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PBELKNAP
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USA
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 Posted - 02/29/2012 : 3:54:26 PM
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I've just spent most of today cleaning up the mess! At around 9 am, several people emailed, wondering why I was sending them "work from home" sites. I simultaneously got "return to sender" emails from several email addresses that are no longer valid. I called our ISP, and they had me change my password and run a virus sweep on my PC.
The best I can figure, based on what the ISP told me, is that some site where I log in using my email address got hacked, and then in turn my email (with the same password) got compromised. I think it was Blogger, because my blog posted some junk (that I've since deleted).
I just finished going through EVERYWHERE where I log in with my email address and charged the password to be different from the new email password...
What an ordeal!!! 
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Twitter Name = WildKnitter
Blog: http://wildknitter.blogspot.com
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Ditzy Girl
Permanent Resident
USA
4712 Posts |
Posted - 02/29/2012 : 5:24:28 PM
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I have a whole book full of passwords that I use on diff sites rather than the same on all. That way they only get one site.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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Sara Sue
Permanent Resident
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2012 : 05:02:31 AM
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kkknitter
Seriously Hooked
641 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2012 : 05:10:28 AM
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I use 1Password to hold all my different passwords. But you do have to remember the master password.
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Grand-moogi
Seriously Hooked
Australia
773 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2012 : 05:47:02 AM
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Thankyou for letting us know about this. I do not use Blogger but I think that is the website that my daughter's cat uses for his blog. Don't laugh. He has had a blog for a very long time. He is a dreadful speller and has a slightly skewed view of the world but you have to expect that from a cat.
His blog address is beronbernie.blogspot.com
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PBELKNAP
Permanent Resident
USA
1127 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2012 : 05:58:34 AM
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Originally posted by Grand-moogi
Thankyou for letting us know about this. I do not use Blogger but I think that is the website that my daughter's cat uses for his blog. Don't laugh. He has had a blog for a very long time. He is a dreadful speller and has a slightly skewed view of the world but you have to expect that from a cat.
His blog address is beronbernie.blogspot.com
I knit a hug into every stitch
OMG...Too funny! I'm going to have to check that out!!!
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PAM
Twitter Name = WildKnitter
Blog: http://wildknitter.blogspot.com
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azblueskies
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 03/01/2012 : 06:58:35 AM
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LastPass is another one similar to Robo Form.
azblue
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