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  • tony286
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    • Aug 2002
    • 57021

    #1

    a question for the collective.

    A friend gives me a heads up one of my wifes gmail addreses sent him two emails with a link to goes to god only knows. So I check the sent of that email and it sent out a shit load of them but not to her whole address book around midnight. Now the weird thing is I checked the ip activity on gmail and it shows nothing weird. Im running malware scan now. Any thoughts?
  • Wizzo
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    • Nov 2000
    • 15224

    #2
    Change the password from "password"...
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    • tony286
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      • Aug 2002
      • 57021

      #3
      The computer was shut off when this happened, It happened around 12:47 am and it had been off for a couple of hours.

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      • stocktrader23
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        • Jan 2003
        • 18781

        #4
        It has nothing to do with malware most likely. Just change your (edit PASSWORD and you should be cool.
        Last edited by stocktrader23; 12-06-2011, 06:24 AM.


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        • tony286
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          • Aug 2002
          • 57021

          #5
          Originally posted by Wizzo
          Change the password from "password"...
          actually it was changed three months ago and it was on the complex side.

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          • stocktrader23
            Let's do some business.
            • Jan 2003
            • 18781

            #6
            99.9% chance someone got your password from some other list they bought / stole / hacked online. Once they find out that you were [email protected] with a pass of 12121212 on pornworld.com they try those strings on yahoo, gmail, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc.


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            "I try to make a habit of bouncing my eyes up to the face of a beautiful woman, and often repeat “not mine” in my head or even verbally. She’s not mine. God has her set aside. She’s not mine. She’s His little girl, and she needs me to fight for her by keeping my eyes where they should be."

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            • tony286
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              • Aug 2002
              • 57021

              #7
              Originally posted by stocktrader23
              It has nothing to do with malware most likely. Just change your email address and you should be cool.
              Change the gmail address? Changing the password wouldnt be enough but then there was no weird ip activity and the system was off.

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              • stocktrader23
                Let's do some business.
                • Jan 2003
                • 18781

                #8
                Originally posted by tony286
                actually it was changed three months ago and it was on the complex side.
                Would you use the same password ANYWHERE? Adult membership, adult affiliate program, free tube site or anything mainstream at all?


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                • stocktrader23
                  Let's do some business.
                  • Jan 2003
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by tony286
                  Change the gmail address? Changing the password wouldnt be enough but then there was no weird ip activity and the system was off.


                  Sorry dude, change the password. Fuck I need to wake up.


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                  • tony286
                    lurker
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 57021

                    #10
                    Originally posted by stocktrader23
                    99.9% chance someone got your password from some other list they bought / stole / hacked online. Once they find out that you were [email protected] with a pass of 12121212 on pornworld.com they try those strings on yahoo, gmail, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc.
                    but wouldnt it show a different ip in gmail for activity? THe reason I bring this up it happened once to my mom and it showed an ip from china, this time it shows no strange ip's

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                    • tony286
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                      • Aug 2002
                      • 57021

                      #11
                      Originally posted by stocktrader23


                      Sorry dude, change the password. Fuck I need to wake up.
                      thank you for your help

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                      • Fenris Wolf
                        Confirmed User
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 1061

                        #12
                        I remember when this happened to me. All my business contacts, my lawyer, cpa, et-cetera received an email from me on how to increase their penis size. It was the first and only time I ever logged in on a public wifi. Lesson learned.
                        Email: fenris_wolf3000 (a t ) yah00 . c 0 m

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                        • stocktrader23
                          Let's do some business.
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 18781

                          #13
                          Originally posted by tony286
                          but wouldnt it show a different ip in gmail for activity? THe reason I bring this up it happened once to my mom and it showed an ip from china, this time it shows no strange ip's
                          If they actually logged into Gmail it should. It's possible there is a script out there that lets one use your Gmail credentials to mail from your account without logging in or even a simpler explanation. I'm no pro by far, I've just read about this stuff.

                          Originally posted by tony286
                          thank you for your help
                          No problem. I'd keep an eye on the sent folder but I'd be surprised if it keeps happening. The emails that got sent were probably something like "Hey (friends name), I tried this new diet and it really worked. I figured you might want to read about it."

                          There is a chance you have something on your end but that wouldn't explain the no IP logged in. You said the computer was offline when the email was sent, does it show your IP logged in at that time or just nothing? Should show your IP if they just took over your computer.


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                          "I try to make a habit of bouncing my eyes up to the face of a beautiful woman, and often repeat “not mine” in my head or even verbally. She’s not mine. God has her set aside. She’s not mine. She’s His little girl, and she needs me to fight for her by keeping my eyes where they should be."

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                          • tony286
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                            • Aug 2002
                            • 57021

                            #14
                            Originally posted by stocktrader23
                            If they actually logged into Gmail it should. It's possible there is a script out there that lets one use your Gmail credentials to mail from your account without logging in or even a simpler explanation. I'm no pro by far, I've just read about this stuff.



                            No problem. I'd keep an eye on the sent folder but I'd be surprised if it keeps happening. The emails that got sent were probably something like "Hey (friends name), I tried this new diet and it really worked. I figured you might want to read about it."

                            There is a chance you have something on your end but that wouldn't explain the no IP logged in. You said the computer was offline when the email was sent, does it show your IP logged in at that time or just nothing? Should show your IP if they just took over your computer.
                            I found it a CA ip in gmail at 11pm last night . Changed the password

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