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Do I have a virus?

Started by ERU, March 13, 2010, 21:29:38 PM

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ERU

I was just looking through my spam box and saw I seem to have sent a spam email to myself! What do you think? Do I have a virus?


filbert

Dont know but Im getting man-flu :gag:

ERU

Quote from: filbertDont know but Im getting man-flu :gag:
Sounds like a case of low alcohol blood levels to me...

Clock'd 0Ne

Seems very unlikely to me. What seems more likely is that someone has spoofed your addy to send spam.

Serious

Quote from: ERUDo I have a virus?

No, 99.9%+ someone is spoofing your email addy. I get these fairly regularly. Its quite common for them to send mail with the recievers email address spoofed as the sender as they seem to think this has a higher chance of getting through than a random one.

zpyder

Is there a way for them to see what email addresses belong to a domain? Sometimes Ive found it quite odd when I get an email supposedly from one of the other accounts on the domain, given how new the email address is etc. I didnt know if it was down to luck or whether they can find out the half dozen email addresses etc...

ERU

Im not eventually sure what spoofing is  ... but phew.