sMail Phishing: Part Two

Sorry for the news spam, everyone, but I thought this was important enough since people who\'d already checked the news wouldn\'t get a new notification about an edit!



In addition to changing your password and setting up a PIN, if you think you may have been compromised by the phishing sMail, you should run a malware/virus scan on your computer! It seems the phishing website may be able to install malware on your computer!
User Avatar: 240099

Posted by grace

Shimmer

Anyone know of a good and safe malware program that is free? I don't have one and I am kind of nervous about this.. Please send em a comment if you do.. ;n;
0

leopardfire916

Thanks for keeping us updated! :)
0

Illyria

Think I may have gotten one of these mails...I received a smail from a username I do not recognise, I clicked on it but the message had disappeared, so I didn't actually read it and the person no longer exists so...kinda confused :/
0

Oasis

Thank you for telling us this Subeta. I'm just curious though. I have this addon from Firefox called WOT or Web Of Trust and I wonder if the link will show a red circle next to it, because whenever its a link attached to phishing, viruses or malware a red circle appears as a warning to stay away. I don't know if this addon would work here on Subeta Smail or not.
0

innamoramento

EEH, thankfully i self banned from the forums, so unless the users on my friends list get hacked or the hackers reading this post send me the smail, i'll be safe.
However this comes weeks after my email account used for work/banking got hacked and after i found some trojans on my PC. Guys, you better perform a boot scan. My regular scan found nothing, but my boot scan found 3 infected files.
The hackers only send a spam mail to everyone i ever talked to, including clients. >.> but good luck at finding out my current password and i never stay logged in anymore.
0

Senna

When reading through topics I've noticed a few people are frozen :( I hope it's nothing related to this.. Stay safe everyone!
0

Tribunal

My big scan and analysis finally finished, and there does not appear to be a trojan, keylogger, cookie grabber, or any other kind of "top-tier" malware. However, malware is still malware, and I can only speak for my own results, ultimately.
0

techn0witch

@grelca: Huh. How weird. o__o

Good to know since I hadn't been in the forums much tonight.
0

shakes

are you safe if you recieved an sMail but did not go to the link?
0

Shadow_770

@caligo - bwahaha, sad but true. QuQ
0

Natsume

Thank you, I found it. Haha, you can tell I never use smail that often. XD
0

Arkham

@fenlai
Go to your inbox, then click on preferences! There's an option there. c:
0

Cisco2010

Quote:
Neopets: Hacking attempt? What hacking attempt? Nothing ever bad happens here... *deletes hacked accounts to cover up*

Subeta: *kicks the door in* EVERYONE TAKE EMERGENCY MEASURES THERE'S BEEN A HACKING ATTEMPT SO PLEASE BE SAFE AND PROTECT YOURSELF BECAUSE I LOVE YOU ALL OK THANKS BYE

This is why I love Subeta.


LOL this had me rolling! But agree 100%!
0

Natsume

How in the world do you find the option so that you can only have friends message you?
0

grace

A few people actually did find malware (just not the people commenting on this news post, but people posting on the topic in P&B), which is what prompted this!
0

Lisa

Terrified. Running Malwarebytes Anti-Malware now. T_T
0

techn0witch

@GuardianAngels

From what I can tell, there wasn't any malware on the page, though my scan isn't done yet (went for the thorough one heh) so it might not have found anything yet. (Though since no one else found anything, there probably isn't. Never hurts to be too careful, though.)
0

Strength

I ran tests and haven't found anything either so far, thankfully. You guys rock for caring so much about your userbase.
0

MistressMurder

Thanks Grelca and other staff members that helped!! ^_^
0

Nudibranch

Neopets: Hacking attempt? What hacking attempt? Nothing ever bad happens here... *deletes hacked accounts to cover up*

Subeta: *kicks the door in* EVERYONE TAKE EMERGENCY MEASURES THERE'S BEEN A HACKING ATTEMPT SO PLEASE BE SAFE AND PROTECT YOURSELF BECAUSE I LOVE YOU ALL OK THANKS BYE

This is why I love Subeta.
0

Aries

This information is appreciated
0

GuardianAngels

Oh lovely! Malware to boot! Loads of fun to get off your computer! /scarcasm.

I don't think many, if any of us will mind you posting this Grelca.
Besides, I think we were all due for a "Reminder, don't give out your password" new feed x3
0

Calm

Definitely important enough to warrant multiple postings, I think.
0

Nostalgia_507

I scanned but I never found anything. We will see....unfortunately, time will tell.
0

DreamsInPink

This is AWFUL! I'm thankful that I didn't get that sMail, but I still feel paranoid! *shifty eyes*
0

Maritime

Thank you for the heads up! Definitely worth another news post c;
0

Moonsyne

My heart goes out to those who had their accounts compromised, and then used to scam others. I got the sMail and clicked the link, but no sign of malware or account access. I was lucky!
0

Damon

Thanks for the heads up. Running several scans now. Ugh..... strike one for the idiot here. But anyway thank you so much for letting us all know, you guys are brilliant!
0

Nico

Thankyou! c:
0

Yoshi

Wow, talk about nasty. e__e Thanks for the warning! I think I'll be changing my PM settings to friends only from now on.
0

Raven

thank you so much for this news and for keeping us safe :hearts: Subeta Staff rocks:)
0

Kris

Thank you very much for the alerts.
0

stars_water

Definitely worth the part two. My own virus checker hasn't found anything yet, but I guess we'll see.
0

Mel

Id rather have spam then my stuff get hacked!
0

Greg

Thanks for the heads up! And I actually like news spam, so no worries :3
0

Princess

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
0

Tribunal

Thank you!
0

Arkham

Thank you for putting this info out there. I was afraid not enough people were going to see this part of it!
0

LunaWolf

thank you, and i believe this is important enough, so spam away :)
0

Gift

Thanks for the add-on info! It's great to let everyone know this!
0

poppet

grelca, you seriously rock. :heart:
0

Kilala

Stay safe everyone!! Thanks for this new information!
0

Lana

Thanks for letting us know about this!
0

Leave Comment

Comments are currently on a short cache, meaning your comment may take a few minutes to show up after you post it.


-or-