alanab 0 #1 August 25, 2003 i have an aol email address. i have recently been bombarded with returned service, mailer-demon@various providers), etc. these are just a few that i deleted this morning when i got to work: 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@mai... failure notice 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@mai... failure notice 08/25/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@mai... failure notice 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 UnknownSender@Unk... Undeliverable message returned to sender 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown 08/24/2003 MAILER-DAEMON@aol... Returned mail: User unknown the funny thing is that i am not sending ANY emails out to addresses that would send the emails back to me. some of them contain attachments and some dont. but regardless i never open them, i just delete them all. this just started last week. it has not effected any of the other email addresses on my aol account, just mine. i was wondering if anyone else has this problem or knows what it is or how to fix it. please help.... i get more and more evey minute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #2 August 25, 2003 ewwwwww... Alana's got cuudies....Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #3 August 25, 2003 thanks for the help rem... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #4 August 25, 2003 It's a virus. The way it works is the virus on the infected machine goes to the address book and gets 2 addresses - one becomes the sender address and one becomes the recipient address. In these cases you were the sender and a bunch of other people were the recipients. Just delete them. Postal Rodriguez-- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #5 August 25, 2003 will it ever stop???!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #6 August 25, 2003 Quotewill it ever stop???!!!! Not by itself! lol.... Thst what antivirus are for. You are using one with up to date virus lists, are you?Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #7 August 25, 2003 yeah, but i dont think the virus is on my pc, i think its within my email account, b/c i get those emails at work, and my parents dont get them at the same pc i use at home? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #8 August 25, 2003 AOL...oh man!!!! Attention people, especially the ones with Broadband, check your ACTIVITY led on your modem, since yesterday that light is going crazy (at least here), my router and firewall are blocking whatever is happening, but every now and then I get a message from the firewall saying INTRUSION BLOCKED. Just an FYI__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #9 August 25, 2003 The virus could have infected someone that you know's PC and it is spoofing the sender to make it look like its coming from your account even though you are not infected. whats happening is the spoofed emails are being sent out to bad addresses and the providers are emailing you back (since you name IS in the sender line) to tell you that the mail was unable to be delivered. Call your friends and have them update their virus files and do a system scan to clean the viruses.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #10 August 25, 2003 QuoteAOL...oh man!!!! Attention people, especially the ones with Broadband, check your ACTIVITY led on your modem, since yesterday that light is going crazy (at least here), my router and firewall are blocking whatever is happening, but every now and then I get a message from the firewall saying INTRUSION BLOCKED. Just an FYI It's probably blaster - I had almost 6,000 firewall alarms over the weekend on port 135. For the virus thing - didn't we cover this last week? EDIT: Yes we did http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=622361#622361it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #11 August 25, 2003 still dont know what to do about it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #12 August 25, 2003 Quotestill dont know what to do about it If that's what it is, and you don't have the virus, there's really nothing you can do except try to figure out who has your address and is actually sending it. Wait it out, about the best you can do. One more good reason people who forward crap emails on annoy me. Not only are they sending me crap, but they usually don't bother to take out all the header information, or bother using BCC instead of an 800 mile (or kilometer for the metric-inclined) long "To" line, where my email address is.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #13 August 25, 2003 so there's no way i can prevent my email address from getting tons of these every day? i just deleted 7 more! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #14 August 25, 2003 Call your friends or email everyone in your address book and tell them to clean their computers. I've deleted 25000+ bounced emails for my company in the last 5 days...Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #15 August 25, 2003 Quoteso there's no way i can prevent my email address from getting tons of these every day? i just deleted 7 more! Nope. The best you can do is look at the addresses, see if any of them look familiar, and try to figure out who you know that also knows them (or at least would have you both in their address book) If you're on AOL.... good luck.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #16 August 25, 2003 thanks, i just looked at about 20 of them.. no familiar email addresses on there, but a few were repeated... what gives? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #17 August 25, 2003 Quotei just deleted 7 more! Wahhhh!!! When you start deleting over 1000 at a time, we'll talk. There is nothing you can do to stop this as it's a failure on the receiving end. Your email is in the 'reply to' of the email, even though you didn't send it. Basically, you just have to keep deleting. btw, my running tally of deleted emails with virus attachments is at 17,463 since last wednesday... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #18 August 25, 2003 waaaa! j/k that's way more than i get, but ive just never heard of anything like this. just concerned, that's all. geez! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #19 August 25, 2003 Read the links... Keep deleteing them... all you can do unless you start calling your friends.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #20 August 25, 2003 Quotethanks, i just looked at about 20 of them.. no familiar email addresses on there, but a few were repeated... what gives? You on AOL?it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 4 #22 August 25, 2003 Quoteyep, aol Well, you're probably screwed. To stereotype AOL users: You know those really really really annoying "... send this on to everyone to know!" chain letters, virus warnings, cute shit, funny crap, prayer requests, etc. that you have to scroll down through about 20 pages of email addresses before you actually get to the message? Yup... your address is probably on thousands of people's computer... most of whom you've don't know or have ever met.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #23 August 25, 2003 dayum, great! am i stuck with this shit for life? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #24 August 25, 2003 Quotedayum, great! am i stuck with this shit for life? If you stick with crappy service providers! lolRemster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #25 August 25, 2003 I would venture to guess that there is at least one skydiver who has the virus on their machine... I have received several hundred of these type messages, but only to my aerialfusion.com address, and none of my others... only other skydivers have/use that address. And its not my machine... mine's a Mac that is virus free. JoshAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
