Hacked from Spam?

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  lintrollins · Member · Mar 26, 2012 at 7:58 pm

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  I received a comment in my spam box. It stated it was from the Social Securtiy Services. Without thinking, I opened it. The comment read, “Thank you for making our job easier.” It showed a flyer for replacing lost social security cards. I suddenly realized that it could be skimming all of my identity and retrieving my personal information. What should I do now? Please advise.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 26, 2012 at 8:09 pm

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  Was this spam received as a comment on your free hosted WordPress.com blog or not?

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  lintrollins · Member · Mar 26, 2012 at 8:19 pm

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  Yes, it was. Breakawaybylintrollins.wordpress.com

  It was in my spam box…I should not have opened it…but with it saying social security services it caught my attention. What do you advise?

  Thank you.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 26, 2012 at 8:39 pm

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  Log-out of the internet and run a full system scan for malware and viruses.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 26, 2012 at 8:42 pm

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  Also delete your browser history and remove all cookies.
  Disable all browser addons and extensions and then delete them.
  Once you are sure your computer is clean then you can upload and install new broser addocs and extensions to replace the others.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 26, 2012 at 8:43 pm

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  ***headesk*** “broser addocs” was meant to be “browser add-ons” sorry :(