atw: Re: Lost tip: emails 'period-doubling'
- From: "Matilda Reich" <matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:40:54 +1000
Dear Michael (Granat),
You are a wealth of knowledge (as usual).
My ISP is Ozemail and I will call them to see what they say.
I suspect hacking because of the way I use my PC. Someone told me that if
you spend long periods at a time on-line it can leave you open to hackers
who roam the internet searching for PCs with their front door wide open for
long stretches. Is this true?
How have you "stopped many attempted incoming hacks, starting with port
scans, whilst I am on line"?. I am most interested to learn.
As for "log in to the Internet by way of your antivirus tool using live
update / autodownload facility", sounds like sensible advice. Will look
into it and Vet and Sygate (for firewall), as well.
I use McAfee Viruscan and regularly do their updates (as a separate dowload
to getting my email) . Also have Ad-aware v 6.0. But I commit the cardinal
sin of disabling McAfee when I go on line because it slows things down so
much I can't work without losing my temper. I obviously need to upgrade my
hard and software. (ie. get a new PC [they're getting as cheap as carrots,
after all]).
Why do you like Eudora Mail so much?
Many thanks,
Matilda Reich
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Granat <mgranat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 3:17 PM
Subject: atw: Re: Lost tip: emails 'period-doubling'
> Dear Matilda (Reich)
>
> Who is your ISP?
>
> Best to call their support line ASAP and have them do some tests
> while you are on line to determine the source of the problem.
>
> I am wondering (hoping not) whether someone regularly hacks into your
> computer while you are on line and is using it for some other purpose
> (spoofing / relaying Spam). Even though I only have a dialup Internet
> connection, I have stopped many attempted incoming hacks, starting
> with port scans, whilst I am on line.
>
> The only thing stopping them getting (and helping me to trace the
> rotters) is my software firewall. =20
>
> That aside, I'd be swapping over to Eudora Pro Email from
> <http://www.eudora.com/> if you are using Microsoft Outlook,
> regardless if Outlook is the cause of your woes or not.
>
> I'd also be installing AdAware SE and scanning your system, plus a
> proven software firewall, such as one of those from Sygate ASAP.
> (See my earlier posts on those topics for more.)
>
> Some modems also come with a hardware firewall and can be worth
> the money.
>
> Also, only ever log in to the Internet by way of your antivirus tool
> live update / autodownload facility, so that you get the latest virus
> definition files before you pick up your E-mail.
>
> Please tell me that your PC already has a quality antivirus tool
> installed and that you update it regularly.
>
> For a home PC, I wholeheartedly recommend the locally developed
> (if no longer locally owned) Vet, from <http://www.vet.com.au/>
> for which I have had up to three virus signature file updates a day.
> Their R&D and support are first rate.
>
> I'd say that, if it is not a simple E-mail configuration problem at your
> ISP or in your E-mail application, the security of your home PC has
> almost certainly been compromised by a virus, some spyware, a hacker
> or all of the above.
>
> Time to clean your machine.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael E. Granat
> T/as Write Ideas
> Technical Communicator
> Without Prejudice. E&OE.
>
> "I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had
> the time to make it shorter." - Blaise Pascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matilda Reich [mailto:matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 August 2004 14:42
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Lost tip: emails 'period-doubling'
>
>
> Hello all,
> Months ago someone posted a tip about emails which are doubled or tripple=
> d when down-loading using dial-up. This is happening to me....not all em=
> ail, just random ones.
> I thought this could happen when your line drops mid-way through a downlo=
> ad and when you immediately dial-up again. But this happens to me regardl=
> ess, I even get back-dated emails (up to two weeks old) coming in as new =
> mail (stuff which is still in my Inbox as 'read' mail).=20
>
> This morning I downloaded my email and only one email was repeated - but =
> ten times?!??
>
> I've tried downloading my new mail using webmail first, but no difference=
> .
>
> I wish I had kept this tip, maybe someone remembers it.
>
> What's going on?
>
> Matilda Reich
> Tel: 9371 7242
> Mob: 0412 866 368
> Email: matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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