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Email hijack!
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Hi, I had an email just now supposedly from someone who uses AB and Facebook and they are in my hotmail contacts, the email address is correct but it says it is sent to someone else not me, and the content of the email is an advert for watches, I've emailed my real contact and let her know it's happened. I know this has happened once before when an email came supposedly from Whiffey but it was an advert for some online business and when I rang him he was able to alter the security settings on his system or something. Does anyone know how these email addys get hijacked and how these perpetraters get to do this? Also, how can it be avoided please?
cheers
Dotty
cheers
Dotty
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.lol ladybird, no need for the red face!!! It's noones fault and the eejits who think it's clever to do this will just do it no matter what the consequences, I don't understand why adverts for watches warrant such underhand tactics though! it seems a ridiculous amount o bother to go to to sell afew watches unless there is an ulterior motive that escapes me!!!
There is no definitive answer for this without knowing what ladybird uses for email.
if it's a online service, such as hotmail then the account password has been got in some way by a spammer, either by simply trying 10,000's until they get the right one, or by the details being entered on one of those sites that claims to tell you who has you blocked on hotmail (or similar) such as this fake one (cheers squarebear ;)) http://www.square-bear.co.uk/mitsuku/msn.htm
If it's a offline mail client on the local computer (such as outlook) then the computer has been infected by spyware, it's worth noting that spyware is different to a virus and not all anti-virus software will detect/prevent spyware (and some that say they so are not very good at tit)
If it's the former, simply change your account password, if it's the latter download and run a full scan with antimalwarebytes
http://download.cnet....-8022_4-10804572.html
if it's a online service, such as hotmail then the account password has been got in some way by a spammer, either by simply trying 10,000's until they get the right one, or by the details being entered on one of those sites that claims to tell you who has you blocked on hotmail (or similar) such as this fake one (cheers squarebear ;)) http://www.square-bear.co.uk/mitsuku/msn.htm
If it's a offline mail client on the local computer (such as outlook) then the computer has been infected by spyware, it's worth noting that spyware is different to a virus and not all anti-virus software will detect/prevent spyware (and some that say they so are not very good at tit)
If it's the former, simply change your account password, if it's the latter download and run a full scan with antimalwarebytes
http://download.cnet....-8022_4-10804572.html
Can't really see any point to it TBH DrF
It's a bit late to find out who sold your address after they have done it, and also, as the comments say, a lot of websites won't accept a + in the email.
Much better to create a disposable address for signing up to websites and then when the spam gets too much on that address just dump it and create another new one.
It's a bit late to find out who sold your address after they have done it, and also, as the comments say, a lot of websites won't accept a + in the email.
Much better to create a disposable address for signing up to websites and then when the spam gets too much on that address just dump it and create another new one.
cheers Chuck, I've downloaded that malware thing and run it, there was nothing found. My windows firewall is of though and nothing i do seems to get it to turn on so i;ve tried asking for support from wondows but not had a reply, why does it go through the process of turning it on but then say it can't?
it's not you that needs to run it dot (though it's not a bad idea to run it every month or so just as a preventive measure) it's ladybird that needs to run the scan as it was her computer that sent out the emails to her address book
If you have another firewall installed that will stop the windows firewall from turning on, some antivirus products include a firewall.
If you have another firewall installed that will stop the windows firewall from turning on, some antivirus products include a firewall.
drat, I;ve changed my password to my hotmail account cos of this and i made it so complicated i can't remember it but when i was doing it i didnlt write it down cos it sounded so easy!!! I;ll just have to keep thinking, i;ve locked the flippin account trying the different conotations grrrrr plus i can;t remeber the answer to the secret question lol