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  1. PinkyMacGodess

    Is Firefox reporting my email address when I visit a website?

    I've had this strange feeling that something is reporting my email address when I visit websites.Here's what's happening: I'll go to the MSNBC website and open a lot of tabs for the news items that interest me, and it seems that on some days, like yesterday, I will then get bombed with tons of...
  2. valerii

    iPhone WideProtect Spam Call Blocker

    Hi everyone! I've been developing Call Blocking application for iPhone, and I'd like to know any thoughts about it: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wideprotect-call-blocker/id1171024059 The main idea is blocking phone numbers using prefixes, so you can block entire area code, for example, or...
  3. MisterRyan07

    Clicked on Amazon Spam

    I shop at Amazon a lot and when I saw in the subject like that my Amazon order has been cancelled, I did without thinking clicked on the link and it opened 2 windows and lead me to what looks like a TMZ homepage on my iPhone using Safari. Should I be concerned? I cleared out my browsing history...
  4. Karfos

    Spam in gmail

    I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to delete all spam messages at the same time. I used to be able to choose "select all" then "delete". Now I can't do that. I have over 3000 emails I need to get rid of! They are driving me crazy!! I am on an IPhone and it is gmail. Much thanks in...
    • Karfos
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    • gmail spam
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: iPhone
  5. B

    Apple Calendar Spam? Anyone else?

    Everyday I get a notification that I have a 1pm meeting with "New Video - The $800/Day Secret" I literally have this meeting for the next few years..how do I block it, or get rid of it all at once? I upgraded to iOS 10.3 and read it has an option for marking some invites as spam, but I haven't...
  6. K

    How to get rid of calendar spam?

    Hi there. I received a spam invitation in my calendar. It has my email address together with several others. This thing seems to just sit there, no clue how it got there. Totally new to me. Need some help there. (1) How can I get rid of the invitation without notifying the spammer? (2) How can...
    • keaide
    • Thread
    • calendar chinese invite spam
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: macOS
  7. heretiq

    How to block Mac OS iCal SPAM

    I received a Black Friday notification hawking sun glasses -- see attached screenshot. It apparently was delivered via an iCal invitation. I searched for the sender ("astvn", email address 1zbf@iv83.top) in Spotlight (which returns the invitation under events & reminder) and Mail (which...
  8. M

    Spam in Calendar on iPhone

    Just heard a notification from my iPhone. When I checked, there is an advert for RayBans from some Chinese website. Looks like it's some sort of mass mail out, but what I can't understand is how it has been added to my Calendar. Can someone please explain? Is there a setting I can switch off to...
  9. A

    Clever Spam - Appt using .mac account

    I recently received a calendar appt using my long obsoleted <username>.mac account. As I didn't transition to mobile me, I can't set-up the account on my phone or computer. Some clever spammer sent a calendar appt Ray-Ban Oakley Sunglasses 80% off, using this address. Does anyone have any...
    • an-other
    • Thread
    • annoying idiots calendar invites spam
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  10. Miqs

    Mail: spam with no reply address. How to stop?

    I am getting spam emails that have no reply to address so I can't apply rules. Is there anything I can do to stop or just move to junk? It seems I am helpless to prevent these. I don't want to click unsubscribe for obvious reasons. iMac OSX El Capitan
  11. travisjcoleman

    Creating Rules with many senders

    Hi guys, I'm currently trying to zero my inbox since there are over 50k mails and 4/5 of them spam only, I'd like to filter all them spam by using rules within the Mail.app. The problem here is that I already collected almost 100 different email addresses which I can't put into rules.. that...
  12. l0renz

    Malware on my Mac?

    Hi all Recently I downloaded a disk image file from the internet which had some consequences. It installed MacKeeper and a HelperBar safari extension. Those are the files I could find. However, when I read articles on the internet, some words from that article are highlighted, to point out it's...
    • l0renz
    • Thread
    • access enforcement file junk malware privacy scam security spam
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: macOS
  13. Newtons Apple

    General I think I stepped into something.

    In safari when I access one of my regular websites I get interrupted by a site that no matter what I do will not allow me to go any further. It is like a pop up that does not allow you to do anything except look at their crap. I copied the url ...
  14. Aquamite

    Automatically remove junk mail

    It's really annoying when a daily pile of junk mail appears in the junk inbox forcing me to repeat the same process of: open the junk mail inbox, select every message, move them to the trash, empty the trash, several times every single day. I'm tired of it. I want Apple Mail to delete the junk...
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