I recieve about 25 messages a day saying "message could not be sent, User unknown" etc... I have contacted my provider, only to not get a reply. I have run AVG, Avast!, Zone Alarm, Panda, Stop Sign, and Mcafee antivirus and they say I am clean. I have turned my computer off for a week and still recieve messages that I suposingly sent (while the computer is off??)
My next actions are:
Change my email address and re-install Windows XP...
Anyone have any suggestions?
2006-08-20 02:16:00 · 6 answers · asked by astriapo 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Some spammers use bogus bounce messages to send their spam in an attempt to bypass spam filtering.
You haven't been hacked nor do you have a virus or spyware. About the only thing that you can do is to change your e-mail address. However the spammers will eventually find you again so this is only a temporary fix.
See the following post and my response for a more detailed explanation of what is going on.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AthK6.fsJOs2wHmSmyu2c8zsy6IX?qid=20060819201443AAwFfU4
You didn't send anything. It's just a slightly different type of spam. Ignore it. There's not a lot you can do to stop it.
2006-08-20 02:41:29 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you get returned e-mail that you didn’t send, then someone you know may have a virus. The virus is sending messages to everyone in their address book. The virus is also using the caller’s address, which is also found in the caller’s address book, as a return address, making the virus hard to trace.
If this happens to you, DO NOT open the attachments on the returned e-mails—they will be infected with the virus.
2006-08-20 04:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by williamh772 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They cracked into someone else's address book where you are listed and are using that address book to send spam.
2006-08-20 02:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have your service provider change your ip address, then run with a firewall(pandas best)for the first few weeks.
2006-08-20 02:22:55 · answer #4 · answered by jason p 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
re format the pc that sould help and remember to disconet your pc from the net in the night
2006-08-20 02:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by Zul 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same thing happen to me and they stole my password
2006-08-20 02:37:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋