people receive emails from me which I never sent

[aa]

Some of my contacts advise me that they do receive messages from my address
which contain links to porno sites. I guess someone hijicked my e-mail
address and uses it for the purpose.
Or it might be a virus which sends our emails form my computer.
How do I stop it?
Is there a news group where I can discuss this problem?

 

[Simon]

Quite a few viruses put a false from address when sending themselves out.

The source of the messages is probably someone who has both your and and the
recipients address in their address book.

You may be able to track down and stop a specific sender, but you cannot
prevent this happening again.

Simon

 

[Gary Smith]

Thanks, everybody, you confirmed what I suspected.
I guess, to send out messages on my behalf, they do not need me to visit
their website. It is sufficient to get (or guess) my email address which is
on my business cards anywhay.
And of course, deleting my address on our server cannot stop these messages
from being generated on someoneelse computer and spread to other people.

That's exactly right. I get loads of spam at work, including bounced
message notices and virsu reports, most of which is directed to an address
that I have not used for anything in eight years. Although mail directed
to that address will be forwarded to my current address, it's absolutely
impossible to send anything from it.

 

[aa]

"... it's absolutely impossible to send anything from it."

But it is still possible to send an e-mail looking as if it is sent from
that address, isn't it?

Thing is that the address in question has never been a default address on my
computer, and I never used it so sent anything from it.
It was set up by a company which I consult only to appear on my business
card to indicate that I am a part of this company, so that my customers send
messages to a company's email address rather to my default private address
(to which, BTW, I do not receive these "nasty teenage prono", although they
might be blocked by a filter set up at my ISP).

Therefore is has nothing to do with my computer

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

"... it's absolutely impossible to send anything from it."

But it is still possible to send an e-mail looking as if it is sent from
that address, isn't it?

Yes. It is called spoofing.

More about spoofing here:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...88256ea1005f3f31?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam