Q: Clicked on a link in an email ... virus watch ????
Hello All,
An email came in from a known friend with a link I didn't study too closely and clicking on it led me to a **** site.
So far my computer is acting normally but I'm wondering how I might recognize anything bad happening ?
I wonder if all my addr book people then received a similar email from me similar to my friends ?
Thanks,
Al
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
Posted on Nov 10, 2014 6:51 AM
Community Specialists
Hey there Al,
There are a few ways to identify questionable links that appear to be from your contacts. This article has a lot of great info, named:
Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email - Apple Support
This section in particular:
Find out who the email is really from
View the email headers to see where the message really originated from. To find out how to view headers in OS X Mail, see this article. If you're using iCloud Mail on the web (webmail), follow these steps to view the headers.
A typical email header displays several lines that begin with "Received." Note the last "Received" line; this line will look something like this:
Received from genericwebsite.org (123.456.789.101)
If the "Received from" information does not match the email address of the sender or the company being represented in the email, it usually means that the message did not truly come from that individual or company.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling
Posted on Nov 12, 2014 7:56 AM