Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:46:27 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pop mail password error Message-ID: <4464izgaj0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY117-F2045BA58409AAD5618624D8B830@phx.gbl> (Scott Kaplan's message of "Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:22:51 -0400") References: <BAY117-F2045BA58409AAD5618624D8B830@phx.gbl>
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"Scott Kaplan" <fugee_chinatown@hotmail.com> writes: > After a hacker got on my server I can't gather mail by pop I get a > password error even though I log on as root and use passwd to change > passwords I subscribed to freebsd hackers mailing list but when I try > to log on I get roster authentication error The hacker also sent out > 250,000 emails each with attached viruses to invalid recipients > causing them all to be returned to the server as failed mail > Let me know if you can help Sorry to be of any trouble I'm unable to > get help elsewhere cause I'm blacklisted on mirc by the same criminal > group who did this to my server The authorities not interested in > helping me so far Let me know if you can help me repair my server and > gather my mail or how to use the mailing list Thank You, Scott Kaplan If a hacker was running free on the server, you need to reinstall and restore your data securely, because there's no way to be sure that the hacker didn't install a variety of back doors to get in again. The hacker may well have subverted the POP daemon; or, more likely, the authentication mechanism it's using.
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