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In response to
"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"
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James Bond (aka Igor)
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Could be a virus, but they don't actually even need to have been hacked. It's simple to fake the From address.
Posted by
Ender (aka Ender)
Sep 15 '10, 08:21
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Though that's more common when it's your address in the from line since you get the bounced e-mails back. If they're coming from people you actually know then the person could have gotten a virus, or it could also be that a mutual friend got a virus and it's using a name from their address book for the From address and sending it to everybody in the mutual friends address book.
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