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| 12 MAR 2007 at 12:32am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | you tested for viruses but not for spyware i presume? try spy sweeper (http://www.webroot.com/) and counterspy (http://www.sunbelt-software.com/) and see what comes up
if your pc is clean, then maybe your email was harvested somewhere and is now used to send spam
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 12:50am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | well.... umm.... you know Michelle, I've been wondering why you keep sending me this junk stuff too.... I didn't want to complain.... afterall, I like to be remembered.... but now that you've brought the situation up.....
I don't mind the porn, (you know me, no harm in looking) but if you can just can all the advertising .... :-*
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 12:56am |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4940
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Yeah Michelle, it's not just Caroline. I mean, I'm pretty broadminded about these things but there is a limit and 10 emails a day advertising various smarmy sites, all coming from a Michelle is a bit much!!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 3:52am |
LspaceIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 55
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | You are not alone Michelle. I've been getting emails from myself too. Only two so far and they were both spam. I use hotmail also. They go directly to my inbox and not my junk folder like the usual spam does. So far it isn't a problem as I just delete them but I'm concerned I might get more, lots more.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 7:47am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Michelle, you are getting spam (just like everyone else with an e-mail address). It's not a virus and it's not spyware and there's probably nothing wrong with your PC. You can't do anything about it, other than finding out who's sending it and paying them a visit with a shotgun.
I forgot my sig.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 9:01am |
RevliskciPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 9 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Yeppers. You've been harvested. Looks like you signed up for something or posted your e-mail address in a public place where spambots could get to it. Or were ictim of a dictionary attack where they just used various combinations of likely sounding addresses until they hit on a valid one.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 1:41pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (12 MAR 2007 7:47am)
Michelle, you are getting spam (just like everyone else with an e-mail address). It's not a virus and it's not spyware and there's probably nothing wrong with your PC. You can't do anything about it, other than finding out who's sending it and paying them a visit with a shotgun.
it could be spyware... not spyware sending her emails of course! but she could have spyware that stole her email or address book etc
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 1:51pm |
alkis21Schattenjger
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Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: GR
Status : Offline | Smells like Spyware to me as well.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 1:53pm |
MissBSchattenjger
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Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (12 MAR 2007 7:47am)
You can't do anything about it, other than finding out who's sending it and paying them a visit with a shotgun.
But that's suicide, because the sender is ME!
Thanks, Aya, for the links. My antivirus is supposed to be an "internet security" package that detects spyware, too, but apparently it isn't doing so well. I religiously run both it, Spyhunter, and Registry Cleaner. I'm running CounterSpy right now and it's already found 3 items.
Good grief! How many programs do I have to buy to keep my pc protected?!?
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 2:24pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Michelle (12 MAR 2007 1:53pm)
But that's suicide, because the sender is ME!
No, or at least not unless you have a split personality disorder or something The 'From' field on e-mails is exactly as easy to fake as with snail mail. You can write any return address you want on a letter and drop it off at the nearest mailbox, and e-mail is the same. It was clearly designed by people who weren't sneaky bastards and didn't realize that some others are.
It is possible to find out where an e-mail originated (which server), though not necessarily who really sent it.
Good grief! How many programs do I have to buy to keep my pc protected?!?
Do not expect that any amount of anti-virus, anti-spyware, or anti-whatever will protect you from spam. Even if you never ever made your e-mail address publicly available in any way, keep in mind that if just one single person you ever sent e-mail to had spyware-infected computer, the spammers could get hold of your address. What's worse, now that the spammers got hold of your address, you can't take it back. The only way to eliminate spam would be a new e-mail address (not an option for most people). Beyond better spam filters, there's not much you can do.
I forgot my sig.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 2:51pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Michelle (12 MAR 2007 1:53pm)
Good grief! How many programs do I have to buy to keep my pc protected?!?
having had really bad spyware probs in the past, i have tried out almost everything that's out there! i have decided that spy sweeper and counterspy are the best ones, and i've been using them for the past 2 years (along with hijackthis for extreme situations, but that's another story)... just those 2 i believe can cover everything spyware related... i am also running norton for anti-virus protection, but i'll probably be changing it when my subscription ends... as for spam, i don't have really bad spam probs and comcast and yahoo are pretty good in that area... plus i have a yahoo account that i use in most places online, and it's the one that gets all the spam... i keep my regular email accounts away from harm!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 12 MAR 2007 at 6:07pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Aya (12 MAR 2007 2:50pm)
having had really bad spyware probs in the past, i have tried out almost everything that's out there! i have decided that spy sweeper and counterspy are the best ones, and i've been using them for the past 2 years (along with hijackthis for extreme situations, but that's another story)... just those 2 i believe can cover everything spyware related... i am also running norton for anti-virus protection, but i'll probably be changing it when my subscription ends... as for spam, i don't have really bad spam probs and comcast and yahoo are pretty good in that area... plus i have a yahoo account that i use in most places online, and it's the one that gets all the spam... i keep my regular email accounts away from harm!
Thanks for sharing this info! I should try that solution too. Will probably migrate from Norton too, not for security but for performance reasons. This came up in another thread a while ago and there were some good suggestions there. These days there are lots of options and even the free ones are really good.
About the spam, I think it sounds really stupid to have some spyware hijack an email address and then send spam back to that same address, alerting the user that something fishy is going on. Well, all the better for us though I guess... If more people used anti spyware software there would be far less spam, these days it doesn't matter a whole lot if you are well prepared yourself when others aren't and get their emails hijacked all the time.
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| 13 MAR 2007 at 6:03pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Petter_Holmberg (12 MAR 2007 6:06pm)
Thanks for sharing this info! I should try that solution too. Will probably migrate from Norton too, not for security but for performance reasons. This came up in another thread a while ago and there were some good suggestions there. These days there are lots of options and even the free ones are really good.
yeah, there is a certain anti-virus that several ppl suggest, and it was mentioned here too... that's where i'll probably be moving to, as long as i can remember its name! :
About the spam, I think it sounds really stupid to have some spyware hijack an email address and then send spam back to that same address, alerting the user that something fishy is going on.
i don't think that's intentional... the names go both to "from" and "to" databases and it just happens that sometimes they cross paths
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 15 MAR 2007 at 7:33pm |
Randy-JAJourneyman
Posts : 1351
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | maybe you have multiple personality disorder and just don't remember your other personality sending yourself emails? You could be the Sybil of the JA Forum.
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| 15 MAR 2007 at 8:05pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya (13 MAR 2007 6:03pm)
i don't think that's intentional... the names go both to "from" and "to" databases and it just happens that sometimes they cross paths
Maybe, or maybe it is intentional - because it may have easier time getting through spam filters (mail people send to themselves could be whitelisted).
I forgot my sig.
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