From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:00:56 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1532 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 10 August 2007 Number 1532 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 OT:Whirlpool alert : Ed Durrant 2 Re: OT:Whirlpool alert : Paul Smedley 3 Re: OT:Whirlpool alert : Voytek Eymont" 4 Re: OT:Whirlpool alert : Ed Durrant 5 Re: OT:Whirlpool alert : Ed Durrant 6 Re: OT:Whirlpool alert : Ed Durrant 7 Re: OT:Whirlpool alert : Voytek Eymont" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:47:31 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: OT:Whirlpool alert Hi, Does anyone else here use the Whirlpool website ? If so have you also just received an e-mail saying their security hasd been hacked and one should change ones password on this and other sites - or is this in fact a trick from someone else to gain account / passwords ?? Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:30:16 +0930 From: Paul Smedley Subject: Re: OT:Whirlpool alert Hi Ed, Ed Durrant wrote: > Does anyone else here use the Whirlpool website ? If so have you also > just received an e-mail saying their security hasd been hacked and one > should change ones password on this and other sites - or is this in fact > a trick from someone else to gain account / passwords ?? I've received no such email from whirlpool - generally these emails are scams.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:16:05 +1000 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: OT:Whirlpool alert > Hi, > > > Does anyone else here use the Whirlpool website ? If so have you also > just received an e-mail saying their security hasd been hacked and one > should change ones password on this and other sites - or is this in fact a > trick from someone else to gain account / passwords ?? I was thinking of getting a Whirlpool front loader, but, got Samsung instead no security problems with that one -- Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:23:12 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: OT:Whirlpool alert Paul Smedley wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Ed Durrant wrote: >> Does anyone else here use the Whirlpool website ? If so have you >> also just received an e-mail saying their security hasd been hacked >> and one should change ones password on this and other sites - or is >> this in fact a trick from someone else to gain account / passwords ?? > > I've received no such email from whirlpool - generally these emails > are scams.... > > > Thats what I thought as well. Looks like it's not a registered one for virginBroadbands Spam engine yet then. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:27:56 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: OT:Whirlpool alert Voytek Eymont wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> >> Does anyone else here use the Whirlpool website ? If so have you also >> just received an e-mail saying their security hasd been hacked and one >> should change ones password on this and other sites - or is this in fact a >> trick from someone else to gain account / passwords ?? >> > > I was thinking of getting a Whirlpool front loader, but, got Samsung instead > > no security problems with that one > > Ha Ha ! Funnilly enough (and this is REALLY off topic) - I've had to buy a front loader as well (being delivered today) as when we moved to the new house 10 days ago, I didn't realise the place for the washing machine had a surface above it, making a top loader (that we have) useless ! Also getting a Samsung J845 as it has a 4 star water rating and hence I get a $200 rebate from the Gosford council for using a water efficient washing machine. I guess you realise I was referring to whirlpool dot net dot au rather than whirlpool dot com dot au. Do know why they decided to call this site Whirlpool - its a very good forum site around Broadband / Voip etc. in Australia. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:49:31 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: OT:Whirlpool alert Ed Durrant wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone else here use the Whirlpool website ? If so have you > also just received an e-mail saying their security hasd been hacked > and one should change ones password on this and other sites - or is > this in fact a trick from someone else to gain account / passwords ?? > > Cheers/2 > > Ed. > > > Just checked the Forum itself - it appears that this was NOT a scam - there has been security issues at Whirlpool dot net dot au and if you are a member, you should change your password. Also while I was there, I saw that Bigpond cable are to increase their maximum download speed from 17Mb/s to 30 Mb/s ! Unfortunately I am no longer on Bigpond cable out here. As telstra control the cable network, and now that Foxtel have gone 100% digital, Telstra can keep increasing the speed to stay ahead of ADSL improvements, apparently up to 100Mb/s +. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:56:41 +1000 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: OT:Whirlpool alert > Voytek Eymont wrote: >> I was thinking of getting a Whirlpool front loader, but, got Samsung >> instead >> >> no security problems with that one > Ha Ha ! > > > Funnilly enough (and this is REALLY off topic) - I've had to buy a front > loader as well (being delivered today) as when we moved to the new house > 10 > days ago, I didn't realise the place for the washing machine had a surface > above it, making a top loader (that we have) useless ! it's ecologically sounder, and, easier on your cloths, that's why I bought front loader I've always had front loader, since the 1st machine I ever bought yonks ago, an Indesit washer/dryer (back them there was not that much choice in front loaders, as I recall (especially, at lower price end)) about 15 yrs ago, the cast alloy drive wheel cracked, and, I wasn't able to obtain repalcemnt (the down side of imported white goods); so I got a Miele front loader; Miele developed a leak from the sump pump, a tiny o-ring failed; replacement pump from Miele: $300 (part only, plus labour) hence I got a Samsung (the o-ring was between two press fit bearings, so, it wasn't so simple to replace) > Also getting a > Samsung J845 as it has a 4 star water rating and hence I get a > $200 rebate from the Gosford council for using a water efficient washing > machine. > > I guess you realise I was referring to whirlpool dot net dot au rather than > whirlpool dot com dot au. Do know why they decided to call this site Whirlpool - > its a very good forum site around Broadband / Voip etc. in Australia. -- Voytek ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------