Kregerdoodle Posted February 27, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 27, 2011 DO NOT OEN any email from kw936@hotmail.com.... I did not send it!! I had and or still have a MAL-WARE that is sending out emails..if you get a email from me DELETE IT!!! Sorry if this has got any one!! Kreg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted February 27, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 27, 2011 Sorry you got hit with the bug. I know three other people that got hit and EVERYBODY in their address books is getting spamed to death. Hope you get it killed in short order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1MECH Posted February 27, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 27, 2011 Go to http://www.malwarebytes.org/ and do the free download, should find it an get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dray Posted February 27, 2011 Share #4 Posted February 27, 2011 DO NOT OEN any email from kw936@hotmail.com.... I did not send it!! I had and or still have a MAL-WARE that is sending out emails..if you get a email from me DELETE IT!!! Sorry if this has got any one!! Kreg could you send our buddy squidy a email letting him know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kregerdoodle Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted February 27, 2011 :rotfl:yup!! he so loves those viruses.... he probably got a email.... several people have let me know that they received one.. just hope they didn`t open them.. could you send our buddy squidy a email letting him know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick97spirit Posted February 28, 2011 Share #6 Posted February 28, 2011 Kregerdoodle, I got the same thing a while back. The only way I could make it stop using my email account to send those out was to go in and change my hotmail password. Once I did that, it stopped. That thing has been around the globe for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kregerdoodle Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted February 28, 2011 ok, thanks, I`ll do that!! Kreg Kregerdoodle, I got the same thing a while back. The only way I could make it stop using my email account to send those out was to go in and change my hotmail password. Once I did that, it stopped. That thing has been around the globe for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted February 28, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 28, 2011 Kregerdoodle, I got the same thing a while back. The only way I could make it stop using my email account to send those out was to go in and change my hotmail password. Once I did that, it stopped. That thing has been around the globe for some time. Yup, it may have nothing to do with your computer. There are spamers that will pick an email addy from a free email site like hotmail or yahoo and have their computer just keep trying passwords till they get into your account. They then can send emails to their hearts content. People are more likely to open them since it was actually sent from your account to people that you know. The only thing you can do is to change your password to a strong one that is completely different from the one you had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted February 28, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2011 Yah! TRhose nasty little bugs!! I still gewt an occasional email from JGorom even though he has been deceased for quite some time now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecdoo Posted February 28, 2011 Share #10 Posted February 28, 2011 Kregerdoodle, I got the same thing a while back. The only way I could make it stop using my email account to send those out was to go in and change my hotmail password. Once I did that, it stopped. That thing has been around the globe for some time. :sign yeah that::sign yeah that: Had the same problem, change your password Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidley Posted February 28, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 28, 2011 could you send our buddy squidy a email letting him know I got one from him and knew immediately what it was....Damn Doodle!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted February 28, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 28, 2011 I down loaded email this morning and received about 4 from different sources that just looked 'fishy'. One from a board member. Killed them all...... arghhh!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted February 28, 2011 Share #13 Posted February 28, 2011 I hope you took the time to notify those people. Often they don't even know that they have been infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted February 28, 2011 Share #14 Posted February 28, 2011 I hope you took the time to notify those people. Often they don't even know that they have been infected. Nope... didn't. Maybe I should of, but it's too late now. They're gone..gone..gone.... If this thing acts the way it's been discribed in this thread there's a good chance others have also received the virus email, and perhaps they will send a note. Then again they might not have been infected email at all, and notifying the sender would have set off unnecessary alarms, or... send my email to a fishing POP. I don't need that.... Like I said they looked fishy and not important. Because my business is .com, my email address is available all over the web. I don't need to confirm it with a warning response. Or open that bogus looking imbedded link that the email had..... If the email was important, they'll send it again..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted February 28, 2011 Share #15 Posted February 28, 2011 I've gotten a few over the years from members here and knew that they were likely infected with a virus or Malware. I usually just come here and send them a PM to let them know. Then you are not sending a confirmation email to a possible spammer and they would likely appreciate being notified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted February 28, 2011 Share #16 Posted February 28, 2011 I've gotten a few over the years from members here and knew that they were likely infected with a virus or Malware. I usually just come here and send them a PM to let them know. Then you are not sending a confirmation email to a possible spammer and they would likely appreciate being notified. Probably should have done that, but the member was outnumbered and didn't think of it. Maybe next time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted February 28, 2011 Share #17 Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) I didnt realize people were still using hotmail....it has had a rep for junk mail for years.... I'd migrate that stuff to gmail...and yes, I realize ANY mail service can get hacked or phished. But so far, gmail (google mail) seems to be pretty secure and spam-free. Plus you can use the calendars and contacts feature to synch all your devices. Its pretty cool. I change or add a contact on my iphone, and since its synched with gmail, in a couple minutes the same change or addition appears on my ipad and my google acct online. And if I accidentally delete a contact, I can go to the gmail website and recover a contact deleted in the last 30 days. You can easily export all your contacts from hotmail to gmail, and notify all (or some) of your contacts that you have a new address. http://www.techspot.com/news/33519-gmail-to-overtake-hotmail-by-end-of-2009.html http://lifehacker.com/#!5564776 http://www.ehow.com/how_5898499_rid-hotmail-virus.html Edited February 28, 2011 by tx2sturgis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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