Personal computing discussed
TwistedKestrel wrote:There is something new going around that is lifting people's contact lists and spamming everyone within them (addressed as from the owner of the contact list, of course). This even happened to me with my Gmail contacts, which I found somewhat baffling. Does anyone have any idea of what it is?
TwistedKestrel wrote:I probably should have titled this something else, people are probably glossing over this assuming it's another complaint about the forum
cphite wrote:TwistedKestrel wrote:There is something new going around that is lifting people's contact lists and spamming everyone within them (addressed as from the owner of the contact list, of course). This even happened to me with my Gmail contacts, which I found somewhat baffling. Does anyone have any idea of what it is?
Are you certain your gmail account wasn't hacked and someone isn't sending spam as you to everyone on your list?
I'd change your account password, scan your machine for malware, etc.