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08-09-2011, 08:27 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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my email got hijacked
Someone got into my hotmail account and was sending junk out to my contacts. I have deleted all my contacts, but what do I have to do so it doesn't happen again?
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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08-09-2011, 08:38 PM
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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Change all your passwords. You sure it wasn't Facebook?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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08-09-2011, 08:47 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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spence did it
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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08-09-2011, 09:02 PM
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#4
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: S. Jersey Shore
Posts: 912
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Probably came from an e-mail attachment you opened. Run your anti virus and malware scan.
Dump the Hotmail and try G Mail,
and buy a Mac  |
 "The lips stand out because she wants to suck on your Pikie."....Mike Laptew
Van Staal Service/Repair Technician
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08-09-2011, 09:44 PM
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
Posts: 3,436
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do you happen to have a copy of one of these emails?
are they in the sent items?
did you receive bounce backs ( un deliverable ) ?
did someone alert you of this?
the reason i ask is 99 / 100 times its a spoof that has taken place, and by that i mean someone has used your email as a reply to address in 3rd party programs, if you have a copy of this email with the meta data attached i would love to take a look at it.
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08-10-2011, 04:31 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i agree with THE Sarge of NJ
go g-mail... better spam filters
i had my account hacked recently, as per google notification so
i just made the password stronger-end of problem
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08-10-2011, 07:32 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Skippy is correct - 4/5 - almost certainly spoofing.
There is specific data within the original email that can be inspected to determine what the source was of the email was. This may help determine if it was a bot/malware locally or a spoof (most likely), or a password issue.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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Apocalypse is Coming:
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08-11-2011, 10:38 AM
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Scarecrow
Join Date: May 2003
Location: bedford ma
Posts: 637
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Enlighten me John, what is a "spoof"?
I'm technologically challenged, so pretend you're talking to a slow 5 year old, please.  |
.......Elvis Lives
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08-11-2011, 11:09 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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A "Spoof" in email is like real life when something masquerades as something else. Email spoofing commonly has one entity sending out emails as if they were a different entity. For example, I can go on one of my machines and send you an email that would show up as "GOD@heaven.org" but more accurately I can send an email to "Check this out" to 10 of your friends and the return email address they would see would be yours. So basically I am masquerading as your email account
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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08-11-2011, 02:24 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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I've told people before....I can send e-mail as anybody I want to be....takes me all of 10 seconds to do.
right now there's not much you can do about it
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-13-2011, 05:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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Someone spoofed me a couple years ago, and it sent out spam to all my contacts, had to delete my contact list. It would send out email to everyone, with a strange name as the subject and a link, a few people clicked the link and it downloaded some BS on to their puters as well. I changed my password and life is good again in hotmail land.
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