General Windows Bot/Spam question.

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I received a spam message from an acquaintance's aol email account today and emailed him to let him know his PC might be compromised. He answered back that his main machine is a Mac but he did turn on his PC on Sunday to send out an email. Is it possible it came from his PC even though he last had it on 3 days ago? Dave
 

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HP Envy 17
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
i7
Memory
8gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 5850
No Dave
You got spoofed. The spammers steal email addresses and then send out spam making it appear that the email was sent by another.
They also can get into your email, with the password and actually send from your email, but not from your computer if it was not on.
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Email-Spoofing.html
 

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Dell XPS 420
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Windows 10, Home Clean Install
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Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
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Dell
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ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
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Dell SP2009W 20"
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I see. It was just strange since we hadn't emailed each other in over 7 years and I don't even have him in my address book on my new system. Thanks for the info! Dave
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Envy 17
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
i7
Memory
8gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 5850
His address book was stolen too
He went to someplace like facebook (dont know if its true with facebook, probably isn't)
and everyone in his book gets spam. Some sites actually steal the names in your address book
Not quite the same as spoofing, but not sent from his computer

Happy Holidays my friend.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS 420
OS
Windows 10, Home Clean Install
CPU
Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
Motherboard
Dell
Memory
6 gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Sound Card
Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell SP2009W 20"
Hard Drives
640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
Cooling
Fan
Keyboard
Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse
Dell Premium Optical USB
Internet Speed
DSL 2.85
Happy Holidays to you too, Rich. Dave
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Envy 17
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
i7
Memory
8gb
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 5850
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