ISPYU Trojan - Please help

[GGJstudios]

There is nothing you can do, except click the unsubscribe link in each one.

Actually, I wouldn't recommend this for any spam you get. Spammers will send to millions of email addresses, not knowing if they're in use or not. When you click to unsubscribe, you give the spammer validation that your email is in use and emails sent to you will be read. Rather than unsubscribe you, the spammer does the opposite, recording the fact your address, along with millions of others, is a verified addresses. They will then sell lists of verified addresses for a higher price than unverified addresses. The spammer gets money and you get.... you guessed it..... more spam.

It's better to simply delete any spam messages. Don't open them, reply to them or unsubscribe from them.

 

[lewis82]

Actually, I wouldn't recommend this for any spam you get. Spammers will send to millions of email addresses, not knowing if they're in use or not. When you click to unsubscribe, you give the spammer validation that your email is in use and emails sent to you will be read. Rather than unsubscribe you, the spammer does the opposite, recording the fact your address, along with millions of others, is a verified addresses. They will then sell lists of verified addresses for a higher price than unverified addresses. The spammer gets money and you get.... you guessed it..... more spam.

It's better to simply delete any spam messages. Don't open them, reply to them or unsubscribe from them.

This. Lifehacker has a nice article on how to get rid of spam.

 

[S.B.G]

Actually, I wouldn't recommend this for any spam you get. Spammers will send to millions of email addresses, not knowing if they're in use or not. When you click to unsubscribe, you give the spammer validation that your email is in use and emails sent to you will be read. Rather than unsubscribe you, the spammer does the opposite, recording the fact your address, along with millions of others, is a verified addresses. They will then sell lists of verified addresses for a higher price than unverified addresses. The spammer gets money and you get.... you guessed it..... more spam.

It's better to simply delete any spam messages. Don't open them, reply to them or unsubscribe from them.

GGJstudios is exactly right. Never click the unsubscribe links unless you know for sure it was mail from a site that you signed up for and is legitimate, such as Amazon.com.

But WOW how this thread digressed due to panic of the OP! I just have to shake my head. Panic turned to denial of the truth and fear had taken over, apocalypse was upon this poor soul.

 

[nunes013]

OP, if your scared about your identity, change ur fb password, run sophos antivirus for mac and unsubscribe to all the emails.

sophos is free and will find anything thats bad on your computer. i dont use it but have it for cases like this. i did the same thing a couple years ago and its fine. you didnt give anything important out. plus i see that fb scam on a lot of my friends walls and they are all ok.

 

[Lunchb0x8]

Facebook is not Mac OS X.



I bet he has a really simple password too. It seems that some people just can't be helped.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K95SXe3pZoY

 

[Jazojas12]

Don't understand why some people freak out over things like this. If the OP just thought about what happened and what was affected there would be no panic.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

privacy reasons

Don't understand why some people freak out over things like this. If the OP just thought about what happened and what was affected there would be no panic.

But when ignorance (not meant as insult) is involved, panic can inflame quite easily.
Some people just don't know, what a trojan is or what a virus and how they can harm your computer.
Just like many people don't know, how a combustion engine works or many other things.

 

[Jazojas12]

But when ignorance (not meant as insult) is involved, panic can inflame quite easily.
Some people just don't know, what a trojan is or what a virus and how they can harm your computer.
Just like many people don't know, how a combustion engine works or many other things.

Must be how people fall for things like this haha.

 

[vant]

This is why I am hesitant to offer any electronic device to my clueless grandparents. Even if the computer is free from trojans, they will still find a way to give their information out.

This is a perfect example of that.

 

[AdamRock]

download a free mac antivurus *google it* then scan your comp and bam you are now clean/safe/secure

 

[GGJstudios]

download a free mac antivurus *google it* then scan your comp and bam you are now clean/safe/secure

That's not necessary and won't help the OP's situation. The OP does not have any malware on their computer. They simply exposed their email account to spammers.