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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Silk Road Encounter on February 11, 2012, 06:57 am
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I open up my email from a recognizable sender. There is a suspicious link. I go back to my inbox. Open another email from the same sender. There is a different, but equally suspicious, link. I got back to my inbox. Another email form the same sender. It has the email address owner's name, then some broken english about how my account has been hacked.
At no point did I click any of the links. I did respond to the email asking "What is this?"
Is my email at risk?
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I open up my email from a recognizable sender. There is a suspicious link. I go back to my inbox. Open another email from the same sender. There is a different, but equally suspicious, link. I got back to my inbox. Another email form the same sender. It has the email address owner's name, then some broken english about how my account has been hacked.
At no point did I click any of the links. I did respond to the email asking "What is this?"
Is my email at risk?
Probably not. Just don't open those links. Your friends email is probably compromised tho'. They probably got access to his address book.
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I open up my email from a recognizable sender. There is a suspicious link. I go back to my inbox. Open another email from the same sender. There is a different, but equally suspicious, link. I got back to my inbox. Another email form the same sender. It has the email address owner's name, then some broken english about how my account has been hacked.
At no point did I click any of the links. I did respond to the email asking "What is this?"
Is my email at risk?
Probably not. Just don't open those links. Your friends email is probably compromised tho'. They probably got access to his address book.
I want to be sure I understand. Are you saying that opening the emails doesn't compromise the security of my email account or computer in any way?
Would clicking the links be dangerous? If so, what's the absolute worst that can happen?
And as for his email, is it safe for me to email him from now on?
Thanks in advance. I know absolutely zero about technology. It's a small miracle that I even found this forum lol
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I open up my email from a recognizable sender. There is a suspicious link. I go back to my inbox. Open another email from the same sender. There is a different, but equally suspicious, link. I got back to my inbox. Another email form the same sender. It has the email address owner's name, then some broken english about how my account has been hacked.
At no point did I click any of the links. I did respond to the email asking "What is this?"
Is my email at risk?
Probably not. Just don't open those links. Your friends email is probably compromised tho'. They probably got access to his address book.
I want to be sure I understand. Are you saying that opening the emails doesn't compromise the security of my email account or computer in any way?
Would clicking the links be dangerous? If so, what's the absolute worst that can happen?
And as for his email, is it safe for me to email him from now on?
Thanks in advance. I know absolutely zero about technology. It's a small miracle that I even found this forum lol
You're fine with just opening the email. Do not download any attachments or click any link.
Absolute worst thing that could happen? Viruses more than likely.
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If You open and view e-mail composed in HTML you can load remote image. They can be used for tracing you. Still pretty harmless if you are using Tor.
Just don't open any attachments and click any links.