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Mlox42
Master Baiter
Joined: 25 Apr 2009
Posts: 184
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:12 pm |
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This e-mail is unrelated to baiting, not even on the same provider. Baiting e-mails are gmail, this one is hotmail.
Anyway, I logged in today after about a week, and I saw tons of bounces and e-mails from people I didn't recognize. I checked my sent folder and saw e-mails that had a .zip file attached sent to these people.
Most of the e-mail said "Don't bug me" others resorted to some very harsh curse words.
Now I've changed my password, done virus scans and found nothing. How would someone gain access to my e-mail? The only people who know it are family and friends but even then I'm not stupid enough to give out a password.
Its not on any website nor do I use it to sign up for websites either. |
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Vampiremerchant
Baiting Guru
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Posts: 3227
Location: Scotland
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:22 pm |
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Is it possible that you have filled in a request from say hotmail telling you that they need to check your details ?
It sounds as If you have been phished, you have done the right thing in changing your Password.
I am presuming that only you knew the PW for that account. |
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Impstress
Master Baiter
Joined: 06 Jan 2011
Posts: 106
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:23 pm |
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Two Thoughts, Did you set up a mail forwarding to your RL mailbox?? I use them to moniter my 14 year old sisters Email and generally have all my RL emails in one mailbox.
2. Did you send ASEM's from your RL box without realizing it?
I would suggest just to change your Email . And check in every now and then. Let all those who need to know , know that you changed it |
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Pastor Frank
Baiting Guru
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 12237
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:25 pm |
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@ Vampiremerchant, Amen.
I assume you are using some variant of Windows.
Edited for a post in between Vampiremerchant and me. |
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Vampiremerchant
Baiting Guru
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Posts: 3227
Location: Scotland
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:29 pm |
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Pastor Frank
Baiting Guru
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 12237
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:31 pm |
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I was asking Mlox42 . |
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Otterfan
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 2481
Location: UK -- land of otters and non-otters
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:34 pm |
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Mlox42 wrote: |
Now I've changed my password |
Change any security password-recovery questions/settings, too. |
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Impstress
Master Baiter
Joined: 06 Jan 2011
Posts: 106
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Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:38 pm |
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Otterfan wrote: |
Mlox42 wrote: |
Now I've changed my password |
Change any security password-recovery questions/settings, too. |
Good call... You can never be to careful |
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Mlox42
Master Baiter
Joined: 25 Apr 2009
Posts: 184
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Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:46 pm |
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To answer the windows question, I use XP home edition.
Nope, I have never sent any ASEMs from that account, I don't delete stuff out of my send folder and the last thing sent before the wave of messages that had a .zip file on it, was 3 weeks before and that was something to do with my work.
As for mail forwarding, I wouldn't even know how to do that to be honest.
As for security questions took care of that when I changed password. |
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bill2
Baiting Guru
Joined: 10 Sep 2006
Posts: 5495
Location: Yeah who can tell me where I am?
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Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:03 pm |
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As for mail forwarding, I wouldn't even know how to do that to be honest. |
Billy G will sometimes do that for you, usually when you least expect it.
I deleted Outlook, changed to Mozilla’s Thunderbird and made it impossible to send directly from my computer. All out-going mail goes through a Google or similar account only.
Make a new email account and use that only for RL online only. |
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