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Title: Do I have a virus?
Post by: ERU on March 13, 2010, 21:29:38 PM
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?

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Title: Re:Do I have a virus?
Post by: filbert on March 13, 2010, 22:51:00 PM
Dont know but Im getting man-flu :gag:
Title: Re:Do I have a virus?
Post by: ERU on March 13, 2010, 23:34:33 PM
Quote from: filbertDont know but Im getting man-flu :gag:
Sounds like a case of low alcohol blood levels to me...
Title: Re:Do I have a virus?
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on March 13, 2010, 23:38:20 PM
Seems very unlikely to me. What seems more likely is that someone has spoofed your addy to send spam.
Title: Do I have a virus?
Post by: Serious on March 14, 2010, 01:00:33 AM
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.
Title: Re:Do I have a virus?
Post by: zpyder on March 14, 2010, 10:15:38 AM
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...
Title: Re:Do I have a virus?
Post by: ERU on March 14, 2010, 13:00:45 PM
Im not eventually sure what spoofing is  ... but phew.