For what it's worth, Gmail has a new security featured called two-step verification that requires that you have your phone with you and your password:
http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=1056283&topic=1056284 I've not tried this yet, but apparently you can also get 10 one-time pads to keep in your wallet in case your phone is unavailable. On 2/26/11, David Burton <ncdave4l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops, I meant gmail, not yahoo mail. (My message to you was a slightly > modified version of a message that I sent to someone else, who had the same > problem, but with a yahoo mail account instead of a gmail account, and I > missed a couple of the references to yahoo). *So change your gmail account > password, ASAP!* > > Note that this problem seems to happen with all the major webmail services: > yahoo, gmail, aol, and hotmail. > > Dave > > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 7:59 PM, David Burton <ncdave4l...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Rob <rob...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Congratulations! I can help you!... >>> http://chpci.com/links.php?siSID=007<http://www.google.com/search?q=phishing> >>> >> >> >> Dear Rob, >> >> Your Gmail account has been hijacked!! The bad guys have your gmail >> account password, and are spamming the addresses in your gmail address >> book: >> your friends, the pygame list, etc. >> >> They might have gotten your password when you logged into your Gmail >> account from a computer with a "trojan" infection. So I recommend that >> you >> immediately log into your gmail account from a trusted computer (a >> computer >> that you are confident has no trojan infection), and *change your yahoo >> account password.* >> >> Then, I recommend that you scan whatever computer(s) you use for yahoo >> mail >> with some good anti-malware tools, including, at least: >> >> - >> TDSSkiller<http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe> >> (this >> is quick) >> - MalwareBytes <http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php> >> - ESET online <http://www.eset.com/online-scanner> scanner >> >> >> I have links to good anti-malware tools on my web site: >> http://www.geeksalive.com/links.html >> (Be sure to read the paragraph at the top.) >> >> Dave >> > > > > -- > “If anyone thinks the words ‘government’ and ‘efficiency’ belong in the same > sentence, we have counseling available.” > - Sen. Paul Tsongas (D-MA) >