Hi Jim, I don't know if this is of any worth to you, but many years ago someone told me to keep from having 'bots' take your address book, make the first entry a number instead of a name, a number like 1000. Bots cannot read numbers. I did that and although I have been on some shaky websites knowing full well it was not a safe website, I have not had my address book compromised...don't know if it has prevented hijacking or not, but it hasn't done any harm either...every time I export my address book to another mail program, the #1000 goes too... Carol > Today's Topics: > > 1. hijacked address book (JIM HOPE) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:39:26 -0500 > From: JIM HOPE <jehope1@rogers.com> > Subject: [GN] hijacked address book > To: Gen-Newbie@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4F09F0EE.3070501@rogers.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hey folks should you get a strange email from me, I did not send it. I > have just had my address book hijacked and before I knew it hundreds of > strange messages had been sent out. Hopefully no one opens them or > clicks on the URL contained in them. > All seems to be well now, but, I have had to change all my > passwords on email and have run Malwarebytes and found one offending > file that I have deleted now and the computer is clear. This is the > first time I have ever had this happen so be aware should it happen to > you, change the passwords for your email and run both a virus and > malware scan to be safe. > -- > * Jim Hope* > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:52:58 -0500 > From: ETM <etm1935@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [GN] hijacked address book > To: JIM HOPE <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <17952526.20120108145258@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 > > Thanks for letting us know, Jim, and for telling > us how to get out of the problem if we encounter > it. For your information, you have a lot of > company out there. I think those of us who have > managed to avoid being a hijack victim have been > very lucky. > > Elaine > > One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, > floor..... > > Hello JIM > > On Sunday, January 8, 2012, you wrote > >> Hey folks should you get a strange email from >> me, I did not send it. I >> have just had my address book hijacked and >> before I knew it hundreds of >> strange messages had been sent out. Hopefully no one opens them or >> clicks on the URL contained in them. >> All seems to be well now, but, I have had to change all my >> passwords on email and have run Malwarebytes >> and found one offending >> file that I have deleted now and the computer is clear. This is the >> first time I have ever had this happen so be >> aware should it happen to >> you, change the passwords for your email and run both a virus and >> malware scan to be safe. > > >

It may be that is works for some but my &0000!!! at the start of my address book did not stop things, maybe I will try your 1000 and see if that does it. I have had the &0000!!! for years and thought it protected me............BG * Jim Hope* On 09/01/2012 12:29 PM, Lorac wrote: > Hi Jim, I don't know if this is of any worth to you, but many years ago > someone told me to keep from having 'bots' take your address book, make > the first entry a number instead of a name, a number like 1000. Bots cannot > read numbers. I did that and although I have been on some shaky websites > knowing full well it was not a safe website, I have not had my address book > compromised...don't know if it has prevented hijacking or not, but it > hasn't done any harm either...every time I export my address book to another > mail program, the #1000 goes too... > > Carol > > > >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. hijacked address book (JIM HOPE) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:39:26 -0500 >> From: JIM HOPE<jehope1@rogers.com> >> Subject: [GN] hijacked address book >> To: Gen-Newbie@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID:<4F09F0EE.3070501@rogers.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Hey folks should you get a strange email from me, I did not send it. I >> have just had my address book hijacked and before I knew it hundreds of >> strange messages had been sent out. Hopefully no one opens them or >> clicks on the URL contained in them. >> All seems to be well now, but, I have had to change all my >> passwords on email and have run Malwarebytes and found one offending >> file that I have deleted now and the computer is clear. This is the >> first time I have ever had this happen so be aware should it happen to >> you, change the passwords for your email and run both a virus and >> malware scan to be safe. >> -- >> * Jim Hope* >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:52:58 -0500 >> From: ETM<etm1935@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [GN] hijacked address book >> To: JIM HOPE<gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID:<17952526.20120108145258@gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 >> >> Thanks for letting us know, Jim, and for telling >> us how to get out of the problem if we encounter >> it. For your information, you have a lot of >> company out there. I think those of us who have >> managed to avoid being a hijack victim have been >> very lucky. >> >> Elaine >> >> One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, >> floor..... >> >> Hello JIM >> >> On Sunday, January 8, 2012, you wrote >> >>> Hey folks should you get a strange email from >>> me, I did not send it. I >>> have just had my address book hijacked and >>> before I knew it hundreds of >>> strange messages had been sent out. Hopefully no one opens them or >>> clicks on the URL contained in them. >>> All seems to be well now, but, I have had to change all my >>> passwords on email and have run Malwarebytes >>> and found one offending >>> file that I have deleted now and the computer is clear. This is the >>> first time I have ever had this happen so be >>> aware should it happen to >>> you, change the passwords for your email and run both a virus and >>> malware scan to be safe. >> >> > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >