Please read Newton's Law:
Steve
> Hello to all, The key thing I have noted lately is when a person's e-mail is
> hacked there is (no subject) in the subject. There are two main types of
> hacking, the first someone discovers your e-mail password and send from you
> e-mail, this is easy to fix with a new password. I have used roboform for
> years and I have over 100 passwords, it really helps. The second type they
> just make it look like it came from your e-mail, but there is nothing in your
> sent box. This is embarassing, no one will intentionally send something like
> that on the list. If your password is weak add characters and read what the
> famous Mr. Newton has to say:
> Please read... this is important:
>
> There have been an increasing number of times over the past 6 months where
> spammers have signed up to email lists or managed to hack into mail list
> email
> accounts and thus making you a victim of this rapidly increasing spamming
> method.
>
> Here's how and what happens and how to prevent you falling for this:
> ===================================================================
>
> A spammer hacks into your email account and uses it to send spam to your
> entire
> address book making it look like YOU have sent the spam.
>
> It is usually selling phony Viagra, other drugs, promoting porn sites or a
> "make money fast" scam, ALL of which are skillfully designed to part you with
> your hard earned money.
>
> If you have a fairly sizable address list the spammer will break up the list
> and send a number of different messages to cover your entire address book
> without raising undue suspicion.
>
> You won't probably know anything about this until it is too late or until
> someone advises you about the phony messages sent under your name, apparently
> by you.
>
> HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS AND STOP IT:
> =================================
>
> Once you become aware of this, you need to immediately sign in to your
> account,
> if you still can, and change to a secure password ASAP! The spammers usually
> don't change your password because they don't want to raise your suspicions
> that anything is out of the ordinary. They will keep coming back and send
> more
> spam under your name until YOU stop them!
>
> See below for what is secure for a new password.
>
> I suggest you immediately advise everyone in your email address book.
>
> Look in your SENT mail... you will likely see everyone who got the messages.
> You will probably receive bounced returns as well. If those returns were all
> out of your address book, you can bet the spammer sent to every one of them, a
> few at a time so as not to raise your ISP's suspicions with a pile of outgoing
> identical emails!
>
> You ask... how did they find your password? My bet is they did a dictionary
> attack. Was your password a small 6-8 character common word? You are one of
> many who has had this problem in the past few months.
>
> I'd give your friends a "heads up"... remember the spammer now has ALL their
> addresses and you can bet they'll be doing dictionary attacks on them as well.
> If you don't change your password, they'll be back with more spam.
> Change it to something secure from a dictionary attack... use something like:-
>
> apple*sauce other symbols are also good~^+=|
>
> Two words separated by a symbol is secure (but don't use my example!).
>
> Oh yes... If you haven't had this happen to you, AND you still use a weak
> password on your email account, then it is only a matter of time before a
> spammer rolls you over! They love email accounts because they usually lead to
> a pile of email address that they can use to send their drivel to.
>
> Go to your email account NOW WHILE YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
>
> CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD TO SOMETHING SECURE!
>
> I've written about this before recently, and people who ignored my warning
> have
> since been taken by the spammers... you can bet there will be more!
>
> ... Graham Newton
>
>
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