spyware detection

[foampile]

my Yahoo passwd got stolen twice in the last week and someone sent out SPAM from my account. my suspicion is that it is some keystroke sequence spyware kind of deal... never happened to me before on Windows

what are the best ways to protect myself in F16?

thanks

[secipolla]

Someone may have pretended to have been using your address.
As for the password theft, maybe it was through the network (like wireless)?

[foampile]

huh ?? (scratching head)

[secipolla]

I know I didn't help
But sometimes they can send spam pretending to be you. Don't you ever receive spam 'sent by yourself'?

As for the wireless thing, I just meant that then you would have to secure that because someone can steal your password without having any app installed in Fedora but just sniffing the network, I think. But it's just a guess anyway.

[foampile]

yes, i thought about network sniffing. but i also suspect it could be a keystroke capture sniff too by some spyware

[pete_1967]

It's common for spammers to use valid and/ or random generated email addresses as the sender of the mail. Many pick them from their own lists, others just use random generated ones. The real user then just gets all the failure notices.

Chances for some "spyware keylogger" to be installed on your system without your knowledge are next to nil (and it would be used for something lot more valuable than stealing your Yahoo mail account login details to send spam from it).

[foampile]

they sent SPAM to all my contacts. so i assume they stole my passwd somehow and sent mail from there

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by pete_1967

It's common for spammers to use valid and/ or random generated email addresses as the sender of the mail. Many pick them from their own lists, others just use random generated ones. The real user then just gets all the failure notices.

Chances for some "spyware keylogger" to be installed on your system without your knowledge are next to nil (and it would be used for something lot more valuable than stealing your Yahoo mail account login details to send spam from it).

+1

And welcome to the world of Yahoo and facebook (I have accounts on both), where email addresses are lifted and used for spam, routinely.

[PabloTwo]

Maybe you were using "weak" passwords on your yahoo mail account? Last time I changed my Yahoo mail account password I made it so "strong" that I always have to peek at my notes when I'm prompted to enter it because there is no way in heck I could ever remember it.

[foampile]

i have a very strong passwd

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by foampile

they sent SPAM to all my contacts. so i assume they stole my passwd somehow and sent mail from there

My guess would be that Spammers did not get your passwd, more likely they cracked Yahoo and gathered information. Anyway, you should probably change your passwd to be safe.

[foampile]

thanks. i did

[JohnVV]

by chance were you in a coffee house recently on a laptop and using your yahoo account

those wi-fi hot spots are very insecure
see:
Firesheep

[flyingfsck]

Anyhoo, you can view open network connections with ntop and then use tcpdump to see what is flowing over the channel.

[foampile]

Originally Posted by JohnVV

by chance were you in a coffee house recently on a laptop and using your yahoo account

nope ............