Be sure to change your email password so they can't access your account again. J Asche On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Christine Benson <christinebenson313@btinternet.com> wrote: > Many thanks for your email George. I hope you are right and I hope no one is > taken in. > > Christine > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Elting > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 11:29 AM > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Have I been Hacked? > > It's also possible that the spammers just used your email address as the > from/and or the reply to address... this kind of mail doesn't need to come > from your system, just one that has your address... > > -----Original Message----- > From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christine Benson > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 3:08 AM > To: Computer Mailing List > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Have I been Hacked? > > Hi All, > > I may have been hit by a hacker and I would appreciate some advice. I have > received about 200 bounced emails, i.e. emails returned to me purporting to > have come from me but couldn't be delivered because of a problem with the > address. I didn't send them and they are not in my sent box and they are of > the type "I am stranded and need money". But they don't appear to be using > my contact list as I have checked on a few and they have received nothing > untoward from me. But if 200 odd bounced how many got through and can I do > anything about them when I don't know where they have gone. > > I have changed my password and done a scan and am about to do a full scan. > > What else can I and should I do. > > Any advice on what I should do or info on what has happened would be much > appreciated. > > Christine > > I am on Windows7 and Windows Live Mail backed up by Yahoo. I am normally > very careful about emails purporting to be from BT as many of them are > actually from fred.bloggs, say, and I also check on the link I am being > sent to before I click it in case that is duff. The emails are not in my > sent box either on Yahoo or Windows Live Mail. I don't want to change my > email provider as I am used to this system and normally don't have > problems. > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm sorry I meant to say: Be sure to change your password OFTEN. I should never type before coffee. On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:56 AM, JLA <jasche45133@gmail.com> wrote: > Be sure to change your email password so they can't access your account again. > > J Asche > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Christine Benson > <christinebenson313@btinternet.com> wrote: >> Many thanks for your email George. I hope you are right and I hope no one is >> taken in. >> >> Christine >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: George Elting >> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 11:29 AM >> To: computers@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Have I been Hacked? >> >> It's also possible that the spammers just used your email address as the >> from/and or the reply to address... this kind of mail doesn't need to come >> from your system, just one that has your address... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christine Benson >> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 3:08 AM >> To: Computer Mailing List >> Subject: [COMPUTERS] Have I been Hacked? >> >> Hi All, >> >> I may have been hit by a hacker and I would appreciate some advice. I have >> received about 200 bounced emails, i.e. emails returned to me purporting to >> have come from me but couldn't be delivered because of a problem with the >> address. I didn't send them and they are not in my sent box and they are of >> the type "I am stranded and need money". But they don't appear to be using >> my contact list as I have checked on a few and they have received nothing >> untoward from me. But if 200 odd bounced how many got through and can I do >> anything about them when I don't know where they have gone. >> >> I have changed my password and done a scan and am about to do a full scan. >> >> What else can I and should I do. >> >> Any advice on what I should do or info on what has happened would be much >> appreciated. >> >> Christine >> >> I am on Windows7 and Windows Live Mail backed up by Yahoo. I am normally >> very careful about emails purporting to be from BT as many of them are >> actually from fred.bloggs, say, and I also check on the link I am being >> sent to before I click it in case that is duff. The emails are not in my >> sent box either on Yahoo or Windows Live Mail. I don't want to change my >> email provider as I am used to this system and normally don't have >> problems. >> >> >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. >> >> This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks. Once bitten . . . ! -----Original Message----- From: JLA Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:57 PM To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Have I been Hacked? I'm sorry I meant to say: Be sure to change your password OFTEN. I should never type before coffee. On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:56 AM, JLA <jasche45133@gmail.com> wrote: > Be sure to change your email password so they can't access your account > again. > > J Asche >