| Virus Email | SVM211 | 8/25/09 5:20 PM | At 3:50 pm today, Tuesday August 25, 2009, my gmail account started sending out the following email to every email address in my gmail memory. The "To" list was in alphabetical order, 10 names at a time (1st email that went out had 10 email addresses |
| Re: Virus Email | gravi_t | 8/25/09 5:24 PM | Your account was hacked. Do a virus scan of your computer and change your Gmail password. Also check your secondary email and security question -- have they been changed or not. |
| Re: Virus Email | isoo | 8/26/09 4:44 PM | I got the same thing today. The exact same message sent out to all my contacts with my address as the sender. After doing a virus scan, nothing came up. So this is either a gmail issue where our accounts are being exploited/hacked... or some other se |
| Re: Virus Email | gravi_t | 8/26/09 5:02 PM | Read my post above. |
| Re: Virus Email | isoo | 8/27/09 5:39 AM | Well... I did a virus check............ nothing. and as far as the secondary email - nothing. Everything remained as it was. My concern right now is HOW did this happen? and what's preventing my account from being hacked again even if I alter t |
| Re: Virus Email | alfo78 | 8/27/09 3:28 PM | Got the same thing. My PC's are secure MY Virus scanner (Avaast) is up to date and used We only use online GMAIL (technically we have offline via GEARS sync) Email Sent: 28 August 2009 04:48 |
| Re: Virus Email | onennok | 8/27/09 7:14 PM | Same thing just happened to me. It emailed it to everyone in my address book - oddly enough my sent mail folder doesn't say I have sent anything - I only know about it from bounced emails. I have done a scan and my comp is clean and everything is sec |
| Re: Virus Email | maireh | 8/28/09 6:30 AM | I had the same thing happen to me yesterday, Aug 29, 2009. I only knew because I got the returned emails and some of my friends contacted me to say this had happened. Anyone got any ideas how it happened? I have changed all my passwords now just t |
| Re: Virus Email | lisamargreet | 8/31/09 11:29 AM | This also happened to me on Friday 28th August and I've scanned all my PCs and checked for Trojan's etc and nothing. Is anyone doing anything about this? I've changed my passwords etc but I don't seem to be able to find any help about it online. I'm |
| Re: Virus Email | Sarah | 9/1/09 5:11 PM | Hi everyone, as gravi_t suggested, it sounds like someone malicious has gained access to your accounts. Please see the Help Center article below. Click the third link and be sure to follow all of the instructions there to ensure the security of your |
| Re: Virus Email | sara77 | 9/2/09 6:48 PM | happened to me too - 3 times! i reported phishing and changed my password and security stuff. didn't report the header yet but is also recommended. this thing is all over the boards. it's traced from an ip in china. i wonder if it has anything to do |
| Re: Virus Email | juliette93 | 9/4/09 9:10 AM | I've just had the same problem - the first time ever with Gmail. The same email is being sent to my email list (letter reading 'Dear Friend'). I'm trying to follow the instructions here, but would love to know if there is anything else I can do. |
| Re: Virus Email | juliette93 | 9/4/09 9:20 AM | Thanks Google - I was able to find who it was who hacked into my account. I typed in the IP address into a lookup. It's a Wei Wang in Beijing: http://ip-address-lookup-v4.com/lookup.php?ip=115.49.92.227+ |
| Re: Virus Email | jimshrum56 | 11/8/09 11:53 AM | Looks like this issue is not dead yet. I was hit with this just yesterday. |
| Re: Virus Email | raul.holgado | 11/9/09 10:06 AM | I've just had the same problem two hours ago. Like jimshrum56 say, this issue is not dead. In my google account activity there are two suspicious access from the same IP. Browser 123.4.49.109 4:23 pm (2 hours ago) Mobile 123.4.49.109 4:2 |
| Re: Virus Email | gravi_t | 11/9/09 12:41 PM | Read the replies above. |