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  1. 05-08-2003, 04:39 PM #1
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    Hijacked Email address.....

    My wife just received a email from my email address with a ".exe" file attached. I DID NOT SEND IT TO HER. It did disabled her Norton AV system works. It came with my "email name" NOT my real name, which I have my email set up to do. (at least I thought I do, going to check after this post)

    Has someone hacked my system or my email address?

    HOW do I trace it back to whom did this??? Wife deleted the email, (yeah I know she shouldn't have)

    I have sent email to all my contacts not to accept anything from me with that name or .exe files attached.

    Need some help here !!! Never had anything happen like this before.

    ALL ADVICE WELCOMED!!!!

    Thanks
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  2. 05-08-2003, 05:03 PM #2
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    you can view ALL HEADERS then see the gateways and servers it went passed by before your wife received it

    if you deleted the message you wont be able to do that anymore

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  3. 05-08-2003, 05:11 PM #3
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    She deleted it after I told her it wasn't from me. I know she shouldn't have but....... better safe than sorry!!

    I have contacted my ISP and notified them of what going on. Several friends have said that they will forward it back to me if they get one. SO I still may get the chance to find them.

    Thanks Allgamer.
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  4. 05-08-2003, 05:38 PM #4
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    Rite now you should run an updated av scan just in case and maybe a trojan scanner as well

    http://swatit.org/download.html since that executable may give the hacker his way in.
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  5. 05-08-2003, 06:49 PM #5
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    Similar Problem

    I have a similar problem with hijacked email. my yahoo mail account, that i've had for 5 years now, recently recieves strange messages. I get a few emails from people asking me to remove them from my list, some people very irate. one had attached the email that "I" had sent, an ad for some porn not surprisingly. I see in the from header my email address, but of course I didnt send it. the first time i got one of these "REMOVE ME" emails, I ran virus scan on full and came up empty. Ran adaware and found a couple things that I can't remember now. I use web email like yahoo because I try not to be a target for spammers.


    Anyone have any idea how they (spammers) use my email address in their from header?

    Anyone have suggestions on action to take besides close that email address? (I had it first, why should I give it up)
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  6. 05-08-2003, 07:20 PM #6
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    DOnt know how they do it. But I do know they can send a email that looks like it comes from any email address they want.
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  7. 05-08-2003, 08:54 PM #7
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    that's call mail Spoffing

    and it's the simplest thing to do

    even a kid can do it

    ok make that a smart kid

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  8. 05-08-2003, 09:05 PM #8
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    Originally posted by AllGamer
    that's call mail Spoffing

    and it's the simplest thing to do

    even a kid can do it

    ok make that a smart kid

    Can you explain a little ?
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  9. 05-08-2003, 11:26 PM #9
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    well obviously it can be done, otherwise i wouldnt have the problem. any ideas on how to UNdo it? or should i just wait a few years until they pick some other poor sap to spoof?
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  10. 05-09-2003, 02:09 AM #10
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    I have ran Noton System works and updated Norton AV...Nothing

    Ran Trojan Remover....nothing

    Reinstalled Norton System Works on my wifes system and updated and ran full system scan...nothing. Her system seem to be fine now.

    I'm going to run that SWAT IT trojan program that RangerAl gave me a link to and see if I can find something there.

    Haven't run Adaware, yet, but will as soon as I finish posting this.

    Thanks guys. Just hope they try it again so I can "hopefully" trace it back and catch the BAST......S


    Thanks
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  11. 05-09-2003, 01:13 PM #11
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    You can waste a lot of time trying to catch that loser. I've recieved probably hundreds of virus mail and other nasty grams. I just delete them and get on with life. I don't use any AV programs but do run a firewall. My ISP provider now handles AV and spam quite effeciently. I probably don't even need a firewall anymore. And honestly I have never infected any computer I owned with a viris or worm that I know about since I first got on line way back in 1991.
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  12. 05-09-2003, 02:30 PM #12
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    I get spam from myself all the time
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  13. 05-09-2003, 03:35 PM #13
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    Originally posted by sm8000
    I get spam from myself all the time
    LOL

    you sure are a Masorquist

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  14. 05-09-2003, 04:06 PM #14
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    Originally posted by sm8000
    I get spam from myself all the time
    Well quit sending spam then.
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  15. 05-09-2003, 04:15 PM #15
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    Well I ran "Swat it" my both my wifes and my systems...nothing.
    So I have no viruses and no trojans any where. I also ran Adaware and cleaned out a few cookies too.

    I did get a message from my ISP and they said that they can't do much about it. They suggested that I change my email address. I really don't want to go through that mess again. So I'm not emailing anything to anyone for about a week and see if anything comes up. Everyone has been instructed to forward anything that come to them from me back to me.

    Oh well...

    Thanks guys!!!
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