Louis OT WAS Re: Fake Emails

[Guest guest]

Hi Louis, you probably know this already, but it may not be an individual

who is targeting your account. My understanding is that the way some of the

current crop of viruses and worms are written, someone else's infected

computer, who you emailed at some point, could be generating fake emails

seemingly from you from that infected computer. That person may be unaware,

and you would be unaware until you start seeing emails supposedly from you

popping up here and there. Another way you might know is if you receive

" delivery error " emails you never wrote that were rejected due to containing

a virus by the receiving server.

As far as I know there is no way to solve the problem once your email

address is hijacked by one of these malicious codes. If you or your techie

friends know a solution, I'd love to be in on the secret.

Not a day goes by lately that I don't receive several of these emails " back "

that I never sent in the first place.

Good luck, don't respond *too* exponentially :-)

Kathy R. in Indiana

----- Original Message -----

> Dear Fellow List Members,

>

> Someone is currently sending fake emails from my Hotmail account to the

list.

> This individual is using software which sends email from any address

> to another address. Yahoo Groups is not blocking the emails

> because my hotmail address is subscribed to the list. Thus far the

> emails have been innocuous, but the potential exists for inappropriate

> material to be sent to the list because of this problem. One of

> our members was victimized earlier today by having an email making

> reference to " sex pictures " sent to the list in a post showing one of

> her email addresses as the source of the post.

>

> I am working on this issue and I have also asked friends to take a

> look at the problem. Additionally, I have reported the post from

> my address to Yahoo Groups.

>

> If inappropriate material appears we shall delete the message after

> reporting it to Yahoo Groups. In an effort to maintain normal

> message traffic please try to avoid commenting on inappropriate posts

> that may be sent unless you feel the need to disavow a post that has

> been fraudulently sent to the list with your email address attached.

>

> This is a new wrinkle in an ongoing war between the good guys and the

> bad guys in cyberland. My friends and I are looking for the source

> of the problem with an intensity approaching obsession and we are

> capable of replying exponentially.

>

> Take care.

>

> Louis

[Guest guest]

When I read some of those " weird " posts yesterday, I ran my virus software, AVG,

and it found and " healed " a trojan worm called, BackDoor.Iroffer.2.

Just thought I'd share that as that may be what's being passed around.

in Southern Illinois

Louis OT WAS Re: Fake Emails

Hi Louis, you probably know this already, but it may not be an individual

who is targeting your account. My understanding is that the way some of the

current crop of viruses and worms are written, someone else's infected

computer, who you emailed at some point, could be generating fake emails

seemingly from you from that infected computer. That person may be unaware,

and you would be unaware until you start seeing emails supposedly from you

popping up here and there. Another way you might know is if you receive

" delivery error " emails you never wrote that were rejected due to containing

a virus by the receiving server.

As far as I know there is no way to solve the problem once your email

address is hijacked by one of these malicious codes. If you or your techie

friends know a solution, I'd love to be in on the secret.

Not a day goes by lately that I don't receive several of these emails " back "

that I never sent in the first place.

Good luck, don't respond *too* exponentially :-)

Kathy R. in Indiana

----- Original Message -----

> Dear Fellow List Members,

>

> Someone is currently sending fake emails from my Hotmail account to the

list.

> This individual is using software which sends email from any address

> to another address. Yahoo Groups is not blocking the emails

> because my hotmail address is subscribed to the list. Thus far the

> emails have been innocuous, but the potential exists for inappropriate

> material to be sent to the list because of this problem. One of

> our members was victimized earlier today by having an email making

> reference to " sex pictures " sent to the list in a post showing one of

> her email addresses as the source of the post.

>

> I am working on this issue and I have also asked friends to take a

> look at the problem. Additionally, I have reported the post from

> my address to Yahoo Groups.

>

> If inappropriate material appears we shall delete the message after

> reporting it to Yahoo Groups. In an effort to maintain normal

> message traffic please try to avoid commenting on inappropriate posts

> that may be sent unless you feel the need to disavow a post that has

> been fraudulently sent to the list with your email address attached.

>

> This is a new wrinkle in an ongoing war between the good guys and the

> bad guys in cyberland. My friends and I are looking for the source

> of the problem with an intensity approaching obsession and we are

> capable of replying exponentially.

>

> Take care.

>

> Louis

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[Guest guest]

Hi , " Netsky " is the one that I have been having the most problems with.

My own computer is not infected, but someone that I have written in the

past's computer is, and so that computer is churning out messages " from " me

to other contacts in that person's address book. At least that is what my

computer-nerd friend tells me is happening.

I hadn't heard yet about BackDoor, but nearly every day--sometimes

twice/day--there are updates to download and install from my virus software

company. I don't know how anyone who doesn't keep their anti-virus program

updated to the moment this way can hope to avoid infection.

Thanks,

Kathy R. in Indiana

----- Original Message -----

> When I read some of those " weird " posts yesterday, I ran my virus

software, AVG, and it found and " healed " a trojan worm called,

BackDoor.Iroffer.2.

>

> Just thought I'd share that as that may be what's being passed around.

>

> in Southern Illinois

[Guest guest]

Hi, Kathy.

I agree-about updating virus software. Mine is the free AVG, and I would be

lost if I were to crash my computer as I work from home with it and also

wouldn't have OCD Parenting to keep me alive.

in So IL

Re: Louis OT WAS Re: Fake Emails

Hi , " Netsky " is the one that I have been having the most problems with.

My own computer is not infected, but someone that I have written in the

past's computer is, and so that computer is churning out messages " from " me

to other contacts in that person's address book. At least that is what my

computer-nerd friend tells me is happening.

I hadn't heard yet about BackDoor, but nearly every day--sometimes

twice/day--there are updates to download and install from my virus software

company. I don't know how anyone who doesn't keep their anti-virus program

updated to the moment this way can hope to avoid infection.

Thanks,

Kathy R. in Indiana

----- Original Message -----

> When I read some of those " weird " posts yesterday, I ran my virus

software, AVG, and it found and " healed " a trojan worm called,

BackDoor.Iroffer.2.

>

> Just thought I'd share that as that may be what's being passed around.

>

> in Southern Illinois

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