It's like a class at school. One kid gets sick, comes to school and infects
lots of others in the same class. Somebody on our list got a virus. It sent
messages to everyone in his or her address book. MonGenes was in the
address book, so we all got these messages. People on our list clicked the
link and got infected too, so now their computers are sending the messages
out too.
This is not the fault of MonGenes, its moderators, or Yahoo. These are
legitimate list members whose computers have been compromised. It seems
like a lot, but it's really only a few compared to how many list members we
have.
It takes less than a second to recognize one of these messages and delete
it. Chill out, delete it and be patient while the moderators sort this out.
And for Pete's sake, don't click on the link!
On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:02:09 +1000
Gillian <gholt(a)energized4life.com.au <javascript:;>> wrote:
Hello Gillian,
1: The accounts the spam messages ostensibly originate from are usually
yahoo (even the BT ones) accounts.
2: Yahoo can't/won't sort out these issues.
3: Yes, yahoo really are that rubbish. :-(