We are a family of PC/Windows users; and my daughter's college major required us to purchase a Macbook Pro, which we purchased in July. My Mac experience is limited, yet because I'm the most well-versed PC's/Windows user in the family and because I'm the only one with any Mac experience, I'm also responsible for my daughter's Mac-- at least until she gets up to speed.
My daughter uses Yahoo for email, running entirely off the cloud (e.g. she uses no client residing on her machine). Her Mac OS is Snowleopard, which came with the Macbook Pro. I did not load any version of Windows on the Mac. She only has the software that came with the machine (all the "I-" stuff), and Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office, which I purchased. As far as the internet is concerned, she also participates on Facebook and plays some internet-based games, though I doubt she has had time to play any games since mid-August when she left for college. Anyway, call it what you want, but my daughter is unknowingly emailing links to all of the addresses in her Yahoo address book. We have received it twice in the last 24-hours.
My daughter is 4.5 hours away at college; and I need to figure out how to remove this "problem" and find the best way to keep things like this from happening in the future. I realize she needs to be careful on what she clicks; and she is careful for the most part. However, she is an eighteen year-old college student and is sometimes going to click before she thinks. Her computer being compromised from now on because she made a mistake is not a viable solution. I realize this post is somewhat similar to the pinned thread, but I wanted to be specific with my situation, hoping to receive a specific solution(s).
My daughter uses Yahoo for email, running entirely off the cloud (e.g. she uses no client residing on her machine). Her Mac OS is Snowleopard, which came with the Macbook Pro. I did not load any version of Windows on the Mac. She only has the software that came with the machine (all the "I-" stuff), and Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office, which I purchased. As far as the internet is concerned, she also participates on Facebook and plays some internet-based games, though I doubt she has had time to play any games since mid-August when she left for college. Anyway, call it what you want, but my daughter is unknowingly emailing links to all of the addresses in her Yahoo address book. We have received it twice in the last 24-hours.
My daughter is 4.5 hours away at college; and I need to figure out how to remove this "problem" and find the best way to keep things like this from happening in the future. I realize she needs to be careful on what she clicks; and she is careful for the most part. However, she is an eighteen year-old college student and is sometimes going to click before she thinks. Her computer being compromised from now on because she made a mistake is not a viable solution. I realize this post is somewhat similar to the pinned thread, but I wanted to be specific with my situation, hoping to receive a specific solution(s).
