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SentraWV
10-09-2008, 01:26 PM
Frack! Some spammer has apparently appropriated my Email address, as I'm getting dozens of "delivery failures" for addresses I've never seen. Anybody have advice on how do deal with this (other than just clearing out the inbox every once in a while)?
SeanB
10-09-2008, 02:14 PM
What hosting provider?
Are you using a web app or a local Outlook type app?

You may have to have your provider add an exception to your spam list.
SentraWV
10-09-2008, 02:20 PM
I use Earthlink as a provider and Eudora as a client. It seems to be dying down now. FWIW, a full system virus scan came up clean.
SentraWV
10-09-2008, 05:17 PM
Spoke too soon, they're back with a vengeance. Appear to come in waves. Earthlink unhelpfully suggested an up to date virus scan (done!) or submitting all the headers to some anti-spam service. I'd not get anything else done!

*grumble grumble*
wvphoto
10-09-2008, 10:31 PM
change your password first.


pay symantic. norton..
it will remove it.
TimMaddox
10-09-2008, 11:08 PM
My mom had this problem, a trojan hijacked her email and address book. Norton antivirus was installed at the time, but it still got thru. She took it too a computer store who fixed the problem and told her Norton was crap and to get McAfee. She did, the computer runs faster with McAfee than Norton, and no more problems since.
Just another opinion.
SeanB
10-10-2008, 01:16 PM
Install AVG
Scan
Install Lavasoft Adware
Scan

If both come up negative ghostrider contact Earthlink, they have a spam list they can control.

My guess is that its not a virus issue but someone harvesting emails.
SentraWV
10-10-2008, 05:24 PM
Happen to have links handy for those, Sean? Things have quited down (no BS since about 10am this morning), so I'll probably hold off doing anything else until I can get with the office IT guy next week.

Thanks, everybody!
SeanB
10-10-2008, 10:56 PM
http://free.avg.com/

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

My guess is someone sent a spam list to a single infected account, that propagated through the system. We see that a lot, one infected account generates spam to hundreds of others. It may not even be your account, but someone else at work, friend, etc.