
>
> "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds
> discuss people" Eleanor Roosevelt - US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)
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> In a message dated 10/8/2010 4:35:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> vodor1@yahoo.com writes:
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> No it's not the solution. Please download an anti-spyware application (Ad
> Aware, Spybot Search & Destroy (Kolla), or Iobit's security 360). This
> happened to me and when I installed Security 360, it cleaned the nasty
bugger
> off my hard drive. Microsoft's Security Essentials is somewhat good as
well.
> It is spyware that's attached itself to your emails.
>
> Vodor... vodor1@yahoo.com; dennisthielen@yahoo.com; thielensan@aim.com;
> thielensan2@gmail.com. _http://360.yahoo.com/vodor1_
> (http://360.yahoo.com/vodor1)
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> ____________________________________
> From: Brent Tindall <btindall365@yahoo.com>
> To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 3:24:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Emails
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> Happened to me as well. So the solution is to change the password?
>
> B.
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> --- On Thu, 10/7/10, Richard Bixler <karrie_scott@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Richard Bixler <karrie_scott@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [californiadisasters] Emails
> To: "socalfire@yahoogroups.com" <socalfire@yahoogroups.com>, "California
> Disasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>, sheppardj@gmail.com
> Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 2:35 PM
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> Sorry my email account has been hacked and I have changed my password.
> that should stop the malicious emails from going out.
>
> Scott Bixler
> 125
> V125
> Josepho Team (Lifeguard)
> Associate Adviser
> (310) 337-9904 Mom's
> (310) 821-1012 Dad's
> (310) 357-6051 Cell
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