My contact list has been used yesterday evening to send this "Dear
friend" e-mail (se below). I've changed my password for google this
morning, but I would still like to now the source to my trouble.
Can this be related to a facebook "competition app" ?
Do you have other recommendations?
Best regards
Jan Irgens
The mail:
"Dear friend:
www.dlusd.com I am glad to meet you in this way,I hope the information will be
helpful.
we have done this business for years,many customers all over the
world have ever dealed with us,so we are now in good reputaion.we
always believe that:trust comes first.
We are a wholesale company selling laptops,digital
cameras,camcorders,videos,GPS,mobile
phones,mp4,game console and many other electronic products ,
We promise high quality and good price .
wholesale can enjoy more discount! During the Labor Day ,here we
provide a sell promotion.The period is within ten days , and price is
the lowest ,welcome to join us ,we'll offer the best service!
No matter your order is large or small.
Welcome to login on our website:
www.dlusd.com Please contact us if you are interested in our goods or if you have
some problems.
our e-mail is mail: [email address]
MSN: [email address]
sorry for bothering you!"
1. Check whether the sent copy of this message is in your Sent or
Trash. If it is, changing your password is a good option.
2. If not, your email address has simply been spoofed to spam others,
a common phenomenon.
3. If the spam has gone to *all* or *most* contacts in your contact
list, then either
a. you are using a desktop email client, and your system is infected,
or
b. these contacts, along with you, are in some public group or fora
with publicly accessible addresses
4. If the spam has been received by just one or two of your contacts,
it is either
a. a simple coincidence (or 3b), or
b. just another spam 'doing the rounds' of your network or across the
globe
Ensure that neither you, nor any contacts you know, click any links in
such spam messages, nor reply, or try to flame the spammer's address
in any way, even using third-party tools or services.
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I've also had this same issue recently. A message was apparently sent
from her email address to every single entry in her contacts,
including one for each of multiple email entries for individuals.
After some research, I'm still a little perplexed as to what could
have occurred. It seemed particularly strange that I found very few
other reports of this (though varied text in the message could make it
hard to track).
I've done extensive scanning for viruses with multiple programs. The
only things found were the following: SPYWARE_TRAK_WINTECTIVE and
ADW_TRYMEDIA.AB. It's possible that the first could have resulted in
the compromising of my wife's gmail account, but they both seem to be
relatively low risk.
The text of the aforementioned message follows:
Dear friends:
We are wholesale company which can offer you laptops, digital
cameras, videos, GPS，cell phone, mp4, game console and many other
electron products. We can offer you both highest quality products and
best price. Also we could give you favorable discount if you order
more. All of our products are brand new and original; if you need any
help, please contact us.
Site: www.$ty$h0p.c0m
MSN: $ty.$h0p@[email address]
E-mail: $ty.$h0p@[email address]
As far as neutralizing any further threat, I've changed all passwords,
ceased having browsers remember passwords, and as mentioned before
I've scanned our laptop extensively.
If anyone has suggestions or information regarding this incident, they
would be greatly appreciated.
Sadly enough, this happenned to me too this morning.
I did change my password and scanned the whole computer and found
nothing...I'm kind of puzzled but this issue.
I'm pasting here the mails content for further reference and I'm
hoping to sort it out quickly.
Dear friends:
We are wholesale company which can offer you laptops, digital
cameras, videos, GPS，cell phone, mp4, game console and many other
electron products. We can offer you both highest quality products and
best price. Also we could give you favorable discount if you order
more. All of our products are brand new and original; if you need any
help, please contact us.
Site: www.trade-cm.com MSN: [email address]
E-mail: [email address]
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