(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:27 am
Post subject: possible virus sending hotmail messages Archived from groups: alt>comp>virus (more info?)
My daughter is getting numerous messages about 'undeliverd mail
returned to sender', to her hotmail account. About 85 the other day
and 45 today. She is not sending anything herself but was looking for
a russian book on some obscure websites using that email address, so
it looks to me like some sort of virus activity but only effecting
one hotmail account.
Any suggestions please?
(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:42 am
Post subject: Re: possible virus sending hotmail messages [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On 08 Feb 2008, rongee wrote in alt.comp.virus:
> My daughter is getting numerous messages about 'undeliverd mail
> returned to sender', to her hotmail account. About 85 the other day
> and 45 today. She is not sending anything herself but was looking for
> a russian book on some obscure websites using that email address, so
> it looks to me like some sort of virus activity but only effecting
> one hotmail account.
Not necessarily. It could be a "Joe Job", that is, a batch of spam sent
out with your daughter's address listed as the From and/or Reply-to
address. Any invalid To: addresses would then bounce back to her.
There's nothing you can do about that except to delete the messages. It
will pass before long.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:35 pm
Post subject: Re: possible virus sending hotmail messages [Login to view extended thread Info.] Imported from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:17 pm
Post subject: Re: possible virus sending hotmail messages [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
From: "rongee"
| My daughter is getting numerous messages about 'undeliverd mail
| returned to sender', to her hotmail account. About 85 the other day
| and 45 today. She is not sending anything herself but was looking for
| a russian book on some obscure websites using that email address, so
| it looks to me like some sort of virus activity but only effecting
| one hotmail account.
| Any suggestions please?
This could be what 'Nil' stated.
Additionally, someone your daughter sent mail to is infected with an email worm.
That email worm then harvested all email addresses found on the infected PC and then uses
the address as both the 'from' address as well as send itself (the worm) to the harvested
addresses.
(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:04 pm
Post subject: Re: possible virus sending hotmail messages [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Now getting hundreds of "returned failed mail messages". Don't know
what to do . Please help!
On 8 Feb, 09:27, rongee wrote:
> My daughter is getting numerous messages about 'undeliverd mail
> returned to sender', to her hotmail account. About 85 the other day
> and 45 today. She is not sending anything herself but was looking for
> a russian book on some obscure websites using that email address, so
> it looks to me like some sort of virus activity but only effecting
> one hotmail account.
> Any suggestions please?
(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:34 pm
Post subject: Re: possible virus sending hotmail messages [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
From: "rongee"
| Now getting hundreds of "returned failed mail messages". Don't know
| what to do . Please help!
|
Use an email client that filter POP3 communications.
Pegasus Mail (PMail) can use information in the headers or via regular expressions to read
email on the POP3 swerver and based upon criteria, delete the email off the server such that
it never even downloads to the PC.
(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:00 pm
Post subject: Re: possible virus sending hotmail messages [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:22:31 -0500, Buzzard wrote:
> but was looking for a russian book on some obscure
> websites using that email address
If what you mean was that to look up information she had to use some obscure
web sites and had to provide her e-mail address ... then her e-mail is
definitely now the 'sender' of spam by other machines, and possibly, her
machine is now a sender, too. If those obscure sites were Russian, well,
it's all over!
(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:05 am
Post subject: Re: possible virus sending hotmail messages [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Thanks for the advice.
My daughter has now closed that hotmail account, so hopefully the
problem has been solved. She has Norton anti-virus on her machine and
it did not register any problems.
Cheers
Ron
All times are: Eastern Time (US & Canada) Goto page 1, 2, 3
Page 1 of 3
You can post new topics in this forum You can reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Home
Forums
Home
FAQ
Search
Profile
Private Messages
Log in
Security