I'm getting an increasing number of Mail Undeliverable messages claiming to
have been sent by me which I haven't sent.

Is this caused by a virus?

Any help appreciated.

Stuart Reed

Yes and No.

Yes you could have a virus that is sending out mail. Update your antivirus program and run a
detailed scan.
Also run antispyware, several programs should be run to double check.


No, it could be someone is spoofing your address on spam and hence you get the bounce back.
Or it could someone with your address in their address book has a virus that is sending out spam
with your address on the return.
In either of these cases, there is nothing you can do about it. Just delete the bounced mail and if
it continues, contact your ISP for a new address.

"Stuart Reed" wrote in message
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I'm getting an increasing number of Mail Undeliverable messages claiming to have been sent by me
which I haven't sent.

Is this caused by a virus?

Any help appreciated.

Stuart Reed

This is coming from a virus infected computer that is using your address to
spoof the From field. It's very common. As of now, all you can do is delete
them.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Stuart Reed" wrote in message
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I'm getting an increasing number of Mail Undeliverable messages claiming
to have been sent by me which I haven't sent.

Is this caused by a virus?

Any help appreciated.

Stuart Reed

Stuart Reed wrote:
I'm getting an increasing number of Mail Undeliverable messages
claiming to have been sent by me which I haven't sent.

Is this caused by a virus?

Any help appreciated.

Stuart Reed

There has been a sudden increase in this nuisance reported from
Wanadoo/Freeserve customers in the last few days, so you're not alone.

It is recommended that you do *not* use your actual e-mail address when
posting to newsgroups as this is a source from which your details can be
collected for spam purposes. The e-mail address in your header looks
very genuine!

In OE, use Tools Accounts
Double-click on your News account and "munge" (disguise) your e-mail
address.

You can see an explanation and suggested examples here (and many other
sources!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_munging

Those can be one of 4 things:
1) Some spammer is sending the original messages and using your e-mail
address as the sender.
2) Someone else has a PC infected with a virus and the virus is sending
itself as the original message and using your e-mail address as the
sender.
3) The message is the virus itself, pretending to be a returned mail.
4) Your PC is infected with a virus and it has been sending itself. And
this is really a returned mail that your PC sent.

In cases 1, 2, and 3 above, the messages are not coming from your PC and
are not going through your e-mail account. There's nothing you can do
to prevent anyone from sending an e-mail with your e-mail address as the
From header, just as you can't prevent anyone from sending a postal mail
and putting your name and address as the return address. At this point
all you can do is filter out the messages. Your ISP may offer some
filtering at the mail server.

To make sure that case 4 above is not the cause, you should check your
PC with an updated anti-virus program.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Stuart Reed" wrote in message
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I'm getting an increasing number of Mail Undeliverable messages
claiming to have been sent by me which I haven't sent.

Is this caused by a virus?

Any help appreciated.

Stuart Reed