Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

[Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>]

On 10/13/2015 02:02 AM, Stuart Longland wrote:
> On 13/10/15 18:22, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 01:54:53AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > It's a popular client to spoof too.
> >
> > > I'm just saying that there is a possible bot running and the chances
> > > are it's running in a windows environment, maybe even in a v-box,
> > > just a thought.
> >
> > If I were the bot programmer, this would be the first thing I'd try to spoof.
>
> Depending on the bot programmer, they probably send an email to
> themselves using Outlook Express then view the message source and paste
> that into their code.

Stuart actually the owned computer sends the emails, it's all done in 
the background, the box needs to be scanned with a bootable cd so the 
virus can't write back to it. This is the one I used to use before I 
retired https://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/rescue-cd
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Jimmy Johnson

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