Comments on: “Webmail Quota” Phishing http://blog.onlymyemail.com/webmail-quota-phishing/ Discussion of all things pertaining to Email and Spam Control Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=hidden By: bubik http://blog.onlymyemail.com/webmail-quota-phishing/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 bubik Thu, 13 May 2010 16:35:24 +0000 http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=819#comment-1229 thanks!! this is very helpful! :-) thanks!! this is very helpful! :-)

]]> By: Bruce Yager http://blog.onlymyemail.com/webmail-quota-phishing/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Bruce Yager Thu, 13 May 2010 14:08:39 +0000 http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=819#comment-1228 Sending the contents of a form without it being submitted, while possible, is very unlikely. You don't need to worry about that. There is something you should worry about though: If you visited the site hosting the form it's quite possible that it planted some kind of malware on your machine. You might want to try scanning with one of these: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage Both of the programs linked above have good free versions. Some particularly nasty viruses can prevent their installation though. If that happens you should consult a competent professional about having any viruses removed. Sending the contents of a form without it being submitted, while possible, is very unlikely. You don’t need to worry about that. There is something you should worry about though: If you visited the site hosting the form it’s quite possible that it planted some kind of malware on your machine.

You might want to try scanning with one of these:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

Both of the programs linked above have good free versions. Some particularly nasty viruses can prevent their installation though. If that happens you should consult a competent professional about having any viruses removed.

]]> By: bubik http://blog.onlymyemail.com/webmail-quota-phishing/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 bubik Thu, 13 May 2010 13:02:56 +0000 http://blog.onlymyemail.com/?p=819#comment-1227 I was wondering, if I only typed my details but did not submit the form (since i realized a second before i sent it that it is a scam) would the spammer still got my details? thanks! I was wondering, if I only typed my details but did not submit the form (since i realized a second before i sent it that it is a scam) would the spammer still got my details?
thanks!

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