ST Alpha - "When someone gets their e-mail hacked (and sends out spam), is that because that person clicked on something they shouldn't have or did some bot guess" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 151

When someone gets their e-mail hacked (and sends out spam), is that because that person clicked on something they shouldn't have or did some bot guess

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Sep 15 '10, 08:17

their password? I got a few of those spam e-mails from friends lately. So I am just wondering if I should increase the number of characters in my password.

Responses:

Could be a virus, but they don't actually even need to have been hacked. It's simple to fake the From address. - Ender Sep 15, 08:21
Maybe, but it's far more likely that their email address is simply being faked -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:19 2
- But how does it get access to the address book then? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 15, 08:21 1
  - in that case it is most likely a virus -- nm - decline Sep 15, 08:34

Post a message top

When someone gets their e-mail hacked (and sends out spam), is that because that person clicked on something they shouldn't have or did some bot guess

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.