Re: OT: What can I do?

Richard S Beckett wrote:

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> > x-no-archive: yes > > Guys, > > Looks like a spammer is using my email address as a "reply to", as I am > getting loads of "returned user unknown" type emails. > > I am using outlook, and have had a look at the headers, but can find no two > the same. > > What can I do?

It's probably not a spammer, it's most likely a virus using the address book of the infected PC as the "sender" of the mail in question, probably the Klez virus Infected PC has your addy in the address book, the virus resends itself to all addys in the list with you as the sender, you get the blame if the recipient doesn't know better, it's also sending itself to you, actively, faking it as a "returned" mail, prolly with some small attachment hoping you're going to lower your guard since it "originally came from you", it can also grab e-mails from web pages from the cache of your web browser That's the Reader's Digest version, make sure you have updated your AV software Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

Same thing happened to me recently. I managed to trace the originating ISP and sent off an abuse report, also I contacted my ISP and told them. They suggested forwarding one of the emails to them so they could trace the source and act accordingly. Hope this helps Andy "Richard S Beckett" <richardDOTbeckettATmotorolaDOTcom@spamkiller> wrote in message news:afclrs$[email hidden]...

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> x-no-archive: yes > > "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > Richard S Beckett wrote: > > > > > > x-no-archive: yes > > > > > > Guys, > > > > > > Looks like a spammer is using my email address as a "reply to", as I

am > > > getting loads of "returned user unknown" type emails. > > > > > > I am using outlook, and have had a look at the headers, but can findno

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> two > > > the same. > > > > > > What can I do? > > > > It's probably not a spammer, it's most likely a virus using the address > > book of the infected PC as the "sender" of the mail in question, > > probably the Klez virus > > > > Infected PC has your addy in the address book, the virus resends itself > > to all addys in the list with you as the sender, you get the blame if > > the recipient doesn't know better, it's also sending itself to you, > > actively, faking it as a "returned" mail, prolly with some small > > attachment hoping you're going to lower your guard since it "originally > > came from you", it can also grab e-mails from web pages from the cache > > of your web browser > > > > That's the Reader's Digest version, make sure you have updated your AV > > software > > I looked into the Klev virus, as someone else suggested it, bit it doesn't > fit with the emails that I'm supposed to have sent. They're definately

spam, > suggesting you visit their somewhat dodgy web page. Apparently you can buy > software that includes a mailing list. It picks a random name from thelist, > and uses that as the reply address. Unfortunately for me the little > barsteward picked mine! > > R. > >