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the-e-dealer

the-e-dealer

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Its a VIRUS or a Trojan. BUgs are when software malfunctions. You need a malware checker eg Spybot search and destroy (free) and anti virus eg AVG (Free). IT may NOT be you who is sending them. Spam companies steal people's addresses and also some Malware will pick an address at random from your address book. If you forward one to me I can take a look at the header which will identify the real sender.
Alan Medic

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I did an AVG scan yesterday but that didn't detect anything. Am now doing a malware one. I was joking ted about sending them to myself. I've received other emails with similar addresses/subject matter also but realised these were not from who I was supposed to think they were from.


What would detecting the real sender allow me to do apart from what I'm doing already?

Sue

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AlanMedic, there's another recent thread about this somewhere, but try changing your email password, for a start.


ETA: And if you are receiving emails supposedly from a friend but you know they're not actually from them, get them to change their email passwords as well.


And do a search, the other thread was very recent and had some good advice from people like DulwichFox who are technological geniuses (you owe me a pint now, Fox :)) )

Willard

Willard

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maxxi Wrote:

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> Willard Wrote:

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> > Virus, been downloading too much grot...

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> Oooh, can you get that online now?



http://www.deviantart.com/download/146415257/Grot_Blak_Opz_Agent_by_Proiteus.jpg

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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Hi Alan...


Do not think you have a Virus. although responding to these mails Could cause problems.


Mail it would seem is very simple to hack...


One common 'hack' ?? is that you recieve an e-mail that appears to come from yourself.

Usually advertising cheap drugs or something similar. Although not dangerous in themsleves

they are a nusciance.


All e-mails contain 'Subject' , 'To' , 'From'


The 'From' Field can contain anything. like.. Your email address.


Adding The Sender to the Blocked Senders List will add your e-mail addressto Blocked Senders.

Altough this does not stop further emails as you were not actually the real sender.


and also does not seem to stop you sending mails to yourself..


You may need to add your e-mail to the Safe Users List



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