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(Message started by: Ree on Sep 26^th, 2004, 4:55pm)

Title: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEALER
Post by Ree on Sep 26^th, 2004, 4:55pm

REMEMBER AOL WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR YOUR PASSWORD I JUST GOT AN EMAIL SAYING SOMEONE SENT ME A GREETING CARD WHEN I CLICKED IT ASKED FOR MY AOL... SCREENNAME AND PASSWORD WITH AN OFFICIAL LOOKING SITE...... SO DONT FALL FOR THIS... LAST MONTH I GOT ONE THAT SAID YOU'VE GOT PICTURES... AND THE SAME THING IT ASKED FOR MY PASSWORD AND STUFF... AND I FELL FOR IT... ITS A PASSWORD STEALER......... VIRUS... GOOD LUCK...REEsorry about the caps

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Jeepgun on Sep 26^th, 2004, 7:13pm

Wow.. People actually use AOL? [smiley=laugh.gif] ;;D

Ree, typing in all-caps makes your posts very difficult to read, very hard on the eyes, and gives the impression that you are shouting. I don't suppose you could refrain from typing in all-caps, could you? :)

-Frank

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by kissmyglass on Sep 26^th, 2004, 8:10pm

I believe she Was shouting on purpose...so peeps would here her.....

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Donna_D. on Sep 26^th, 2004, 8:21pm

Actually, Ree was just talking loud enough so Charlie could hear it ;) ...

DD

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by BobG on Sep 26^th, 2004, 8:26pm

on 09/26/04 at 16:55:11, Ree wrote:

THE SAME THING IT ASKED FOR MY PASSWORD AND STUFF... AND I FELL FOR IT...

Sorry Ree but I'm LMAO [smiley=crackup.gif] [smiley=duh.gif]

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Kevin_M on Sep 26^th, 2004, 9:47pm

It sucks when that happens Ree, some people aren't nice.

DON'T DO IT AGAIN............K? ;)

hope it wasn't too harmful to you. >:(

here Ree.

AOL moves beyond passwords for log-ons

By ANICK JESDANUN
AP Internet Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Passwords alone won't be enough to get onto America Online under a new, optional log-on service that makes AOL the first major U.S. online business to offer customers a second layer of security.

The so-called two-factor authentication scheme, being unveiled Tuesday, will cost $1.95 a month in addition to a one-time $9.95 fee. It is initially targeted at small businesses, victims of identity theft and individuals who pay a lot of bills and conduct other financial transactions through their AOL accounts.

Subscribers get a matchbook-size device from RSA Security Inc. displaying a six-digit code that changes every minute. The code is necessary to log on, so a scammer who guesses or steals a password cannot access the account without the device in hand.

Two-factor authentication - whether through the RSA device, biometrics or cards printed with rotating lists of passwords - is common in Scandinavia, Brazil, Singapore and selected countries. In the United States, its use is largely limited to employees accessing office networks remotely, or people with high-value financial portfolios.

AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein said the time was ripe to offer it as subscribers move more of their sensitive personal, business and financial information online.

The offering also comes as scammers increasingly find ways to trick subscribers into giving their passwords by sending e-mail disguised as legitimate information requests.

And with so many sites now requiring passwords, many Internet users have become careless: They create easy-to-remember passwords that tend to be easy to guess - or they write them down on sticky notes and post them at their computers.

By requiring the second, rotating password, "you don't have to remember complicated passwords to still have good security," said Scott Schnell, a senior vice president at RSA Security.

The second password will be required for checking e-mail and accessing services tied to the AOL account, including calendars, stock portfolios and AOL's Bill Pay.

It won't protect services offered by third parties on the open Internet, outside AOL's walled gardens, except in cases where their statements and other sensitive information are sent to the AOL e-mail account. Nor is the second password needed to use AOL Instant Messenger.

Gartner analyst Avivah Litan believes a "very narrow set of consumers" - perhaps 5 percent to 15 percent of AOL's 30 million subscribers - would sign up, but "you have to start somewhere."

She said AOL's offering likely would prompt other Internet service providers and banks to consider such systems more seriously, though the prevailing belief these days is that customers will find them difficult to use.

Just this summer, HSBC Bank USA began requiring a second password to access its bill-payment services.

That password is entered using an on-screen keypad to thwart snoops who secretly install software that records keystrokes as they are typed on a regular keyboard.

Unlike AOL's service, though, neither password automatically changes, nor is there a charge.

You are a one in 30 million Ree!!

:)

Kevin M

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Ree on Sep 26^th, 2004, 10:18pm

sorry to offend your delicate eyes with my caps frank~ree

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Jeepgun on Sep 27^th, 2004, 8:10am

No offense taken, and there's nothing delicate about me. Just ordinary forum/newsgroup/email list protocol. (i.e. I was trying to help you, in case you decided to take my comments and suggestions in an overly-sensitive way)

Cheers!

-Frank :)

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Kevin_M on Sep 27^th, 2004, 8:48am

Quitting smoking, all kinds of tastes and smells seem to be around and in the air. A touch of smugness in the air today.

Kevin M

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Ree on Sep 27^th, 2004, 10:26am

smug is putting it mildly kev... love to you buddy Im off... ree

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Jeepgun on Sep 27^th, 2004, 11:40am

Dear Ree,

Are you still hacked-off at me? I apologized for what I said a couple of weeks ago and I was sincere about it. You still seem to have some kind of chip on your shoulder. What's up? Truly, I bear you not one shred of ill will at all.

Sorry to hear about your son headed back to Iraq again. I know you must be terribly worried about him.

Far from the doom and gloom that the media keeps yammering on about, there are good things happening in Iraq. If it is any comfort to you, here is a blog written by three Iraqi brothers who detail the progress and the good things that are being accomplished. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
The site also allows comments to be submitted, and they could probably benefit from your point of view, since your son is actually there.

Have a great day.

My best to you,
-Frank

P.S. No smugness here. I have more than enough in my life to keep me quite humble, actually.

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Kirk on Sep 27^th, 2004, 1:29pm

With all the troubles with the AOL Network over the years. It would seem prudent to get an Internet account instead.
Is there some reason you can't get an Internet account Ree?

TTFN

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Ree on Sep 27^th, 2004, 1:55pm

Kirk... We are all set....... I have used AOL for years as my email provider. It has been pretty safe up until the past few years.
I also have cable modem just find that AOL is easy for my family to use for email so we kept it too. Seans email account is also attatched to it so to stop it would screw him up too... thanks for your concern buddy.

Title: Re: AOL PEOPLE WARNING......VIRUSISH PASSWORD STEA
Post by Cathi04 on Sep 27^th, 2004, 7:03pm

FFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNKKKKKKKK!!!!

just wanted you to know, you're a doll...and I really am glad to say I know ya, man!!
(hmm,did I use caps???)
Cathi