Strange e-mail !!

Magenta

Hi all,
I have just received an e-mail from someone/something called 'COPY' it knows my full name and seems to be warning me about a security problem.


This is on an google e-mail account I use for freestuff and is not registered in my correct name.


I haven't opened the email.


What do you think this is!!!!!

BearNy

Ignore it, move on

rageagainstessays

Magenta wrote: »

Hi all,
I have just received an e-mail from someone/something called 'COPY' it knows my full name and seems to be warning me about a security problem.


This is on an google e-mail account I use for freestuff and is not registered in my correct name.


I haven't opened the email.


What do you think this is!!!!!

It could be anything. If the account is insignificant- don't open it

PhilNailerson

You've used your full name on the sites you get free stuff from, for delivery, etc. The joys of companies giving/selling off your information...

paddyrg

Are you sure it's not 'copy.com', which is a service much like dropbox, which was affected by the heartbleed bug, and which is urging account holders to update their passwords as good hygeine despite not thinking they were directly plundered?

If so, don't click the link but visit copy.com, sign into your account, and change passwords that way.

Uxb

I received a message from copy.com
I am indeed registered with copy.com
It addressed me by my correct name
It was received to the email address I have registered with it.

It advised me to change my password with it
It seems quite genuine to me

rageagainstessays

I got this email from McAfee recently;

Dear Sam :

Recently, a major security vulnerability named "Heartbleed" has made headlines around the world. This is a severe vulnerability stemming from a coding mistake in a widely-used security utility called OpenSSL.

The bug affects the encryption technology designed to protect your sensitive data on the Internet, like usernames, passwords and emails.

This is a flaw in the OpenSSL encryption code, not a virus that can be stopped by McAfee or other consumer security software. Because this vulnerability takes advantage of servers, and not consumer devices, businesses need to update to the latest version of OpenSSL to mitigate and address the dangers posed.

McAfee is currently in the process of auditing all of our services, and the services provided by our partners, for any dangers posed by Heartbleed. If there is any instance that the vulnerable version of OpenSSL is in use we will remediate with the utmost urgency.

The severity of the Heartbleed vulnerability cannot be overstated: several major enterprises use OpenSSL, and are likely affected by this vulnerability as well. The dangers posed by this vulnerability are very real and could affect you if exploited.

So what do you need to do?
Right now, the best thing you can do is wait to be notified about affected services and patches or you can investigate this list provided by Mashable that has some well known brands listed.
If you'd like to investigate whether or not a website you frequent has been affected, you can use this tool.
Reset your password for every online service affected by Heartbleed. But beware: you should only change your password after the afflicted business has fixed its servers to remove the Heartbleed vulnerability. Changing your passwords before a company's servers are updated will not protect your credentials from being leaked.
For additional details, please click here.
We at McAfee apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. We will be contacting you again as we update our services that use OpenSSL.

Thank you for your time, and safe surfing.

Sincerely,

Gary Davis
Vice President, Global Consumer Marketing

That could explain something

Jivesinger

Uxb wrote: »

I received a message from copy.com
I am indeed registered with copy.com
It addressed me by my correct name
It was received to the email address I have registered with it.

It advised me to change my password with it
It seems quite genuine to me

Same here... but... the email I received had a clickable 'change your password' link.

Even if it's genuine, one should never click a link like that in an email, but instead login through a known favourite that you've saved previously.

Magenta

paddyrg wrote: »

Are you sure it's not 'copy.com', which is a service much like dropbox, which was affected by the heartbleed bug, and which is urging account holders to update their passwords as good hygeine despite not thinking they were directly plundered?

If so, don't click the link but visit copy.com, sign into your account, and change passwords that way.

It just said 'COPY'!


As far as I know I don't have an account with copy.com although I do have one with dropbox.
As I did not open the e-mail I don't know exactly what it said.

paddyrg

Magenta wrote: »

It just said 'COPY'!


As far as I know I don't have an account with copy.com although I do have one with dropbox.
As I did not open the e-mail I don't know exactly what it said.

In which case, if you don't have an account with copy.com, yes you're probably best off just ignoring it :-)