Apparently this person just sent me back this file, and WeTransfer informs me that I can now download this. So what has happened? What do I do now to protect myself? I do it once in a blue moon though, never found anything)
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I also started a full system scan with BitDefender virus scanner (don't know how helpful it is, but still. I disabled the wifi of the Mac and I am writing this from my phone.
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On the other hand I wonder why they would put my email address for me to receive such an email.
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Obviously I did not click on any link on the email, thinking it was just a scam mail that tries to make you click on the download button to install some malware.īut given that the company seems genuine, I'm worried that some hackers have somehow compromised my system and sent themselves a file with my stuff, and immediately downloading it (30 MB in one minute means the recipient is ready to receive the email). I don't know whose that email belong to (even though the email provider is well known in Italy) and I have no clue what is going on. The problem is that I never used WeTransfer, wasn't even aware of its existence 10 minutes ago! Apparently it's a legitimate service, which I never used. After 1 minute I received another email telling me that the file was indeed downloaded by the recipient. Name of file: IMG_0508.mov", dimension: 30 MB", and there was a link to download. I received 5 minutes ago an email from WeTransfer saying that "Your file has been sent to As soon as the recipient will have downloaded the file, you'll receive a confirmation email. I'm am using a MacBook Pro 2012 using El Captain version 10.11.3