Not sure how it happened, but it appears my email was hacked last night and at about 4am about 100 people on my contact list got a spam/virus email from me.
I even did a full AVG sweep last night on both my laptop and my phone as well as an anti Malware scan.So, should anyone get a mail from me today, just delete it please
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
You should always have at least 1 special character in your password, and 1 capital
##doggychockS
steve??R
filipinO!uk
The problem in some sites do not allow special characters, in that case you put a series of random letters/numbers at the end of your password that you can remember
doggychockSqwerty
steveR1999
filipinOukzxc
Keith - Administrator
I have a capital letter and a number, but no special character, I will change my password again I think.
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sounds like a keylogger, or brute force attack
Brute force attacks don't usually do special characters, they have much easier targets.Originally Posted by joebloggs
Keith - Administrator
My friend in the States mailed me, she also got the email. She said she had the same from some friend of hers back a while, she said it was something to do with Facebook. That sort of struck a note, as yesterday, I downloaded the messenger thing from Facebook. I will dump it tonight when i get home. Maybe coincidence....
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Thanks Steve
Having just opened my email account for the first time today, I discovered the link you've mentioned ... and - in the light of your alert - promptly got rid of it, as duly directed.
Was it Yahoomail Steve ?
From my hotmail Ded
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Steve - I had something similar happen last year with a seldom used 10 year old Yahoo.com address - someone got into the address book and started sending out spam, it went on for a few months until a friend told me. I changed password and deleted the address book
I changed my password already. I hope that keeps it out
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yes steve i received the email from you too, but you know how i am i dont open or reply to them for days, as alan knows too well
Just delete steveyes steve i received the email from you too, but you know how i am i dont open or reply to them for days, as alan knows too well
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roughly how many characters long was your password Steve ?
9 with a capital and number within it.
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