Something wrong with my email.

[JB]

I don't know what is wrong with my email, but I keep
getting messages in my inbox of Outlook Express 6 that say
they are undelivered/returned email messages because the
address was undeliverable or nonexistant. Strange thing
is, I never sent any of the addresses any emails and have
nothing in my Sent folder. Could I possibly have some
kind of program on my computer that is sending emails
without my knowing it? I've heard of this before, but I
have no way of knowing how to check for it. So, if anyone
can help, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

 

[Danny Mingledorff]

You're receiving emails from a computer infected with the Swen virus which
either has your address in their address book, or has harvested your address
out of a newsgroup posting.

You can set up rules in Outlook Express to minimize the number you have to
delete.

 

[David]

I don't know what is wrong with my email, but I keep
getting messages in my inbox of Outlook Express 6 that say
they are undelivered/returned email messages because the
address was undeliverable or nonexistant. Strange thing
is, I never sent any of the addresses any emails and have
nothing in my Sent folder. Could I possibly have some
kind of program on my computer that is sending emails
without my knowing it? I've heard of this before, but I
have no way of knowing how to check for it. So, if anyone
can help, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

There is nothing wrong with your e-mail. Someone with your address in
their address book has been infected with a virus. Many modern virus will
send copies of themselves out to everyone in an infecrted computers
address book. The newer ones now, will do this and randomly select a name
from that address bok to use in the "From:" field. So, the erros are
coming back you instead of the computer that sent them.

Things you can do to helo minimize this.
1 - Don't use your real address in public forums. Use a throw-away
web-based e-mail account or alter your address (
(e-mail address removed) ) Person can see what needs
to be removed. But, a computer can't.
2 - Nake sure you run a Anti-Virus program and keep it up to date
3 - Don't open e-mail attachments.
4 - Keep a firewall up and running

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David

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[Wesley VogelX]

5 - Turn on the Spellchecker.
;-)

There is nothing wrong with your e-mail. Someone with your address
in their address book has been infected with a virus. Many modern
virus will send copies of themselves out to everyone in an infecrted
computers address book. The newer ones now, will do this and randomly
select a name from that address bok to use in the "From:" field. So,
the erros are coming back you instead of the computer that sent them.

Things you can do to helo minimize this.
1 - Don't use your real address in public forums. Use a
throw-away web-based e-mail account or alter your address (
(e-mail address removed) ) Person can see what needs
to be removed. But, a computer can't.
2 - Nake sure you run a Anti-Virus program and keep it up to date
3 - Don't open e-mail attachments.
4 - Keep a firewall up and running

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What you received is either a very common malicious hoax or the
output of a computer infected by one of several wide-spread, mass
emailing worms. The most widely-known are:

W32.Swen.A_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Dumaru_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Gibe_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

Microsoft never has, does not currently, and never will email
unsolicited security patches. At the most, if, and only if, you
subscribe to their security notification newsletter, they will send
you an email informing you that a new patch is available for
downloading.

Microsoft Policies on Software Distribution
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/policy/swdist.asp

Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin Emails
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp

How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp

Any and all legitimate patches and updates are readily available
at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/. (Notice that this is the true
URL, rather than the bogus one that may have been contained in the
email you received.) Any messages that point to any other source(s) or
claim to have the patch attached are bogus.

You're receiving these emails because your email address is in
the address book of someone infected with a worm, and/or because you
posted your real email address somewhere on-line, either in a forum
accessible to the public and spambots, such as Usenet, or on an
untrustworthy web site that subsequently sold your address as part of
a mailing list. One thing you can do is notify _everyone_ with whom
you've ever corresponded via email that one or more of them may be
infected with a mass emailing worm, and should take the appropriate
steps.

There's probably no way of blocking all of the bogus messages, but
you can greatly reduce the number you get by creating a rule, based
upon the most commonly used subject lines, to delete the emails from
the server without ever downloading them.


Bruce Chambers

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