[Elecraft] Gregory

[Gary Gregory]

ALL,

I had a fright as the email contains my own surname so I quickly did a full
scan and check etc...whew

Scared the living daylights out of me.

73's
Gary

On 6 May 2011 08:48, JAMES ROGERS <w4atk at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Jack, thank you for reminding me to do that. Got a email from the local
> Apple group the other day about the trojan horse and had not gotten around
> to unchecking the "Open safe files after downloading". Fortunately we still
> have to go through the password process before anything gets installed on
> the system.
>
> 73s Jim
> On May 5, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
>
> > Jim;
> >
> > We don't have any virii on the Mac OS X, but there are a few trojans out.
> You really need to think twice before clicking on links (true for any
> platform).
> > It is highly recommended that you have "Open "safe" files after
> downloading" UNchecked in Safari preferences. Automatically running an
> unsafe downloaded file will eventually get you into trouble and compromise
> your system!
> >
> > Jack B, W6FB
> >
> >
> > On May 5, 2011, at 3:20 PM, JAMES ROGERS wrote:
> >
> >> You got that right Ron, I clicked on that one before I even thought.
> Thank goodness I am running a Mac. At least I have some protection for the
> bevy of PC malware.
> >>
> >> 73s, Jim
> >> On May 5, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> >>
> >>> It's pretty easy to tell that a link is dangerous - just look at the
> >>> context. If they say "click here" with no explanation, Eric himself
> couldn't
> >>> convince me to click on the link. After all, people's e-mail addresses
> do
> >>> get hijacked and usually the person has no idea it happened - it's not
> their
> >>> computer that is infected, just someone who happened to have the
> 'victim's'
> >>> e-mail address in a computer with a virus.
> >>>
> >>> And, of course, a note without a call sign and no explanation as to why
> no
> >>> call sign was offered but which has a link to click is just about as
> big a
> >>> "red flag" as one could find.
> >>>
> >>> Ron AC7AC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >>> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Ragle
> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:53 PM
> >>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Gregory
> >>>
> >>> Stronger than that!
> >>>
> >>> Up until now, this list has been remarkably free of phishing and spam.
> >>> Someone needs to tighten down the screws on the spam filtering, as
> >>> "Gregory" has clearly discovered a way in. I would hate to lose the
> >>> levity and learning that this list presents, but if the two recent
> >>> pieces of junk are followed by more, I will have to put Elecraft on my
> >>> forbidden list. Not good!
> >>>
> >>> John Ragle -- W1ZI
> >>>
> >>> =====
> >>>
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> >> JIM ROGERS, W4ATK
> >> w4atk at bellsouth.net
> >> http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk
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> >>
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> JIM ROGERS, W4ATK
> w4atk at bellsouth.net
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