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Offline oblabs

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"stolen" email addresses
« on: July 12, 2010, 01:44:57 PM »
I have received a few "no subject" emails that were suspicious so I deleted them. The emails had only a link in them; no text. Those addresses were from lists I'm on. Now my friend Ken has had his email address used (he is not on any of my lists) & he will be looking here for help to get rid of the bug. I will send him the tutorial but is there something common going around?
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Re: "stolen" email addresses
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 08:05:13 PM »
It could be just random spam email. I have been getting spammed similarly from time to time and just delete them. They might have harvested your email address somewhere online. Nothing can be done for most of these spammers who just post a link in them. Can't even unsubscribe since they are not really legitimate emails.
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Re: "stolen" email addresses
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 10:17:40 PM »
They are from email addresses I know, but the people (who have the email addresses) did not send them. I thought they had a "bug" in their computers. I got 5 emails from 3 addresses I know in the last 2 weeks or so. The ones from same address(es) were several hours apart.
Thasnks very much!
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KV  HP Media Center PC model m7060n     
  Memory Installed 1 GB (2 x 512) 
Speed supported PC3200 MB/sec
Type 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAM
DIMM slots Four -Open DIMM slots Two
HD= 200 GB SATA 7200 rpm
  TV tuner card with FM tuner
Sound/Audio
 Integrated Intel High Definition (TM) audio (Azalia)
    Realtek ALC 880 chipset
    THX certification support      8-channels for Full Dolby 5.1/6.1/7.1 surround sound support with Dolby Pro Logic IIx      Dolby 5.1

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Re: "stolen" email addresses
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2010, 08:14:21 PM »
They might have been infected with some sort of malware. I have a few users who are having similar issues where they sent me spam links without their knowledge.
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Re: "stolen" email addresses
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2010, 09:55:31 PM »
That's what I suspected. Hopefully your tutorial at  http://www.greyknight17.com/spyware.php  will help get rid of the problem.
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KV  HP Media Center PC model m7060n     
  Memory Installed 1 GB (2 x 512) 
Speed supported PC3200 MB/sec
Type 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAM
DIMM slots Four -Open DIMM slots Two
HD= 200 GB SATA 7200 rpm
  TV tuner card with FM tuner
Sound/Audio
 Integrated Intel High Definition (TM) audio (Azalia)
    Realtek ALC 880 chipset
    THX certification support      8-channels for Full Dolby 5.1/6.1/7.1 surround sound support with Dolby Pro Logic IIx      Dolby 5.1
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