Sorry what I meant by chatting, my friend and I were just sending Instant messages back and fort. What I meant that I hope this person wasn't trying to read our messages to each other.
Thanks for the info Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:21 AM Subject: RE: [Y!M] Unwelcome contacts While anything is possible, it's not easy for your average to above average computer user to hack into your computer or into your IM conversation. Were you all in a 2-party IM window or had you opened a Conference? You also say you were "talking" so was this a Voice/Call where he popped up or just a regular IM window? As far as unsolicited IM's or Friend Requests, I usually give them a pass on the first attempt and just X out or deny the request. On a second attempt, if they have not sent an IM explaining who they are and/or why they are IM'ing me, I then report them as SPAM and they get put on my Ignore List with that action. I don't think Yahoo!, Inc., actually does anything to folks who get reported over and over but at least I don't have to be bothered with them any longer. At least with some email providers, if enough people report someone as a spammer, the email provider will blacklist that person so that ALL of their emails are considered spam. I have my YM set up so that any IM's from people not-on-my-friends-list, go into one window so that I do not get a bunch of IM windows opening from these unsolicited IM's... or SPIM's. Then I can look at the list of unsolicited IM's and click on any which I wish to reply to. This usually happens when surfing around chat rooms and 99% of the unsolicited IM's are from spim-bots that automatically send one or two IM's to anyone who enters a chat room. Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deb Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] Unwelcome contacts Hi, I was talking to my friend on YM the other day whilst we were chatting, my friend said some person popped up out of the blue, so she got rid of him as she did not know him then he done the the same thing to me twice I ousted him off and kept coming back so I got a box saying why I wanted to refuse this person and I said I did not know him. Now up until then the person kept popping up my friend said it could of been a spammer. But I was scared that others could tap into our conversations could this happen without inviting others to do so. Regards Deb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.54/2159 - Release Date: 06/06/09 18:04:00
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