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| 252896 | 2004-07-17 00:45:00 | Outlook Express e-mails, you to can have a large .......... Notice when asking for these to be stopped, that one's password appears at the end of one's e-mail address, in plain English. So Passwords are not fullproof then?. Only went into Google to see what was good for "Cold Hands and Feet" on 26 June and the adult e-mails that have come down since then, you wouldn't believe. Coconut Oil was one cure, YUK!. How does one change Internet Passwords ?. Thanks in advance. Les 3. Ps. tried the search facility above without success. les 3 |
leshibbard (873) | ||
| 252897 | 2004-07-17 01:06:00 | To change your ISP (internet login) password, you should visit your ISP's homepage. There is usually a link for changing your password. You may need to login into the user account section first. There is often a short time delay before your new password is recognised. After than, you then use the new password to connect to your ISP. The password that is saved under Outlook Express will also need to be updated to the new one. | Jen C (20) | ||
| 252898 | 2004-07-17 01:11:00 | If you reply to these Spam emails, asking to be taken off the list, then you have just elevated the value of your email address to the spammers and it will be onsold to a multitude of others at a premium price. All that replying does is confirm its a valid address and the spam has been read. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 252899 | 2004-07-17 01:13:00 | >Notice when asking for these to be stopped, that one's password appears at the end of one's e-mail address, in plain English. Don't ever select the option to unsubscribe to spam that comes with the email, you are only confirming your email addy as being valid. Just delete the email. If you are having a lot of problems with rubbish emails, try using the program MailWasher ( http://www.mailwasher.net/) - this program allows you to preview what emails are waiting to be downloaded off the ISP sever first and you can delete the unwanted ones. >Only went into Google to see what was good for "Cold Hands and Feet" on 26 June and the adult e-mails that have come down since then, you wouldn't believe. If a website site requires an email addy for newsletters or other information, always use a disposable email account such as hotmail or yahoo - never use your home email details. There are of course sites which are considered more *trusted*, in which case use your own judgement whether to give out your home email. Always check out their privacy policies first. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 252900 | 2004-07-17 03:37:00 | Jen C, thanks for that. Can't find any account details on Xtra's site. There was a website with a free lookup and change your password facility, but I just dropped it off the taskbar. Thanks again, Les 3 |
leshibbard (873) | ||
| 252901 | 2004-07-17 03:42:00 | godfather, thanks for that. We used to have a Privacy Act to protect us against this sort of thing, sometimes it still works, but we see on Fair Go a couple of weeks back, where you can get the details off Post Shops for car rego details!!!!!, bl...dy governments wouldn't know their ar from their lbow. Thanks again, Les 3 |
leshibbard (873) | ||
| 252902 | 2004-07-17 04:39:00 | > Jen C, thanks for that. Can't find any account > details on Xtra's site. You can find the link on the main page of Xtra, under Help & Support > My Account. This is the page you want here (selfservice.xtra.co.nz). Remember you may have to wait up to 30 mins for the new password to be activated at Xtra's end. If you have any problems, give their support phone number a call. > There was a website with a free lookup and change > your password facility, but I just dropped it off the > taskbar. Hmmm ..... I do not like the sound of that. Any site offering a free lookup and changing of passwords which are not associated with that website ought to be given a very wide berth! Do you have Ad-aware 6 (www.lavasoftusa.com) and/or Spybot Search & Destroy (www.safer-networking.org) installed? If you don't, I think it would be a good idea to install and run them regularly. Don't forget to update them often with the built-in autoupdater. Post back if you have any further questions/problems. :) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 252903 | 2004-07-17 05:30:00 | > We used to have a Privacy Act to protect us against > this sort of thing, sometimes Correct, but basically you have given away the information, and sacrificed your own privacy. This happened when you first used your email address, and it was harvested. The only way to retain the privacy is never to use the email address, which sort of defeats the purpose. If your claim is correct, that you see your password attached to the spam response, then your PC is seriously compromised I would suggest. It suggests a keylogger or spyware that has cached the password(s), so unless you have a good clean up, simply changing the password will only provide a new one for harvesting? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 252904 | 2004-07-19 03:12:00 | Jen c thanks again. Have both programs, Spybot's the best program so far, as it comes with the"block" window. As Godfather states below, if the password has been harvested already, then the next one will be also!. Les 3. Ps. Have changed it anyway, and thanks for the link here. les 3 |
leshibbard (873) | ||
| 252905 | 2004-07-19 03:19:00 | Godfather, thanks again for your learned advice. Jen c thinks there isn't any software that can root out "Passwords", back in the 80's a workmate had forgotten her Password, and that's where XTGold came to the rescue, a fantastic Dos program. See Jen c above where I have changed our Password, but as you say once harvested twice shy. If I locate the Password lookup and change software I will post again. Les 3. |
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