G-Archiver Password Theft

G-Archiver is an archival tool for Gmail. It lets you backup your Gmail emails to your computer. It’s been discovered that it also has a darker purpose.

emailG-Archiver costs US$29.95, and it does what it claims. To use it you enter your Gmail username and password, and it downloads emails to your computer as a backup.

Unfortunately the program has also been sending people’s usernames and password to the program’s creator (identified as John Terry).

If you’ve used G-Archiver before then uninstall it and change your Gmail password.

10 March, 2008 | Filed Under Backups, Identity Theft, Privacy, Scams, Security 

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2 Responses to “G-Archiver Password Theft”

  1. Pete on March 14th, 2008 9:30 am

    why not write an article on how to use the imap access gmail gives you and thunderbird to backup your mail that way…?

  2. enrique on March 14th, 2008 9:35 am

    Great idea. I need to write more on backups in general.

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