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Google Fixes Spam Bug in Gmail By Juan Carlos Perez September 19, 2008 IDG News Service Gmail users may have noticed a recent spike in spam clogging their inbox, but Google says it has fixed the problem. *Click on the Link below to view. http://www.cio.com/article/450230/Google_Fixes_Spam_Bug_in_Gmail --- In [email protected], Holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, folks. Once again, the main problem stated was not that they stole > my address, that happens all the time. This time it is my address book. > They sent the same message advertising some kind of service under my address > using my address book to send it to everyone in it. Your responses don't > seem to address this problem. I'm concerned because all of these people > will possibly have their spam protector snag my "real" mail and I won't be > able to contact them. I was also concerned with the possibility it was a > virus since another forum I'm on told me that my thought that using an > online email program didn't mean that I couldn't be infected but that > everything that I can view on my screen goes to my computer. (Not sure how > that goes.) > > Well, I copied all the addresses where the spam was sent and deleted the > messages themselves. This morning I received a response from gmail stating > that if it happens again there's a button next to the Repy link and I should > click on it and report it that way. Good thing to know for the future. > > Is there anything you all can think of that I can do to "recover my > reputation" from spam protectors other than changing my address? > > Holly > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Martha <eaglegroups- [EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > What has happened is someone is 'spoofing' your email address and sending > > spam. There isn't much you can do except delete the 'bounced' emails. This > > happens to just about everyone eventually if you use the same email address > > for any length of time. Usually it happens for awhile and then quits as the > > malware sending the spoofs goes on to someone else's email address. > > > > One way this can happen is if someone you know has a compromised (spyware > > infected) computer, the malware will use that computer to send out emails, > > using the spoofed email addresses. > > > > This is just one of the many reasons computer owners need to make sure they > > have no spyware on their computers. > > > > Email spoofing: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing > > > > Your account is not hacked, but to be on the safe side you can change your > > password. > > > > > > Martha > > http://www.marthas-web.com/ > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Holly > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:54 PM > > To: a-1-computer_tech > > Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Look what happened to me > > > > Help! This is what my Gmail inbox looked like tonight. I'm showing the > > messages in spam because that's where I sent them but I don't know what to > > do about it. It looks like someone grabbed my gmail account and send > > messages to some of my address book. Is that what it looks like to you. I > > know I shouldn't write to the people who received these messages because > > that would maybe exacerbate the problem, but what should I do? > > > > God knows how many other such messages went out because the only way I know > > about it is that some of the addresses bounced. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > > feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post > > personal issues directly to the group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > View all my websites from http://www.hollyscloset.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
