tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post6077529386069939173..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: More Spam Originating from GmailAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7217718331062406112011-05-14T05:02:30.439-07:002011-05-14T05:02:30.439-07:00this user: kingleechilive@gmail.com
is running s...this user: kingleechilive@gmail.com<br /><br /><br />is running spam email using this gmail account...please look in this account activiteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-27237261476637687832010-05-01T08:48:54.619-07:002010-05-01T08:48:54.619-07:00Im experiencing this at my site...how do i solve t...Im experiencing this at my site...how do i solve the issue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50065490109208840292010-02-09T18:12:40.306-08:002010-02-09T18:12:40.306-08:00Thanks for that ... sadly, it's probably good ...Thanks for that ... sadly, it's probably good news! I see that China has closed down a 'nest of hackers' too - with execution likely for at least three of them!Andrew Heenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358204426365990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-49306216885447662702010-02-09T15:37:18.179-08:002010-02-09T15:37:18.179-08:00Andrew, I agree with you. Even blocking gmail.com ...Andrew, I agree with you. Even blocking gmail.com did not stop them! I don't have the time to properly analyse these spammers. Instead, I have disabled the online user registration function on the forum. This has finally stopped them. Anyone who wants to register is now directed to an email form where they can send a registration request to the forum administrator.<br /><br />Are you aware that Google is now talking to the NSA spooks? See this article:<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/computers-future-cyberattacks-cloud-cultureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-90852039628582377232010-02-07T15:18:34.131-08:002010-02-07T15:18:34.131-08:00Trouble is, most of them are not using gmail, simp...Trouble is, most of them are not using gmail, simply forging a gmail address in their headers. While I agree there's problems with gmail and spam (see my previous posts), it would be a mistake to blame gmail for mass emails - it just ain't so.<br /><br />Personally, I use gmail because they are the best at identifying spam (I get very, very few in my inbox). My complaint is that they are doing little or nothing to stop spam in the spam box.<br /><br />And, rereading this thread, the one thing that is quite clear is that (a) Google does not read this thread or (b) they have given up the battle. <br /><br />Shame either way!Andrew Heenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358204426365990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-65618990619291893422010-02-07T12:04:53.618-08:002010-02-07T12:04:53.618-08:00I recently sent a complaint to abuse@google.com ab...I recently sent a complaint to abuse@google.com about forum spammers, 90% of whom are using gmail accounts. The email was sent a week ago, but so far there has been no response from Google. Here is the email:<br /><br />Is there something you can do to stop forum spammers from using your<br />gmail email service?<br /><br />I get hundreds of bots / scripts / whatever trying to log on to a forum and some 90% of them are using gmail accounts. As you know, many of these spammers come from proxy servers, many are already listed in certain databases (www.stopforumspam.com, etc.). A lot come from Russia, China, Eastern Europe, Indonesia, Egypt, Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Brazil, India.<br /><br />I have now started to use Apache .htaccess directives to block certain<br />networks, but I may also have to block anyone using gmail.com. If I can block them, why is Google not blocking them from accessing gmail accounts?<br /><br />I look forward to hearing what can be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-18934872486819962612009-12-17T07:07:55.730-08:002009-12-17T07:07:55.730-08:00I hate spammers. I've got my gmail address Spo...I hate spammers. I've got my gmail address Spoofed/Forged and I see no way around to get rid of this spammers. Too bad, gmail doesn't have any protection against this. It should be something like a fingerprint to authenticate your emails.Kenhttp://www.kensfi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-85105774463886297772009-05-12T20:32:00.000-07:002009-05-12T20:32:00.000-07:00Gmail should have a whitelist/blacklist of countri...Gmail should have a whitelist/blacklist of countries you can send and receive mail from.<br /><br />If the user only wants emails from the european union and USA, then it "filters" all other emails. Or how about users selecting to block emails from China?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-37583232867474521772009-04-06T03:18:00.000-07:002009-04-06T03:18:00.000-07:00My best advice. Start executing those spammers. No...My best advice. Start executing those spammers. No trial, no law. No prison time as they will cost to tax payers. Simple plain execution or use them for human trials. <BR/>I don't believe that "I didn't know local laws" reason. Yes, the lawyers represent them are also scumbags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-54478408551003244312009-03-28T23:54:00.000-07:002009-03-28T23:54:00.000-07:00No, I get spam email from myself in yahoo so I don...No, I get spam email from myself in yahoo so I don't think it's only with gmail.Emmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-86235775516510318202009-03-10T20:45:00.000-07:002009-03-10T20:45:00.000-07:00Alex Chitu: Very funny, a Google worker trying to ...Alex Chitu: Very funny, a Google worker trying to defend his service. Do you guys don't know how to fix the problem? Call Microsoft! I never received a spam in my Hotmail box from myself containing chinese spam links because that service doesn't have the same vulnerability (or bug as you wish) as GMail has!<BR/>Andrew: It's a new and isolated different case that is occuring ONLY with GMail! It's not related to email spoofing in general. The fact is there is bug on GMail webmail service that allows people to spoof the "Sender Address" field and Google is not able to fix this issue.<BR/>The funny thing is when I use a email client application and receive these chinese spoofed emails, the program is able to extract the correct "Sender Address" field from the header, instead of the spoofed one! This is for sure a problem on Gmail webmail that is not being able to handle correctly the emails headers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-44505484930787210222009-03-10T11:11:00.000-07:002009-03-10T11:11:00.000-07:00No. and No again.Spammers have spoofed email addre...No. and No again.<BR/><BR/>Spammers have spoofed email addresses from all sources for over ten years. It's not a gmail thing it's an email software issue that dates back to pre-MS days. <BR/><BR/>All they're doing is telling your email agent to show false info. Many insert your own address, or any address that takes their fancy. <BR/><BR/>Time you got back to the etch-a-sketch.Andrew Heenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358204426365990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-53875281871040304702009-03-10T10:17:00.000-07:002009-03-10T10:17:00.000-07:00@Anonymous:Before insulting other people, learn ab...@Anonymous:<BR/>Before insulting other people, learn about how email works. It's very easy to spoof the sender address and this has nothing to do with Gmail or Google. Read about <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing" REL="nofollow">email spoofing</A>, <A HREF="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" REL="nofollow">forged email</A> and <A HREF="http://webby.com/info/recognize-a-spoof.html" REL="nofollow">detecting email spoofing</A>.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-30945961160599522372009-03-10T10:02:00.000-07:002009-03-10T10:02:00.000-07:00Andrew: if someone is able to spoof my name in my ...Andrew: if someone is able to spoof my name in my GMail, it's because there is a vulnerability on this service that allows an attacker to do it! Is it to hard for you to udnerstand that there is an issue in the GMail service? Or you're just an asshole that works on GMail, this pig capitalist company?<BR/>I think so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-34571347077422985862009-02-14T12:42:00.000-08:002009-02-14T12:42:00.000-08:00qekldoz@gmail.com sent me spam to our bed and brea...qekldoz@gmail.com sent me spam to our bed and breakfast which I don't have time for Could someone check on this, ThanksUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797629774756419933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22550882025833318372009-02-09T05:58:00.000-08:002009-02-09T05:58:00.000-08:00Exactly; they're spoofing it - that doesn't make i...Exactly; they're spoofing it - that doesn't make it Google's problem (except for the damage to gmail's reputation).<BR/><BR/>If someone spoofed your name on a check, would that be your fault? I don't think so!Andrew Heenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358204426365990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-61582636707102150912009-02-09T04:43:00.000-08:002009-02-09T04:43:00.000-08:00Andrew: "Lying spammer, not a gmail issue at all (...Andrew: "Lying spammer, not a gmail issue at all (we all get them!)." <BR/><BR/>It's a BullShit! The spammers are able to spoof the "Sender address" field of the mail header, so this is for sure a GMail security issue!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-76590769568627090242009-01-23T13:21:00.000-08:002009-01-23T13:21:00.000-08:00My g-mail account is sending spam! In my SEND FOLD...My g-mail account is sending spam! In my SEND FOLDER it shows like 50 spam messages a day send to myselfe...WTF?!?!<BR/><BR/>So it's not just "faking the from", it's actually sending from my account! Even after I changed my password.. HELP!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-6652309507334123002009-01-17T16:52:00.000-08:002009-01-17T16:52:00.000-08:00So, what's the best place to make them listen us a...So, what's the best place to make them listen us about bugs/vulnerabilities reports? It's funny that many people are complaining and Google doesn't say anything and doesn't fix the problem!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-48854075857398898392009-01-14T03:43:00.000-08:002009-01-14T03:43:00.000-08:00Yes.Your gmail account is NOT being used in any wa...Yes.<BR/><BR/>Your gmail account is NOT being used in any way; the spammer who is sending TO your account is simply *pretending* to be posting from your account. Lying spammer, not a gmail issue at all (we all get them!).<BR/><BR/>BTW, no-one at Google reads these comments, so it's not the best place to ask for help.Andrew Heenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358204426365990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-37285456351929107992009-01-12T11:08:00.000-08:002009-01-12T11:08:00.000-08:00helloI am a gmail user and I do know that my accou...hello<BR/>I am a gmail user and I do know that my account is being used for spamming as I received one myself.<BR/><BR/>they seem to redirect to some chinese sites and therefore think they are phishing sites.<BR/><BR/>I changed my password yesterday after the 1st spam email was recvd, but it didn't stop whoever is managing to send them as they managed to send one very similar to the one received yesterday.<BR/><BR/>I do not know how they managed to log in (I use AVG, and a few other antivirus and none came up with infections)<BR/><BR/>I however did notice that they showed something interesting<BR/>instead of showing the sender name as being my 1st name, it just showed "myfullemailaddress@gmail.com "<BR/><BR/>anyone can help me on this one?Thierryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053670351873229711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-38801319820207393502009-01-02T17:41:00.000-08:002009-01-02T17:41:00.000-08:00And yet another person here who is getting spam se...And yet another person here who is getting spam send from her own gmail address. It's happening on both the accounts I have!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03687308975903309198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7842018542505089332008-12-29T02:59:00.000-08:002008-12-29T02:59:00.000-08:00I think everybody should contact Google or yahoo o...I think everybody should contact Google or yahoo or whatever and say something like this below as the more people who threaten to block out thier whole domain the more worried these providers will become:<BR/><BR/>I think you should have a direct email address where<BR/>users could send (forward) the spam emails they are<BR/>getting from your websites so that you can deal<BR/>promptly with these spammers and not rely on users<BR/>filling out forms on your website or having to buy<BR/>expensive software to stop something you should be<BR/>addressing?<BR/>The alterative is for us users to block all emails from<BR/>@google.com or the abusive site!<BR/>It's about time you started doing something!<BR/>The email address mail-abuse@cc.yahoo-inc.com<BR/>is about as much use as a chocolate teapot!<BR/>You should be trying to stop this not ignoring it or<BR/>even worse trying to profit from it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-38742342233964430912008-12-15T12:33:00.000-08:002008-12-15T12:33:00.000-08:00Add one more on the list of people getting spam fr...Add one more on the list of people getting spam from their own gmail account address. Anyone know who we should talk to/annoy about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-11077858992499505242008-12-15T09:06:00.000-08:002008-12-15T09:06:00.000-08:00yes...im too receiving spam messages in gmail acco...yes...im too receiving spam messages in gmail account apparently seemed to be sent by me...i have checked google help but there is no information about how to stop receiving those mails...need help...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com