I ran a full scan with my anti-virus software ( Norton) but it came back clean. Any ideas?
2006-09-07 05:14:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Check the headers and see if it really came from your computer or if someone just used your email address as the reply to:
2006-09-07 05:17:43 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SORRY TO TELL U BUT I KNOW NORTON COMES WITH MOST COMPUTERS, but it msde my computer a lot slower and mess up a lot of files it seems to be a good protector but in the long run it is not now i have a new protection n its fine. i would not trust that email.... plus dont open any thing that says bin ladin its a new virus and it is from oversea, its crashing all hard ware n there is no way to get it fix be aware and tell all about this deadly computer virus . thats anything that says bin ladin
2006-09-07 12:21:04 · answer #2 · answered by 1plum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, no, no.
This isn't likely to be an indication of a virus. Spammers often spoof the recipient's address. It's a ploy to get you to open the spam email out of curiosity.
The bad news is there's nothing you can do to keep spammers from spoofing your email address in messages to you. The good news is it's just spam.
2006-09-07 12:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by Skeeter 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would like to know how they do that,I get it several times a week,I opened it the first time and it was a virus,I use McAfee on my computer but I am not sure if it was the virus checker or the Wanadoo web mail virus checker which detected it but either way I just delete them straight away now !
2006-09-07 12:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by any 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have also experienced this phenomenon. It is NOT usually anything to worry about. As Skeeter says, the From and Reply-To headers in an email can be "spoofed" and this is what spammers do; in this case they have spoofed it with your own address. Just ignore the email – don't treat it with any more suspicion than "normal" spam.
2006-09-09 13:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by Mr DJ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is most likely a case of some other computer has a virus or spyware and your e-mail address was in their address book.
Best thing to do is to delete those messages without even opening them..
2006-09-07 14:47:10 · answer #6 · answered by Sue B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your computer may have a virus. I highly reccommend Zone Alarm Pro for compleat internet, firewall, and program control.
2006-09-07 12:22:31 · answer #7 · answered by wernerslave 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may be somebody pretending to be you on another computer.Check the full headers and see where that Email came from.
2006-09-07 12:24:14 · answer #8 · answered by John G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go back on your meds? Your other personality is emerging yet again! Its always messy when they get on the internet without being aware of what the other one is doing.
Maybe they are trying to contact one another?
2006-09-07 12:19:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a virus. You can check where it came from by opening it up up, but don't.
2006-09-07 14:24:35 · answer #10 · answered by Agent 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋