Windows 10: Hacker threat received via email today, please advise? I am *** Email address is removed...

Please advise re the following. Thanks

From: You've been HACKED <*** Email address is removed for privacy ***>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 1:02 PM
To: You <You>
Subject: Insecurity

Be sure to read this message ! Your personal data is threatened. Insecurity - 825 !

1Hello!4

5I1am2a7hacker7who1has4access6to2your5operating1system.8
9I2also6have5full4access1to1your5account.1
6I4made4a2video1showing3how2you7satisfy7yourself8in7the7left3half5of6the4screen,2
2and2in1the8right7half9you6see6the5video4that6you3watched.1
3With3one3click7of7the3mouse,2I2can9send3this2video6to4
7all8your1emails1and7contacts8on2social9networks.3
9If7you2want1to9prevent7this,5transfer5the4amount1of1$7005to5my3Bitcoin1address.8
7
1You1do2not6know5how5to8buy?1Search2to4Google1:2Buy1Bitcoin6
8My5Bitcoin3address3Bitcoin3Wallet8is:6

1M6vWnVBuWyHbyTTjSEee2pXBKoXJaTV1s

7After7receiving5the9payment,9I6will9delete3the6video6and2you8will9never2
3hear7me6again.6
7I5give4you8507hours9more1than327days8to3pay.
6I9have2a3notice6reading8this2letter,3and5the7timer6will8work6when
2you6see2this9letter.5

6Don't6try7to9respond9because9this7email2address1is5generated.
2Filing8a1complaint4somewhere5does1not5make6sense6because1this1email6
7cannot2be1tracked5like9my8Bitcoin6address.6
8I7do1not6make4any7mistakes.5

4Bye7!2

:)

 

Unauthorized Emails from my account?

It is more than likely that your email account was hacked, either by a virus sniffing your password, or just simply hacked.

Either way, change your password on your email account. Unfortunately the damage by already be done. They already have your contact list and your email address associated with that contact list. There is nothing stopping them from sending out emails using their own SMTP servers to everyone on your contact list and claiming the emails are from your email address. They don't actually have to have access to your yahoo account or even any yahoo server to send emails to people that come from your address.

 

old email addresses

Thank you for updating me HA.111

Here is the step to remove that old email address.

Start typing an email address into the “To” field. As soon as you see the old email address being recommended as one of the potential candidates, use the down arrow key to scroll through the list of suggestions. Once you highlight the old email address, type
the delete key. In many cases, this will actually remove the entry not only from the current list of suggestions but from future suggestions as well. You may even find that as you mouse over the drop-down list the highlighted item will have an “x” to explicitly
allow you to delete it.

Just do this step and your good to go.

Continue to have an escellent day HA.111

Best regards,

Anthony C. De Jesus

Independent Advisor

 

Unauthorized Emails from my account?

Embarrassingly, everyone on my email list received spam originating from my account, which is Yahoo based. A scan with MSE found two trojans, a Java/Rowindal.A and a Downloader:Java/OpenStream.W.

Are these the source of my unwanted email traffic? Would someone opening this email be infected with the same problems? Could there be more dangerous underlying threats.

Hell, I have quite a few high dollar clients in my list. I always treat people's addresses like they were unlisted numbers, and don't send frivolous "Hey how are ya" junk. This is mortifying.*Eek!