email spoof?

[glockjs]

ok that twice i've got an email saying "undeliverable message" that i didnt send in the first place? and it looks like somebody is trying to attach files with viruses too i emailed admin@gmail.com i just guessed that, i really couldnt find an email addy to send anything to gmail. is there anything else i can do? or any other email addys that anybody knows of to send it to the right person? thanks

[redwudz]

I've been having the same problem for about six months. I don't want to change my email address, which is the easiest way to stop it.

They sent a fairly harmless virus (A email address book scanner), using my email address and I have got notices from several ISPs that the post was rejected or blocked. The same person or persons sent the virus to me also, but my ISP blocked it. Their return address was fake, so I couldn't reply or trace.

I'm not sure if there is anything you can do about it. I would assume if the blocking ISPs wanted to check a little further, they would see that the virus isn't really coming from you.

EDIT: One thing I do to limit this type of problem is to have several email addresses and use one just for spam. Anytime I have to give an email address to a questionable site, I use that address. It's my regular address proceeded by an 's' for spam. If it gets overloaded, I just dump the address and make a new one with different spelling. I made the mistake once of using my primary address at a site and that's the one they used for the virus. But, I get fewer of the ISP notices now, so they may be giving up.

[ViRaL1]

I get those types of messages for addys that I never submit for anything, only personal use. It happens from time to time. I can't even say for certain that it's really coming from another mail domain admin, or if it's just formatted to look like something I sent was rejected. I just delete them.

[waheed]

ok that twice i've got an email saying "undeliverable message" that i didnt send in the first place? and it looks like somebody is trying to attach files with viruses too i emailed admin@gmail.com i just guessed that, i really couldnt find an email addy to send anything to gmail. is there anything else i can do? or any other email addys that anybody knows of to send it to the right person? thanks

I had exactly the same problem, both with my yahoo and hotmail emails. I got messages stating message not sent as it contained viruses. also, i had messages from unknown sources in my inbox which contained viruses. these had file attachments ending in scr (a screensaver file) and exe. i think these two are most commonly used for viruses. i emailed the admin about the problem (never got a reply though). this happened on so many occasions (i lost count)

the strange thing is this all happened when i was still using internet explorer. i decided to change my passwords and switched to mozilla firefox, and problems solved, no more send/receive virsuses on my email. i guess its easier for people to hack into internet explorer than other web browsers. Another reason to switch to firefox.

I always ensure that i signed on to emails using a secure sign in option (i think all email providers have this)

[thecoalman]

I think that comes from viruses sending email as you from someone else's computer. I've gotten these before and they seem to come in batches. I always assumed someone with my e-mail address in there address book was infected.

[glockjs]

ok so dont worry about it too much. i already use mozilla. but my password that i use for everything is 8 letters long. i think i should start using numbers in my passwords. of course one of the old IT guys at my old job suggested using the begining lyrics of my favorite song so basically like 26 to whatever max characters to me that might be a little bit of a pain in the booty

[JSB]

i emailed admin@gmail.com i just guessed that, i really couldnt find an email addy to send anything to gmail. is there anything else i can do? or any other email addys that anybody knows of to send it to the right person? thanks

most of the time ABUSE@ (put ISP here) is the way to go.

Also whois, most of the time, will have the info you are looking for. No dice for gmail.com though.

Result for gmail.com
--> /usr/local/bin/fwhois gmail.com@whois.internic.net
[whois.internic.net]

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered

Domain Name: GMAIL.COM
Registrar: ALLDOMAINS.COM INC.
Whois Server: whois.alldomains.com
Referral URL: http://www.alldomains.com
Name Server: NS2.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS1.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS3.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS4.GOOGLE.COM
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 23-nov-2004
Creation Date: 13-aug-1995
Expiration Date: 12-aug-2014

JSB

[bazooka]

I get those messages all the time.

They go in the junk-mail at yahoo, and I delete them from there.

I even get one from time to time with jimmalenko's name.

Is he trying to tell me something?

[808smokey]

i think i should start using numbers in my passwords

You should always use numbers letters and symbols as passwords. Password crackers can "crack" only letter passwords in seconds.

Try something more like this for a password

b@$sm0rD

If you look at it long enough the:
b = p
@ = a
$ = s
s = s
m = w
0 = o
r = r
D = d to spell out "password"

i think you get the idea Once you type it a few times you get good at typing it pretty fast.

[Skoorb]

I get them to my hotmail sometimes. The internet is a freaking mess.

[bugster]

I have had those e-mails from Craig Tucker, Baldrick, Capmaster and other videohelp members. Loads of others from unknown and invalid e-mail addressses to. I used to have my main e-mail address available in my profile here, but since removing/hiding it, the number of virus bearing e-mails I get seems to have reduced. Still get 5- to 60 spams a day tho

The internet is a freaking mess.

You got it

[jimmalenko]

I have had those e-mails from Craig Tucker, Baldrick, Capmaster and other videohelp members. Loads of others from unknown and invalid e-mail addressses to. I used to have my main e-mail address available in my profile here, but since removing/hiding it, the number of virus bearing e-mails I get seems to have reduced. Still get 5- to 60 spams a day tho

Same here ... just one of those things I guess ...

Email spoofing - someone purporting to be you sends using your email address - then people fire up at you about it. Nothing you can do about it, really.


I'm secretly just trying to give bazooka a virus though

[ViRaL1]

...and the devil appears.

[thecoalman]

I have had those e-mails from Craig Tucker, Baldrick, Capmaster and other videohelp members.

Coincidentaly I just got a spam where the subject line would be something that a user of my board would send ...... Hope that doesn't become the norm. Goddamn bots.

[bazooka]

I'm secretly just trying to give bazooka a virus though

You must try harder. :P

[glockjs]

wow, i guess this is all more common than i thought. dont people have anything better to do with their time?

[thecoalman]

wow, i guess this is all more common than i thought. dont people have anything better to do with their time?

In most cases it's not people it's a bot. They spider web pages like a search engine does looking for e-mail addresses. I get them with a username just for one specific guestbook that I don't use anywhere else.

[glockjs]

wow, i guess this is all more common than i thought. dont people have anything better to do with their time?

In most cases it's not people it's a bot. They spider web pages like a search engine does looking for e-mail addresses. I get them with a username just for one specific guestbook that I don't use anywhere else.

yeah but somebody created the bot...so any way you look at it it all originates from a person

[bazooka]

wow, i guess this is all more common than i thought. dont people have anything better to do with their time?

Sadly, there are people out there with nothing better to do.

[Capmaster]

I have had those e-mails from Craig Tucker, Baldrick, Capmaster and other videohelp members

No ...those were intentional

[thecoalman]

yeah but somebody created the bot...so any way you look at it it all originates from a person

Yeah some pimply faced teenager that knows much more about computers than I ever will......

[glockjs]

thats what i never got what the hell is wrong with people. i was thinkin this when i was playin HL2 deathmatch when people were spawning with full weapons. how much time does it take to cheat...just play the freakin game. same thing with the internet. why ruin the internet, just freakin use it. people are so lame. they should be executed for stuff like that. making bots, spyware, viruses and such. if thats all they are good for and thats all they do all day why the hell does society need them

[thecoalman]

Yea What you said!

On a side note I used to play Q2 when it first came out and for years afterwards. Now I know why I sucked...... Bastards.

[glockjs]

Yea What you said!

On a side note I used to play Q2 when it first came out and for years afterwards. Now I know why I sucked...... Bastards.

it just makes me try harder...cause you know u suck if your cheating and cant win. the matches i was playin last night i was the top person most of the time still at one point when i was playin socom on ps2 back in the day i really wanted to find every single one of those gameshark jockeys and beat the living crap out of em

[ViRaL1]

I remember back in the old days of OE5, I would mess with friends by sending messages that showed all their info even though it went through my account. It authenticated with the hotmail server and if you went through enough trouble you could find out where it really came from. But most people never took the time and just got really freaked out. :P