[thelist] OT - Someone Is Using My Email Address For Spam

matthew garrett matthew.garrett at snet.net
Fri Aug 23 18:02:18 CDT 2002


> From: "Chris" <axe at suburbia.com.au>
> This morning when I checked my email I recieve quite a few 'message
> undeliverable' return emails from my email provider's Mailer Daemon which
> had been headed for email addresses that I do not know, and did not send to.

Hi Chris,
Sounds like someone you know (or you, yourself) have been infected with the
W32.Klez.gen at mm worm virus. It sends random messages, with random subjects
with random attachments to and *from* random addresses in the victim's
Outlook address book.

In other words, someone who has you're email in their book is sending out
mail with your address in the reply-to field.

You can make sure that it's not you by researching it on the virus site of
your choice. Just search for W32.Klez

Good luck,
matt g





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