n-drive productions

[petersmith1942]

I have recd. an email from n-drive with no content except some url I wont open. Other recipients include Garry Whiting. I have a long overdue order from Nev and wonder if there is a message or not. Apologies in advance if this is inappropriate in any way. I have no way of contacting Nev except email and dont want to start chains etc
Peter Smith

[garrywhiting]

I have recd. an email from n-drive with no content except some url I wont open. Other recipients include Garry Whiting. I have a long overdue order from Nev and wonder if there is a message or not. Apologies in advance if this is inappropriate in any way. I have no way of contacting Nev except email and dont want to start chains etc
Peter Smith

Quite right Peter, recipients must not open the link,  it has all the hallmarks of a hacking attack

[rod335]

I had one that may have been similar the other week purporting to come from Nigel Lawton but not from the email address I already have for him. Without thinking I tried to open it, fortunately it would not, or did not appear to , open.

Rod

[Chris Wright]

Peter,
I have Nevs phone number if you need it, but I won't put it on an open forum.  You can email me on cjw46@btinternet.com if you need it.
Chris W

[F2Andy]

I have recd. an email from n-drive with no content except some url I wont open. Other recipients include Garry Whiting. I have a long overdue order from Nev and wonder if there is a message or not. Apologies in advance if this is inappropriate in any way. I have no way of contacting Nev except email and dont want to start chains etc
Peter Smith

I got it too (the subject was "n-drive productions"). Yahoo e-mail got hacked a few days ago.
http://rt.com/news/yahoo-mail-hacked-passwords-466/

Not for the first time; BT at one time used Yahoo to handle their customers' e-mails, and stopped because of this issue.
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/39411

It is good practice to consider all links in e-mails to be suspect, even from people you know (and yet banks, etc. still do it).

[Graeme Dunbar]

Could it simply be a case of this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing

It need not be anything to do with Nevs. own email account. The source of his email address could be one of his customers.

[Retiarius]

Spitfiregoggles on ngrm-online.com has written

"Just spoken to Nigel and he says he is still in control of his email account.....just the address book has been harvested, so as Richard says, don't click on the link! "


I think this adequately describes what has happened.  Just don't open any links in any emails supposedly coming from Nigel and n-drive productions.

May I also suggest, as a professional web designer and computer programmer of 40 years, that you all set your email programmes to NOT automatically open and display the top email when you open your email reader. This is a well known way of infecting your computer by using embedded code in an email that is triggered  when the email is opened. In Thunderbird just press the F8 key to turn off this "feature".

[Darren Hedges]

set your email programmes to NOT automatically open and display the top email when you open your email reader.

Does this also apply to the preview pane?

Regards,
Darren.

[Retiarius]

set your email programmes to NOT automatically open and display the top email when you open your email reader.

I does this also apply to the preview pane?

Regards,
Darren.

I meant the preview pane Darren. Never let an email program open or display an email automatically, especially if you are using Microsoft Outlook! 

If in doubt of an email you can usually select to view the email's source code to check for embedded 'nasties', but only if you know what to look for!

My usual advice is "IF IN DOUBT........DELETE!"

[Darren Hedges]

set your email programmes to NOT automatically open and display the top email when you open your email reader.

I does this also apply to the preview pane?

Regards,
Darren.

I meant the preview pane Darren.

Cheers, I will change the settings in outlook straight away.

I have Norton 360 so hopefully that catches any nasty things that might be hiding in any emails, but better safe than sorry.

Regards,
Darren.