[Computer Security Group] Re: e-mail account has been hijacked

 

--- In computersecurity@yahoogroups.com, "Jed Allsop" <jmonroe13@...> wrote:
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> How would I know if I have a keylogger?

You may not be able to find out if you have a keylogger. Malwarebytes' might be able to pick it up. But if you've scanned for spyware/viruses and such and nothing comes up and you are still having issues after changing the password then you can't really trust anything. The best thing to do would be to backup your documents and wipe the drive. The average script kiddie has sufficient knowledge to hide keyloggers, RATs, trojans, viruses, etc from your antivirus and antispyware programs. You could spend days and days scanning with all kinds of tools and still not find it and get rid of it. I've been working on computers a long time and I use to think anything could be cleaned off no matter what but that's not true. Once a system has been compromised you can't completely trust anything on it.

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> --- In computersecurity@yahoogroups.com, "toseewhathecouldsee" <jmonroe13@> wrote:
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> > My e-mail account has been hijacked and all sorts of e-mails are being sent to friends, and some of my yahoo groups. I have changed my password for my internet provider, outlook express password, yahoo password, but they just seem to keep coming. I have run norton antivirus software, superantispyware, adaware, but the messages still seem to keep being sent.
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> > What can I do to resolve this problem?
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> > Thank you,
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> > Jed
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> If you've changed the password on everything and it keeps happening you may have a keylogger. If you change the password the new one will be sent to the attacker. May need to do a minimal backup of only what you absolutely need to keep and wipe the drive.
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