O/T: My Gmail account was compromised today...

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Pup6913

I got one the other day from another board member. Hope this is not a pattern.

Me too...a board member with an AOL account sending out SPAM for Viagra.

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Me too...a board member with an AOL account sending out SPAM for Viagra.

Thats exactly what I got. To bad I use Cialis (just jokin)

[Smokey Joe]

How the heck do they hack into our accounts?!?!?!

I don't click on any links in my spam folder...

[HRBAKER]

So I guess I should disregard the invitation to go deer hunting? Seriously, I hope it's all fixed now. I have received a couple such e-mails in the last week.

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

So I guess I should disregard the invitation to go deer hunting?

Is that a no then To funny. To each their own

[chaddurbin]

i delete all hobby-related emails, nothing good can come out of them. never had a problem.

[FUBAR]

Mark

You probably had a small worm virus, trojan type virus, or spyware/ malware in your system.

All you have to do is go to a website that has been compromised and they get your passwords that are not encrypted. (email, facebook, yahoo etc..)
Don't worry, banking ones are encrypted.

Best thing you can do is do a scan of your computer for spyware and viruses, then change your IP address, and finally change your passwords last.

Jim

[Rich Klein]

the funny part is as far as I know, my email address sends the spam back to me and to no one else

Rich

[Smokey Joe]

Just did a complete scan with my stopzilla software, found nothing.

Also, how do you change an I.P. address, i thought At&T (my provider) decides what it will be.