Just have a look on the online version. What happened with Hotmail was that the account was compromised, all the addresses from the contact list and from each email were taken and then used to send spam. Once the spam had been sent the inbox and sentbox were cleared down. You can't tell this if you use outlook or another mail client, only if you log on via a browser.
Adam. PS It was my beancounter whose mailbox was hacked with a "buy an iphone cheap" link message. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 08 January 2010 01:05 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but no virus found. - Number of numbers in MIME From exceeds maximumthreshold - Number of numbers in MIME From exceeds maximum threshold The emails aren't being sent from my account, so it looks like it hacked the address book. I don't know if it hacks it every time it sends or just keeps sending the emails it hacked the first time. --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Adam Buckland <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Adam Buckland <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book, but no virus > found. - Number of numbers in MIME From exceeds maximum threshold > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 6:47 AM > Log in online to yahoo and check, if > you have lost your emails there > then you've been hacked...Change your yahoo password. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: 07 January 2010 04:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address > book,but no virus > found. - Number of numbers in MIME From exceeds maximum > threshold > > The contacts on my yahoo address book received an email > from me at 9:00 > AM today with a spam link on it. I'm guessing it was > from a virus that > read my address book. The problem is that > none of the anti-virus and > anti-malware software programs are reporting any viruses on > my system. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
