2006-11-04 20:11:41 · 10 answers · asked by terry c 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
All the above could be correct. It could be a virus... it doesn't necessarily have to be on your machine. Someone may have your email address saved for some reason, probably a friend or someone you have chatted to in the past and they may have a virus which automatically sends spam emails to everyone in their list... some of these spam emails also carry the virus program itself so if you do not have spam protection your machine could be infected too. This happened to a friend of mine. I have also added my own email address as a contact on my address book so if it happens to me I will get a copy of whatever is sent so I know...Simply delete it but never open it. I never open any email especially with attachments unless I am expecting it.
Get yourself protected with AVG from Grisoft. It is free and will help. It scans all incoming emails...
Or use an email client like Yahoo. This is all on-line and they have anti virus checks built in. As you have a yahoo answers ID then if you haven't already got mail I would get it... it's free..
Hope this helps,
Charlie Boy.....
2006-11-04 20:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by my_pants_are_inside_out 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is quite easy to do that. You can put anyone's email address, even anything as the sender's email address. Only if you check the full mail header, then you know from which IP (e.g. from where) it came from.
2006-11-04 20:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by netwalker01 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lol this is really easyl. you can change the displayed email address by configuring the settings in outlook express or you can download fake email programs that can mimic email adresses
Although if you check the header, it should show the actual email address of the sender
2006-11-04 20:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You got spoofed, no big deal its easy to do with how e-mail systems work.
Get a spam blocker utility like cloudmark and don't lose too much sleep over it. Whatever you do, don't get any free spam utilities, and don't respond to or click any links in the mail that they've sent you.
Spammers should die
2006-11-04 20:16:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It might be a virus, which sends mail to all contact address in your contact book, and there is a possibility that you have your own address is listed in your address book.
2006-11-04 20:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by zombie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is called spoofing, to smoke out real addresses. for pete's sake don't reply, report as spam, and delete
2006-11-04 20:13:19 · answer #6 · answered by mhp_wizo_93_418 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u sold urself out
2006-11-04 20:21:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are sneaky lil bastards!
2006-11-04 20:13:18 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are either highly schizophrenic or were drunk and you don't remember.
2006-11-04 20:13:10 · answer #9 · answered by The Fifth Contender 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
that means somebody has invaded or hacked your account :/
2006-11-04 20:19:44 · answer #10 · answered by Valerie G 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋