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Re: [LUG] OT: Spam from Yahoo and Hotmail

 

Julian Hall wrote:
> On 27/06/2010 21:20, Dave Foxcroft wrote:
>
> I've had three or four friends have their Hotmail accounts compromised
> as well.  Identical scenario - spam url which I know instantly they
> didn't send.

Do you know what malware grabbed the passwords?

I'm fairly sure it is malware - but the trouble is the kind of folks who
remember exactly what they did to their computer and can report it
confidently are the kind whose machines get owned less frequently.

 Simon

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