If her mac was off at the time it was sent, it's a forged email. If it was sent via her gmail account, then her gmail account may have been hacked, especially if it went to everyone in her mailing list.
It's extremely unlikely that her mac was involved at all. To determine what happened, I would need to see the full headers of the suspect email. I'd need to see the full source of the entire email to see if any virus was attached, but I'll wager not, this is garden-variety spam, from the looks of it. And it's not much of a scam, if they're selling an iPad 2 for about $100 off...:-/ On Mar 18, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: > G'day listers > > My daughter, who uses Lion on an iMac, has inadvertently sent the following > email to everyone on her address book. > > Undoubtably it's a virus, but can anyone tell me if it's got any background > processes that might be dangerous, and how she came to send it? > > The send time was when her iMac was turned off. > > Regards > > Santa > > THE EMAIL > > Hi: > I just ordered an (apple ipad 2 3g+wifi 64gb) from this website (link > removed, but it's 'hk-sinceritycommerce.com') last week, and have got it > today,it's brand new and genuine.i love it so much, i paid 478USD (courier > cost is included) ,the delivery is fast and the customers service is > excellent. i am willing to share this good experience with you, if you want > to get it, hurry up ! > best regards > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
