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Viral onslaught

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:10 pm
by Pa Snip
There may not be a connection but seems very coincidental to me, has anybody else had a onslaught of emails that your security has been quarantining since the forums came back online.

My McAfee has been picking up, and quarantining, viral emails all day.

Re: Viral onslaught

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:31 pm
by Westi
Nothing from Mr Apple, but the thought of a hacking event did cross my mind as well Pa, but googled it & it wasn't mentioned anywhere as a corruption. (Unlike the football managers) :D :D

Westi

Re: Viral onslaught

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:33 pm
by Geoff
I've not had any trouble with email junk, more than enough phone calls mind, anybody on benefit listened to the important announcement?

I'm in two minds about football corruption. I hate sting/entrapment articles, I think it is lazy non-journalism and I would like to see them prosecuted under something like the conspiracy laws. Although they have shown themselves to be not completely honest, I think there is a massive difference between saying 'yes, I'll do x for £50,000' and asking 'if I do x will you give me £50,000?'

Re: Viral onslaught

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:15 am
by JohnN
I can't under stand why it's an offence to advise someone how to get round the rules. Don't accountants do it all the time for fat fees?

Re: Viral onslaught

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:22 am
by Diane
No more than the usual amount of junk emails - sometimes it's an onslaught, from various places, sometimes just a few.

Re: Viral onslaught

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 7:29 pm
by Primrose
Not a day passes without some bank telling me Iz have a problem with my account and please click here or some Nigerian wants to reunited me with several million pounds from long lost relative. My laptop kills a lot of thwm but they still come through on my iPad. This seems to have no blocking facility as far as I can see.

Re: Viral onslaught

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 9:19 pm
by Pa Snip
To clarify, I was referring to a onslaught of emails that had been quarantined because the content had been deemed to have a virus, not just junk mail.

I would assume from the replies that no one else seems to have had this problem.
Must have just been a coincidence of timing and no connection to the forum boards breakdown.