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G-Archiver Harvesting Google Mail Passwords
Thwomp writes "It appears that a popular Gmail backup utility, G-Archiver, has been harvesting users' Gmail passwords. This was discovered when a developer named Dustin Brooks took a look at the code using a decompiler. He discovered a Gmail account name and password embedded in the source code. Brooks logged in and found over 1,700 emails all with user account information — with his own at the top. According to a story in Informationweek, he deleted the emails, changed the account password, and notified Google. The creator of G-Archiver has pulled the software, stating that it was debug code and was unintentionally left in the product."
Nah, I have G-mail but don't use G-Archiver and I've seen an upsurge in spam too. I think it has to do with Google Captcha cracked recently. Mass mailing from gmail to gmail might be trusted more? I don't know, I'm not to strong in that area...
Demented But Determined.
there was indeed a huge surge in spam in my Gmail accounts but it got back down now.