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Posted by Ange1o DePa1ma on November 22, 2006, 12:15 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > Ange1o DePa1ma wrote:
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>> Over the last week I have received 50-80 "message undeliverable"
>> messages per day, mostly from foreign countries. The messages either
>> say my message was undeliverable or, in some cases, that the
>> recipient is on vacation. I do not know any of these recipients.
>
> Typical response from a mail server when the TO: address was invalid, no
> longer used, etc.
>
>> I have the feeling a virus has taken over my computer and is spamming
>> from my address. Does anyone have any idea what this is, or how I can
>> fix it?
>
> It is unlikely that they are being *sent* from your computer (assuming
> you do have an up-to-date anti-virus program). What has happened is a
> spammer has used *your* address in the FROM: field of his spew. You are
> now getting the bounces to bad addresses. Chances are this will pass in
> a day or two, when that particular run/batch of spam has run its course.
>
> Your mail account is not compromised. The FROM: address is easily
> forged. This situation is fairly common, as spammers oft use a victim's
> address, because they certainly don't want to be identified.
>
> If they continue relentlessly, then you could be the victim of a Joe
> Job.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job
>
> --
> -bts
> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck
Thanks to you and Ernie. It's reassuring to know it's not something that got
onto my computer.
adp
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