I forgot to give my messenger addresses incase anyone would rather talk about this in real time.
MSN: (used most frequently) scholar 1983 at hot mail dot com Facebook (via Facebook Chat or just e-mail me at the same address) magkisa 83 at g mail dot com Skype Therebetisa I also have Yahoo and AIM but only use them when on the Mac. Yahoo: tiffanitsa at yahoo dot com AIM Tiffanitsa Thanks, Eleni On 9/13/10, Eleni Vamvakari <[email protected]> wrote: > Today, my boyfriend told me something truly disturbing. As a bit of > background, he has two e-mail addresses, both with Yahoo. The first is > for work. The second is for casual chat etc. Well, he got an e-mail to > his casual address with the subject "Spiros, are you drowning in > debt?" Of course, he didn't open it and now doesn't remember who sent > it, since he deleted it. Here's the thing. He doesn't use his real > name in that address,. He's also not an avid net user and never signed > up to anything with it except Facebook, where, again, he used a > different name, the one associated with that e-mail. So how did the > person know that his name is Spiros? We've come up with a few answers > and none of them are comforting. Very few people have that particular > address. I'm pretty much the only one who even writes to it. We think > that someone might have hacked into his computer somehow and read the > messages that were sent to him, saying things like Hi Spiro etc. That, > or someone hacked into my computer and saw the messages that we sent > one another. I have two gmail addresses myself, and while the one from > which I normally send wouldn't really cause a problem, my other one > has personal information and is used mainly for bills etc. and I > certainly wouldn't want a hacker knowing what's in there. Maybe, > someone didn't see the messages but only saw one of our address books > and picked his address at random, saw his name and used it. Either > way, it means that someone's got our information! He did have a virus, > a trojan/worm (maybe both not sure) that AVG detected and deleted, but > maybe, it got to his stuff before we were able to install the > antivirus program. A friend asked me if it deleted it or merely put > it in the vault, but since Spiros has his laptop at home, I can't > check it to find out. > > All I know is that both of us are really scared and are taking > precautionary measures. This is making me physically ill and it takes > alot to do that. What if someone not only got into our e-mails but > into our computers? I have important things in mine that are for me > alone to know that could lead to identity theft if in the wrong hands. > I've been using computers for 14 years and have never seen anything > like this, and he's always been paranoied about such things, since he > uses them only for basic tasks. If anyone has an idea of what happened > or could help us in any way, please let me know either here or on my > messenger which I will give below. Please do not send e-mails to those > as I never check them. Also, should he delete the casual address and > how do I change my passwords on my GMail accounts? I use the basic > layout and went to settings but didn't see anything about passwords. > Do I need to change to the other layout for that option to appear? > Will I be blocked from using my Youtube account once the password on > my GMail one is changed, since I used GMail to sign up for Youtube? > How do I make certain folders password protected with XP Pro and can > this be done on compact flash cards as well or only within the actual > hard disk? Do I need to take important files and put them on a > compact flash card that will only be used when I need to access said > files or will password protection be enough to stop hackers? Finally, > how do you change Passwords on Yahoo accounts? I know that Spiros > wants to do this and I'm sure he won't know how if it's one of those > things that takes forever to find, since he's really a novice with > computers and is still learning English so may not understand certain > technical terms. He's fully sighted so can follow instructions about > icons and stuff. I'm assuming it's just a matter of finding an > account and/or settings link but we all know how inaccessible Yahoo > can be, so I'm not sure how well it would work with a screen reader if > I were to attempt to help him. > > With appreciation, > Eleni > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
