[dba-Tech] Spammers

Yes!  This happened to me.

Apparently because I had posted my email address on my website, someone
began using my email address.  To keep me from receiving these, I changed a
setting in email parameters on the web site (I don't remember what though),
put my email address behind a link on my site, and change the email address
from dan.waters at promationsystems.com to dan.waters@@@@@promationsystems.com.

HTH,
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 8:10 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Spammers

A friend of mine is receiving "not received" or "rejected" 
emails by the hundreds per week.  I thought her computer was 
probably hijacked and had her bring it over.  After running 
all of my scans I am seeing nothing.

She mentioned that it was her "business email address", and 
that the cable company had "given her a new password".  With 
her computer in hand, I opened Outlook express and see just 
a few personal emails, and no sign of infections etc.

I am now thinking that perhaps someone has hijacked her 
email account assigned by the cable company, and that 
perhaps she uses through a browser (web based email).  If 
that is the case, then her computer is not sending these 
emails, which certainly correlates with what I am seeing on 
her physical machine.

So is it possible for spammers to hijack a browser based 
email and send spam through that without infecting the PC of 
the owner?

-- 
John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com
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