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Comment from Frank on 2009-11-06

2009-11-06T19:31:50Z

Some one had hacked into my 3 email address used for Business
Been using this one for years
use this with my girlf.

Can this account be reset, or destroyed as I have business information on the , and contacts on this one, and the other 2 are private.
Please Help as I have 3 Hotmail account and all 3 were hacked.

Not that I'm aware of.

07-Nov-2009

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Comment from sujitha on 2009-11-01

2009-11-01T14:02:33Z

hai ..
am not sent any mail to other but that person received mail from my user name.in that from part my name is rite but mail id is not correct but in that mail id was am confused how mit possibe? pls clear it..

Please read the article you just commented on. It talks about exactly this scenario.

01-Nov-2009

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Comment from Robert on 2009-10-31

2009-10-31T17:40:41Z

When I arrived at home this am,I had a e-mail from a buddy,It was bad but I never sent it.Furthmore another friend got all kinds of personal information about my kids.The only way they could have gotten this info was to be inside my computer.I am pretty computer savy and run anti-virus and check my ports But on this one I am lost.

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Comment from dave on 2009-10-27

2009-10-27T11:04:41Z

also he hacked into my u tube account

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Comment from dave on 2009-10-27

2009-10-27T11:03:22Z

i had this guy spam me fron germany and the next day i turned my pc on and i needed to reboot because it had crashed eny tips to prevent it? cheers

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Comment from charlotte on 2009-10-26

2009-10-26T17:17:22Z

There have been several occassions where emails have been sent from my hotmail account to each individual in my address book; AND the emails are in my sent folder. All of these emails are some type of advertisement for a product or 'store'. This doesn't seem to fit the example above since the email is being sent from my address to the people in my address book. Would this signify that there is a virus on my computer (my virus scan shows nothing)? Or is it being done by the advertisers in the emails. If so, is there a way to do anything about it? Thanks.

You are correct, if the emails show up in your Sent Mail folder, this is very different: Your account has been compromised. Either someone has access to your account (change your password right away), or your PC has been compromized by a virus or spyware.

27-Oct-2009

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Comment from Sandee on 2009-10-02

2009-10-02T22:13:49Z

I really need some advice. My ex-fiancee' has been without my knowledge having all my email to 3 accounts (even the one he had no knowledge of) sent to his personal email and his work email accounts.
Before he sends them to me! If I click "Show Original" his address(s)are right there first! How do I stop him and how (this is really important) did he even do this?
Big Thanks

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Comment from shellbonen or was patricia dorey on 2009-09-24

2009-09-24T18:50:16Z

basically not only is someone using my e-mail without persmission, but some days they let me log in to just show they already opened it up and they other days my passwords is not reconized. which would be [passwords removed]

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Comment from DEBBIE on 2009-09-23

2009-09-23T15:33:31Z

hi..someone used my email & password to send an 'obscene' email to themselves..they are now taking me to court over this..i DID NOT SEND IT..i contacted my ISP they cannot help me as it was sent thru windows live account..how do i prove this in court..they deleted it from my 'sent' box but not from my 'deleted item's this is how i found it! i am furious! i need to prove it was sent from what ever computer they used & not mine at home as they dont reside with me even..can you please help..i need to prove them wrong..police cannot help it is a civil matter not criminal i asked them...any suggestions?

You need to talk to a tech-savvy lawyer. There may be ways to get the information (if the information you need exists at all), but I'm guessing you'll need a court order to do so.

24-Sep-2009

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Comment from Appu on 2009-09-14

2009-09-14T08:31:36Z

When I checked my e-mail inbox today, I found that there were about 20 "Delivery Status Notification (failure)" messages. When I opened them, they all contained the same message, and it seems they got sent to everyone in my contact list (200+ addresses).
I checked my "sent" messages list, and there was no trace that I (or someone who might have hacked my account) had even sent the messages in the first place. The only reason I noticed that this had happened is because some of the addresses in my contact list don't exist anymore and the emails got bounced back to me.
I changed my password, but it seems more likely this is a virus problem. I have an up-to-date virus scanner, and it hasn't picked any up. Any ideas?

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Comment from SHURLEY FLOWERS on 2009-09-12

2009-09-13T02:21:10Z

i'm a 75 yr. old senior and someone using my e-mail acct sent bad/treatening e-mails to my pastor. it got me in trouble with the whole church. the pastor beleaves i sent them. haven't been back since. no one will listen to the virus story. my sister believed virus' were "bug". i was told by my physical therepest that the dumbest thing we ever did, was to call "them" virus. i agree. if i hadn;t been so upset when i was talking about virus, my sister says, why are you giving them brains?

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Comment from Gina on 2009-09-08

2009-09-09T03:16:57Z

So much like everyone else, someone used by email address to send spam to everyone on my contact list. I changed my password, but still whenever I start a new email or hit reply to reply to an email sent to me, the spam message shows up in the new message I'm typing. I erase it before I start typing, but I'd like to fix my email so it stops automatically popping up at the start of all my emails. Help!

It sounds like your machine is infected with a virus of some sort.

12-Sep-2009

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Comment from kaleb on 2009-09-03

2009-09-03T19:50:54Z

hey someone type in my email address for a account and i got something about acvating it do i just delete the message because some one tyep my email in to that account that i dont want

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Comment from Volkan on 2009-08-18

2009-08-19T03:32:22Z

Hi,I have a different type of problem. I am using Dumeter to monitor my network activity. When I send an email through my outlook especially with attachments,I noticed that the same email was sent to another destination. I think somebody is copying whatever I send from my email through Outlook. Can you guide me how I can find the destination address of these emails? I tried to use some email tracing programs but they didn't work out.

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Comment from Damz on 2009-07-02

2009-07-03T06:26:24Z

Someone or maybe a virus has been sending spam photographs to all the people on my contact list!! (hotmail account)
And this happens as soon as I sign in to my account! Some CLICK-CLICK sound starts coming as if e-mails are being sent to all my friends , and I can even see the messages in the Sent folder .
I tried changing my password several times a day but that did'nt HELP!
I had this account for almost 7yrs now & it was extremely IMP. to me :(
So ultimately I closed the account today , But as soon as I did that they said that your account would be available for 275 days! & if u try to sign in (which ofcourse the hacker or virus may do ) it'll ACTIVATE again!
Please HELP me on this matter ASAP!

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Comment from Dalal etoum on 2009-05-25

2009-05-26T06:23:45Z

i changed my password after my account was hacked 2 days ago and this morning i found out that it was hacked again;(

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Comment from Leo [not the "Ask Leo" Leo] on 2009-05-05

2009-05-06T01:47:04Z

I also got some emails that supposedly were sent by me and had bounced. These emails had me as a the sender. I used an IP tracing software and found that different persons in different countries were using my email address as the sender. I traced on email to a sender in Brazil, another to a sender in Germany and another to a sender in the US!! How they managed to forge my email address as the sender is what is puzzling me. Oh yeah, the usual use of my forged email was to flog sexual enhancement products. I lost a number of lady friends because one, they were embarrassed by the spam and two, they thought I was involved with porn!! Is there any legal remedy to deal with these [edited]?

There may technically be legal remedy (contact a lawyer or law enforcement), but in practical terms it's not worth the cost and effort. "From: spoofing" is trivially easy to do. Those IPs you traced were probably botnet-infected machines where the owners also have no idea it's happening.

- Leo
07-May-2009

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Comment from Mike on 2009-01-28

2009-01-29T01:28:14Z

OK - here's a twist. Some one has been using MY email address (15 yr old account I use for filling out web forms and registrations, etc) on application forms for the last 2-3 years for things like home loans, bank accounts, Pay Pal, ebay, and even notification of service on their car. I have actually located the home address and parcel ID, phone number, and even the VIN number on their car (Same state 20 miles from me). Interestingly enough, the name on the house is my name. I determined that my email account has not been breached and no fraudlulent inquiries have been made into my personal financial accounts using MY SSN. One Bank actually confirmed today that an account that I was receiving information on, that was NOT MINE, did indeed have my email address on it. So - it could really be someone with my name just using it (why?), or trying haplessly to break my password, or something. In any case got a suggestion? Not sure if this criminal or not ??? I am getting tired of sending the emails to fraud departments though and I hesitate to communicate to this person directly.

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Comment from David on 2008-12-05

2008-12-06T01:37:50Z

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Comment from Michelle on 2008-12-02

2008-12-02T16:19:27Z

Someone else is getting the same emails, I'm getting??? Apparently, we have the same email add.....is that possible??

Nope. There must be something else going on. Hard to say without more details.

- Leo
03-Dec-2008

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Comment from William on 2008-11-27

2008-11-27T19:41:21Z

I gave my x-wife my email address with hopes she would not call me anymoe and that she would send me emails instead. I was just informed that she could now use my email address to sign up for porn sites and such. Is this true and how will I be able to prove she was the one that used my email address.

Depends on the site. Most will email you a link to confirm your signing up. Ignore that link. As long as she cannot read your email and respnd as you, you should be fine.

- Leo
28-Nov-2008

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Comment from michelle on 2008-10-22

2008-10-22T20:00:58Z

Hi Leo,

I am getting emails from myself! I tried looking at the "source" but I'm on outlook. I checked my email online and tried to find the sender, but not much success there. Is someone disguising as me, or is my computer actually sending out mail to me AND to others?

Thanks..

The article you commented on addresses that.

- Leo
23-Oct-2008

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Comment from christopher on 2008-09-29

2008-09-29T21:54:16Z

Hello Leo:
I am hoping you can help ma and advise me what to do. It was just brought to my attention that someone has been reading all my mail. I have my MSN address on all my important documents including my resume. Anyway, I applied for a position and all went well and the Manager said he would contact me either way. So about 3 weeks went by and I called him. He was very suprised that I called b/c he stated that he wanted to hire me but the reply to address on my email which is plavelle@dartbrokerage.com which is not MINE! I was puzzled and thanked him and decided to email myself and in the reply to section is this address and I noticed somehow they get a copy of my outgoing as well. I just contacted MSN and haven't heard back yet. However, I attempted to contact this Dart Brokerage which appears to be an insurance company by their website, but both my emails to the company and their employee plavelle@dartbrokerage.com both came back as undeliverable because their boxes were full. What the heck is this, and why? How can I remove them on the reply to? I checked all my settings and they are nowhere but they appear on all my mail???

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Comment from Joy Lynn on 2008-09-18

2008-09-18T17:04:58Z

I keep getting email on my windows mail and it says from me but in the right click property it says (may be forge)so do i need to report this to my ISP or not to worry .I can get the ip address on them.should I turn them in?

That's a very common spam technique, and reporting it will do nothing. Delete it and move on with your life.

-Leo

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Comment from Leo on 2008-07-23

2008-07-23T16:34:32Z

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It never hurts to change your password. Just make sure to
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http://ask-leo.com/whats_a_good_password.html

Leo

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Comment from phyllis on 2008-07-22

2008-07-22T19:43:22Z

i am new at this computer stuff, but my husband and son have email accounts on our computer also, should we all change our passwords,we also have an email address for our church on this computer should we change that password also?

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Comment from Tim Sanders on 2008-07-21

2008-07-21T19:29:42Z

Leo: I hope you have heard of this scam but if not here's a new one for you. I am part of a committee that is putting on a high school reunion. The committee chair suggested I go to Yahoo.com and look into their "reunion groups" which I did. The only link they had to reunions was a website called "REUNIONS.com" to I clicked on the website. In order to access the information for your high school, you of course had to register, which I did. As I was looking at the information that they had, I thought I could use this information for say the next 90 days to get out notices to the people on Reunions.com list that went to my high school. So I paid by credit card 36 bucks for 90 days. When I hit submit, not only did they take my money but they stole my entire email address book from my computer!! without a password but I was signed in of course.
Within minutes I was receiving dozens of emails and phone calls from people livid about me giving out their email addresses, which I of course had to explain. This went on for two weeks! I wrote Reunion.com an angry note and told them they could keep my money (they had a no return policy anyway) and stick it where the sun didn't shine. They still send me emails about who has been trying to contact me but I won't open them as I am afraid that they will again steal my address book. I have changed my password. I don't know who to pass this information on to, other than everyone on my email list. Is there a website I can report this to or do I go to the police? Got any suggestions? Thanks for your time.

Tim

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Comment from Leo on 2008-06-24

2008-06-25T00:48:21Z

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You're just getting spam, like everyone else. I'd simply
ignore 'em and move on.

Leo

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Comment from Gwen on 2008-06-23

2008-06-24T02:24:25Z

Receiving spam emails about purchases I didn't make. Afraid someone is using my email address. I changed my password already. I tried to delete the account but cannot.

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Comment from Leo on 2008-06-15

2008-06-15T16:52:30Z

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You can't.

If it's serious enough I would register a complaint with
appropriate athorities so as to be on record that it's not
you who's doing the harassing. Perhaps even persue whatever
legal action is available to stop the culprit. But the
authorities will have to be involved for that.

Leo

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Comment from mary on 2008-06-13

2008-06-13T22:20:32Z

Someone is sending very threatening emails using my email address through a website called deadfake.com. They have not actually hacked into my email acct. but are able to disguise theirselves as me by using my email address on this webisite which sends out the emails. I am receiving messages from people telling me that they are contacting the police due to ''my'' threatening emails... it's very scarey and I don't know how to stop it.

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Comment from Leo on 2008-05-04

2008-05-04T23:50:02Z

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Contact the authorities.

Thanks,

Leo

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Comment from Allison Milller on 2008-05-04

2008-05-04T20:19:28Z

someone has hacked into my account and has gotten my personal informationlike my address, phone number, and name. I deleted the account. But, now i am recieving stuff in the mail and i am expected to pay for it. What am i supposed to do?

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Comment from Leo on 2008-05-03

2008-05-03T22:37:44Z

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"What should I do?" - Probably read the article you just
commented on. :-) It pretty clearly explains what's going
on.

Thanks,

Leo

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Comment from Jayce on 2008-05-03

2008-05-03T12:29:40Z

Hi , Someone is using my email address to do spam mail last week . I have changed my password and today i still receive the same spam me again. When I did a replay it replied back to my email add. What should I do?

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Comment from David Pearl on 2008-04-07

2008-04-07T10:17:56Z

I have in the last few weeks been receibg numerous failure messages of emails that I have never sent which have been returned to sender only these were not sent by me in the first palce. these mostly are in Russian alphabet characters. We also had to remove a virus which got through our file wall and anti virus software. It looks like I will need to change my email address.

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Comment from John Hansen on 2008-03-29

2008-03-30T02:14:21Z

Hi. I hope this is not off topic. For the second time in 4 months - I have had a webhosting account suspended - they had some company in england that had a link from one of my sites and they say I'm running a phishing site. I don't send email and although I get at least 8 phishing deals everyday - I've never clicked on any of them. About 8 months ago someone said another of my sites was sending spam from an older article directory I had that wasn't being use and wasn't even on the pages to be found.

How do we protect our websites from this kind of stuff and if this goes on - nobody will dare rent webspace anymore - and why do the webhosts buy all this time and shut sites down - just on the word of some stranger or organization.

Thanks - the website in question is: http://the-idaho-trader.com

I have mccafee latest, suite 8 and spyware doctor with anti-virus and super antispyware free edition

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-01-04

2008-01-04T19:42:58Z

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If you don't have access to the accounts then you likely
cannot delete them. Contacting customer service may be
ineffective, but it's your only option.

Leo

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Comment from aanal shah on 2008-01-03

2008-01-03T08:45:05Z

i hav a account in hotmail, yahoo, google talk & orkut all my ids hav got hacked i hav written it to all d help centers to please delete my account bt there is no resopnse frm their side please tell me wht should i do 2 recover my password or delete my account...please do reply

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Comment from Jesse on 2007-09-30

2007-09-30T08:22:35Z

Gina: In order to get the IP Address for someone harassing you on Myspace, you would have to contact the people who actually have access to the Myspace logs--i.e., the Myspace staff. Good luck--I can tell you now it is not going to happen unless you've got a few million dollars for legal weight behind you.

Josh, depending on the e-mail client you use, the headers can be viewed in a number of different ways (including opening up the e-mail in a plain text editor, like Notepad for Windows users). In the case of web mail, you would have to either have a "built-in" way to view headers, or configure an e-mail client to download e-mails from the server.

antonio: Eh? Copypasta?

Steven: No, it's not possible. Right now, using a very simple PHP script, I could send you an e-mail from "god@heaven.org" if I wanted to. Naturally, I do not own the "god@heaven.org" account, heh.

There is good news, however. Those who -do- spoof your address can only use it for one-way communication, unless they add their OWN address as the "Reply-To" header (and if that's the case, then it's obviously not you, right? XD). In other words, while anyone can SEND an e-mail as anyone else, they can only RECIEVE e-mail at their own addresses.

(Also, if it's a very important e-mail, I do check the headers, and see if the IP address has a DNS entry that matches with the apparent sender.)

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Comment from Gina Roche on 2007-01-24

2007-01-24T21:38:03Z

I have a very serious problem. I have a protective order out on someone I know, but they have seemed to find a way around it, they are harrassing and threatening me online, on myspace to be specific. I have contacted the police to file charges and to get the harrassment to stop but they say without "proof" that it is him that they can not do anything. My question is, how do I get the isp address? I need it in order to press charges. Please help me, tis is very important. It is affect me and my young children and I feel like we are no longer safe anywhere. I need to stop him before something serious happens to us. Thank you

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Comment from leslie on 2006-10-31

2006-11-01T03:43:13Z

Someone is doing online surveys, etc and using my email addres and also giving these company's my cell phone number. I have an idea who is doing these things but have no way of proving it. What do you suggest I do? I've also received a call the other day from a credit card company offering me an alternative credit card. I asked how they got my cell number since I am on a DO NOT CALL LIST & was told I had applied for a credit card online & was turned down. When I told them I did no such thing & asked to speak to management I was given the run around. I did however get one company to give me the IP address from the so called email I had sent & it's an AOL IP, I am not with AOL or nor have I ever been. What can I do about this, where do I even start. My email is full of spame and my cell phone continually rings now with different telemarketers stating I applied for this or that or I won a trip I applied for online. HELP!

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-10-10

2006-10-10T16:10:58Z

Nothing, really. The best you could do would be to try and set up a message rule to somehow immediately delete those mails. If it's possible (I'm not 100% on OE's rules processing) you'll want to be VERY careful that you don't delete something you wanted by mistake.

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Comment from Pat on 2006-10-10

2006-10-10T07:46:24Z

Mail is ostensibly being returned to me which I did not originate. My e-mail address before the @ is both incorrect and varied. I use Outlook Express. Where segments of these messages are added to the "returned" e-mail they appear to be company sensitive. What can I do to stop this and only receive e-mails with the complete correct address.

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Comment from Bev on 2006-08-02

2006-08-02T23:23:54Z

I cant say that someone is sending emails from my account but i can say that someone has been in my email account and has been reading my emails, because i work shifts and i know that this is happening because the emails been opened.
How do i get the ISP numbers that have used the email account. I have changed password and have a different secret question. I have also downloaded a firewall. But i really would like to know by name who has been doing this.

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Comment from Leo on 2006-05-24

2006-05-24T19:52:08Z

Depends on many things, but the most obvious is the employee setting up some kind of auto-forward.

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Comment from don on 2006-05-24

2006-05-24T16:40:35Z

I just noticed that email I send to one employee is suddenly being forwarded to another email account, usually hours after the original message was sent. How is this possible?

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Comment from Leo on 2006-05-12

2006-05-12T16:27:50Z

If it's a single IP address, you can use tools like ARIN's "who is" to identify the ISP that owns that IP address, and report to their abuse address. But that's about as far as it can typically be taken.

http://whois.arin.net

In all practicality, the answer is more likely, "no".

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Comment from LaurieH on 2006-05-12

2006-05-12T08:49:49Z

Someone is sending out nuisance emails using my email address. I am getting swamped with return emails. I have done a trace and know the IP address where the mail is being generated. Is there any way I can have these emails from the "foreign IPP address stopped???

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Comment from Leo on 2006-01-04

2006-01-05T05:11:32Z

That would be this article: http://ask-leo.com/someone_has_stolen_my_email_account_what_can_i_do_to_get_it_back.html

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Comment from sam on 2006-01-03

2006-01-03T16:18:14Z

my email address has been hack/cracked and i dunno how to get it back its got some very important things on it. can you help? Please? my email adress that you CAN contact me on is [Personal Information Removed]

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Comment from Leo on 2005-12-18

2005-12-19T01:42:33Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_forgotten_the_answer_to_my_msn_hotmail_secret_question_and_my_password_what_do_i_do.html

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Comment from Peter on 2005-12-10

2005-12-11T00:46:33Z

Like hundreds, possibly thousands of others, I have had my Yahoo Account stolen through a fake Yahoo login site (please don't think it cannot happen to you, it is becoming very common)
Yahoo will not help you, because the thief changes the personal details, therefore you cannot answer all the security questions. -catch 22-

I have started a Yahoo group so victims like us can get together and help each other and warn other people about this problem. I hope people will visit the web page and leave a message of support. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stolen_account/

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Comment from Leo on 2005-12-07

2005-12-08T06:30:05Z

Joyce: I believe those are the result of some new "services" that AOL has implemented recently.

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Comment from joyce on 2005-11-30

2005-12-01T05:10:18Z

I have noticed this for awhile when i leave my computer I clear my toolbar when i get on the next day i will look in the history and it will say aol:olm_0039 Super buddies or aol:0lm_0057mobile phone or aol:olm_0087games and I dont know where this is coming from there is no other person in my home is someone using my computer with a mobile phone or did someone get my password please let me know TY

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Comment from Leo on 2005-11-22

2005-11-23T04:25:15Z

Set up a rule in yoru mail client to automatically delete those mails.

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Comment from Alex on 2005-11-20

2005-11-20T09:56:52Z

I've got over 500 My_Doom emails within a week from: Received: from 210-86-121-252.jetstream.xtra.co.nz ([210.86.121.252]
I have complained to XTRA.CO.NZ had no repl. at all.
What can I do??

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Comment from liquid on 2005-11-10

2005-11-10T22:09:35Z

Hi Rahul,

You may know by now that the attachment to that email is the MYTOB.LP worm. No one is using your email account to send unsolicited emails. Please do not open and execute these attachments! If you get a 'scary' email in the future try googling a section of the text to see if its genuine or not.

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Comment from Mick on 2005-11-05

2005-11-05T14:38:53Z

My Yahoo email account [Personal Information Removed] was compromised by the yahoo IM password theft scheme last week. You are correct, Yahoo customer service doesn't help at all. I am unable to either get the profile back in my control or to have yahoo shut it down. Yahoo itself should be shut down since they seem to not demponstrate any corporate responsibility for their product or how it's used. Hackers exploite both people and software. I fell for the people end, but there was nothing in their software that would help me or others keep their accounts safe.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2005-10-27

2005-10-27T15:57:01Z

No, if there's a virus, it'd be on your computer. Any problems on the Yahoo side would be temporary, and cleared up very quickly.

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Comment from eddie ifft on 2005-10-27

2005-10-27T15:35:54Z

Is it possible that my yahoo account and not my computer is infected with a virus? it is behaving very strangly.

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Comment from Abdallah on 2005-10-10

2005-10-10T16:36:18Z

Sometimes my password doesn't work and other days it does. On the days it doesn't work emails are deleted/added. Is there a way to find out how many times my password has been changed? I know how many times I've changed it so I thought if it's more than that I would know for sure that someone is locking me out on purpose.and then allowing me back in when they take care of what they need to or want to.
Thanks - Abdallah

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Comment from rahul on 2005-10-10

2005-10-10T13:36:43Z

I am Rahul From india & i have registered domain (mydomain.com )changed name , last some days i am receiving this kind of mails from my Domain
(EVEN THIS ACCOUNT IS MY AND I NEVER SENT ANY THIS TYPE OF MAIL )i don't know how many parsons RECEIVING THIS Mail And the Attachment with virus , scaer that my site can be black listed due to this spaming THAT I NEVER DONE :(

here the that i got

----- Original Message -----
From: info at mydomain dot com
To: my add at mydomain dot com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 2:49 PM
Subject: *DETECTED* ONLINE USER VIOLATION

>
> Dear mydomain Member,
>
> Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam
messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you
will not run into any future problems with the online service.
>
> If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to
cancel your membership.
>
> Virtually yours,
> The mydomain Support Team
>
>
>
>
>
>
> +++ Attachment: No Virus found
> +++ mydomain Antivirus - www.mydomain.com

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-08

2005-10-08T18:08:21Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_forgotten_the_answer_to_my_msn_hotmail_secret_question_and_my_password_what_do_i_do.html

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Comment from Gul on 2005-10-08

2005-10-08T17:10:49Z

Hey Dear LEO.....
i need ur help .. some one has hacked my id's password and he has changed the secret question aswell ... i am so worried abt it bcoz i have my impotant mails in it ... the hacked id is [Personal Information Removed] .. plz plz plz and plz find out my password and kindly send it to my new mail address .. [Personal Information Removed]
i will be so thankful to u guys ..bcoz i have the last hope from u guyz ....
bye .. i will be waiting for ur response ..

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-07

2005-10-07T17:08:13Z

You'll need to contact Yahoo customer service. Now, I'll warn you that free email services *rarely* provide any support at all, so you may be completely out of luck.

Here's my article on why free email services are a really bad idea for anything important: http://ask-leo.com/are_free_email_services_worth_it.html

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Comment from Arvind on 2005-10-07

2005-10-07T17:02:34Z

My yahoo id has been compromised and i do not remember the details which i provided while creating the account. Is there any way i can my password back.

and if no, is there any way i can that id blocked so hacker s no more able to see the mail and files which are stored in the account.

Please help me out
Thanks
Arvind

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-06

2005-10-06T15:28:33Z

Remember that when you use a IP tracing service, you are getting the location OF THE SENDER'S ISP, NOT THE SENDER. They could be in two completely different, unrelated, locations. For example all AOL senders look like they're in Virginia (I think) because that's where AOL is located.

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Comment from Asad Sohail on 2005-10-05

2005-10-06T06:40:23Z

Well there is one thing known as Full Headers which contains many informations that might be helpful in locating the sender. Of course you will not be able to pin point a person, but still it can tell you about the geographical location and other info depending upon the email server and headers. If you get the IP address, one can use web sites like "VisualRoute" to trace its location.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-01

2005-10-01T22:56:29Z

Quote possible. It's very easy to type up a message body that looks like whatever you want.

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Comment from mae on 2005-09-30

2005-09-30T21:53:12Z

Is it conceivable that someone could send an email from a Yahoo account without having access to the password or computer? An email originating from Yahoo was replied to with the format "name wrote:" + the text in the body of the reply. The account owner/email sender claims he has no knowledge of it and never sent it. How could that be possible? I appreciate any information. Thanks.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-09-15

2005-09-15T23:41:54Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_forgotten_the_answer_to_my_msn_hotmail_secret_question_and_my_password_what_do_i_do.html

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Comment from Aamer on 2005-09-15

2005-09-15T22:29:50Z

hello, someone has hacked into my hotmail account and has changed the password and my secret question and i havnt ever given out my password or secret question to anyone. please please and please could you tell me what to do :( and reply to this email address [Personal Information Removed] and the account which has been hacked into and cant log into is [Personal Information Removed] please could you try your best and tell me what to do thank you :)

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Comment from Leo on 2005-09-10

2005-09-10T16:14:47Z

Chances are that you cannot.

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Comment from Lisa on 2005-09-10

2005-09-10T10:04:17Z

someone has gotten into my ex boyfriends account, as well as mine... and has been sending emails and lying emails to my current boyfriend... how can i find out who is doing this. i have changed the password, as well as the ex changing his password, but the damage is done and theres nothing i can do about it now... how can i find out who did this??

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Comment from Leo on 2005-06-24

2005-06-24T14:43:17Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_lost_my_hotmail_password_can_you_help_get_it_back.html

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Comment from rahul on 2005-06-23

2005-06-23T19:41:59Z

Hi!!
Someone has hacked my email address and have changed my password and my personal information and my secret question... I can't log into my own email account. Plz help me recover my password.. I need it anyhow. The id that has been hacked is
[Personal Information Removed]

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-17

2005-05-18T02:35:59Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_lost_my_hotmail_password_can_you_help_get_it_back.html

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Comment from sahel on 2005-05-17

2005-05-17T18:28:27Z

Ellow, Pleas help me in getting back my id. [Personal Information Removed] has been hacked and help me to get it back. Plzzzzzzzzz

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-16

2005-05-17T03:35:40Z

Sounds like classic virus or spam on someone else's machine. As the article outlines, there's not a lot you can do.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-16

2005-05-16T18:44:51Z

dolphinks: it's just spam. More on it here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7874164/

Depending on your spam filter you might be able to adjust it to filter them out, but outside of that there's little to be done.

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Comment from Fraser on 2005-05-16

2005-05-16T09:39:52Z

I am forever receiving:

KWF was unable to deliver message. Remote server's reply:
550 5.7.1 Requested action not taken: message refused

Message headers follow:

From: Info@wellymodcars.co.nz
To: alice@wellymodcars.co.nz
Subject: NOTICE:***YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT WILL BE SUSPENDED***
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 18:52:30 +1200
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_A840475D.099CB9E6"
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal

The "to" email address does not exist. Ideas please

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Comment from dolphinks on 2005-05-16

2005-05-16T07:20:28Z

i'm getting email in german or some other language, how to fix? i have run my spyware & antivirus & def files are updated for both

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-11

2005-05-12T00:06:26Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_lost_my_hotmail_password_can_you_help_get_it_back.html

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Comment from cezzane on 2005-05-10

2005-05-11T04:39:21Z

pliz help me to get password of my email id which is [Personal Information Removed]

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Comment from help me on 2005-04-27

2005-04-27T21:00:04Z

some reason ma msn messenger, everytime i log on to it it says dat ma passsword correct but wen i log on it lets say d nxt day, it tells me ma password incorrect,like some1 has changed it or someting, so i reset it to a random password and dan it happens again and again,so ive changed ma password bout 20 times and im frustrated! ne ideas.,...tinkin it lke trojan horse at 1st but it cant b.check ma computer 6 times a day wit 3 virus programs

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Comment from Leo on 2005-04-21

2005-04-21T15:30:26Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_lost_my_hotmail_password_can_you_help_get_it_back.html

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Comment from Noor on 2005-04-21

2005-04-21T08:54:26Z

helloo
please help me out...
someone have hacked my id [peronal information removed]
:'( please help me ..
you can contact me on [personal information removed]
if you find out my password..
and if you need any detail so that just mail me for once i ll give you all the detail of my account
waiting for your positive response
Noor

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Comment from Leo on 2005-04-15

2005-04-15T16:12:26Z

Not that I'm aware of. This article has more: http://ask-leo.com/someone_has_stolen_my_email_account_what_can_i_do_to_get_it_back.html

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Comment from jacquescowan on 2005-04-14

2005-04-15T06:41:46Z

Someone has hacked into my emails and is causing both me and my family considerable problems
Is there a way to find out how this was done and to which email adress my info was tranfered to?

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Comment from Sara on 2005-04-02

2005-04-03T03:21:48Z

ya hii... umm someone made an account wit my first name and last name.. and they added all my friends on msn.. and they are pretending to be me.. and they are saying bad stuff to people..all i want to do is either find out who this person is.. or close this accunt soo they cant use it anymore. because lots of people think its me on there and its not.. and i dont like that

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Comment from Leo on 2005-03-24

2005-03-24T17:02:56Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_delete_my_hotmail_account.html

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Comment from jhansi on 2005-03-24

2005-03-24T14:03:37Z

pls help me to delete my hotmail account .somebody has hacked it n has changed my password. he s sending dirty stuff from my account..so, plsssss help me deleting my account

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Comment from Leo on 2005-03-19

2005-03-20T04:19:01Z

It depends on the specifics, but in general ... once something is out on the internet there's no way to get it back.

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Comment from Lisa on 2005-03-19

2005-03-20T02:51:08Z

someone is sending my picture all over the internet how do i stop it.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-03-10

2005-03-11T06:20:16Z

Please read this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_lost_my_hotmail_password_can_you_help_get_it_back.html

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Comment from babaji on 2005-03-10

2005-03-11T06:13:27Z

pls pls somebody hack my password and pls u give me my password in thias my email address my email address is [Personal Information Removed]

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Comment from Leo on 2005-02-08

2005-02-08T17:48:27Z

They are going after them. In fact one virus writer recently made the news as he was sentenced after having been found guilty in court. Most virus writers do it to prove they can, and simply to cause trouble. It's rarely about spam. And it's VERY difficult to trace down the people who write the viruses in the first place. Then, if you do find them, many are overseas where it's either impossible, or too costly, to prosecute.

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Comment from jim Lee on 2005-02-08

2005-02-08T17:40:30Z

Hello,

I would just like to know how come
there isn't anything that can be
done about viruses that send out
email.

Are these people just trying to
bother people.

Or are they spammers. If they are
spammers they must be trying to
sell something. And would have
to be using a return address for
people to order from.

So if sending a virus is illegal.

How come the police don't go after them

Thank You

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Comment from Dexter on 2005-02-02

2005-02-03T05:17:57Z

The best thing to do when you suspected someone is using your e-mail to send spam is to tell the victim to read the e-mail header. E-mail header contain the IP address of the sender as well as the recipient IP and other useful information.

Not only virus can steal or grab your e-mail and use it by someone for spamming. I, as a web developer who managed www.ex-designz.net have had dealt this kind of problem before. I caught the the person who used my e-mail. How did he do it? Simple, he created an Active Server Page form mail, and on the "FROM" field, he put the value="mymail.com" and send it. Whoever receive the e-mail would think it was comming from me. This kind of technique had been use by many webmaster who knows server-script programming.

www.ex-designz.net

Dexter

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Comment from Leo on 2005-01-07

2005-01-07T20:19:12Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/someone_has_stolen_my_email_account_what_can_i_do_to_get_it_back.html

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Comment from edelina enriquez on 2004-11-14

2004-11-14T22:29:53Z

im so happy that i found this site, this will be the solution of all the problems that happened to my email accounts. My email ad has been hacked by someone. I tried my best to get it back but i failed. Please, help me. My ID was enday143@yahoo.com.
I also received an email from evedoods22@yahoo.com telling that my mother died.The name appeared was my cousin's. She denied her email ad is different not evedoods22@yahoo.com but her name appear on the senders name. Can you find out who's this guy?
My email ad : edelinahenriquez@hotmail.com

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Comment from Love Mamo on 2004-11-09

2004-11-09T21:22:07Z

Every day I someone is using my e-mail address to send hudnreds of messages and viruses to people. I have gotten hundreds of messages saying that a virus has been detected in tons of messages, but still the body of the message is sent, and they write messages with viruses attached. I know how you feel.

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Comment from Love Mamo on 2004-11-05

2004-11-06T05:16:11Z

This has happened to me so many times and everytiem it happens I look back on this article for condolences. Today it has happened again, and every day for the past week my e-mail has sent virsues to hudnreds of people and companies I don't know. Sometimes people in other countries even as well professional companies. I am actually taking the time to send each and everyone an e-mail telling them it was not me. However, I think I should forget it. Their are hundreds of people and having to click the message to get the e-mail and send another e-mail has gotten to be a real pain.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-10-27

2004-10-27T15:29:06Z

It certainly could contain a virus, so deleting it is definitely the right thing to do. It's probably being sent *by someone else* who is infected with a virus. My advice: delete and ignore.

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Comment from John E. Lewis on 2004-10-27

2004-10-27T14:09:01Z

I am receiving mail from it says this address has a permeanent fatal errors. It is coming from(The orginal message was received at Wed.27 )ct2004 07:51:02-0400(EDT)from bonet.baldwin.k12.ga.us(168.10.181.50) Down in the email it say 550MAILBOX NOT FOUND, 550User unknown
I have been receiving this same leter for months and months I have be4n just deleting it out but then someone said it might have a virus hidden, please help me.
JLWL3@aol.com

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Comment from Robert K. Watts on 2004-08-30

2004-08-30T14:45:45Z

I changed from CS to AOL on 07/02/2004. Within a few days, my address had been compromised and was responsible for quite a few referrals for several problems. At Cs, the same problem existed and I changed my password; to no avail, because the stolen address kept being used. I have used the above "handle" ever since two-way radios became popular with no problem, but this experience has disappointed me to no end - especially wince the last incident has mentioned a virus.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-07-17

2004-07-18T04:34:23Z

Which IM client are you using?

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Comment from Phil on 2004-07-17

2004-07-18T04:27:07Z

How do you get to My IM when you want to use your screen name on someone elses computer

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Comment from Leo on 2004-07-17

2004-07-17T16:21:40Z

http://ask-leo.com/archives/000265.html has the best approaches. Basically you'll have to contact Yahoo.

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Comment from biplab on 2004-07-17

2004-07-17T13:15:32Z

how do i get my password i have forgotton the security answer etc the id is at yahoo

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Comment from Leo on 2004-07-10

2004-07-10T22:41:26Z

Run a good spyware scanner and a good virus scanner to start. Recommenadtions for both are here: http://ask-leo.com/d-recommend

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Comment from zak on 2004-07-09

2004-07-10T03:49:19Z

how can i make my compture fast by removing virusses can u help me please my friend.

thanks for reading my mail can u send me the cure for virus.i appresheated my friend. thanks

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Comment from Leo on 2004-07-05

2004-07-05T16:53:15Z

You need to get and run an up to date virus scanner. Recommendations here: http://ask-leo.com/d-recommend

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Comment from nilesh on 2004-07-05

2004-07-05T11:42:30Z

hello
a virus takes email from my address book send sends to them which i had mentioned in my address book.so if this thing is happening again and again then sure i will loose my contacts

so please help me out in this case

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Comment from Leo on 2004-07-01

2004-07-01T15:33:58Z

No idea. Have you confirmed with the recipient that they did not recieve the missing portion?

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Comment from mark hirschel on 2004-07-01

2004-07-01T10:07:47Z

I am using outlook 2002. Sometimes when I finish sending emails, I go and look in my sent folder, and some of the message was not sent in its entirety. Basically, it seems to cut out the last few lines of my email. Any idea why this is happening?

Mark

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-21

2004-06-22T02:25:12Z

As the full article outlines, there's almost nothing you can do.

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Comment from Justin on 2004-06-21

2004-06-22T02:06:14Z

Yeah... I am a WebTV user, and for the past month or so, I've been getting mail delivery failure notification emails from different addresses.

The returned emails that they claim to be mine are in German, and they're talking about Lebanese people in Berlin.

It says that they're being sent fro mmy address, but as far as I know, my email is only accessable from my WebTV terminal, here in my room. I also have no password to change, and the only alternative I can think of would be to make a new WebTV account, and move all of my info and everything to it. But this will take me a long time, and I will lose a lot of my information that is currently on the account I am using.

What do I do? How do I stop whoever this is from using my address? Do I or one of my friends have a virus? Help, please...

Sincerely,

--Justin Spurgeon

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Comment from Walter Schmid on 2004-06-12

2004-06-12T20:23:56Z

If you don't seem to be receiving emails, it is possible that you clicked on a line in Outlook Express that hides all your emails.

Open Outlook Express and click on (View)and select (Current View). If there is a Dot beside (Hide all messages), then change to dot to (Show all messages).

If that was the problem, you should now see all your emails. Hope it works.

walter

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-06

2004-06-07T02:26:11Z

For the mail problem, try this article: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000034.html
For the geocities link, I couldn't see it, and don't quite understand your description or problem.
Couldn't find anything on nmpjgg32. The techniques listed here might help: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000015.html

Leo

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Comment from Emerald on 2004-06-06

2004-06-06T14:49:09Z

I just wrote in a minute ago, I also wanted to mention how strange it seems, that I seem to be not receiving anyemails, where would they be, any way to retrieve them if I have never opened them? Cheers, B

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Comment from Emerald on 2004-06-06

2004-06-06T14:41:09Z

The other day, a friend whom I have been recently coresponding with, thought she might not be receiving all my mail that I sent her. Now I usually save a copy to my sent folder, so I went there and copied prior dates and sent them out in one email, she received this one and said, for sure there were two emails I sent, where she did not receive them. Then the other day, another friend said she received my second email, not the first one. Why is this happening, here I am trying to find employment as well and I have no way of knowing if my intended receiver is receiving my emails?
Also have you ever heard of this; http://www.geocities.com/thugs_creator/20.htm? It is some sort of spyware or hacker, I am not sure, all I know is when I take the address and place in the Privacy blocker in internet options, it appears in a new number like it's already been 1-19, today was 20. It won't go away, I use Spybot and Destroy and Ad Ware, but neither seem to grasp it. Also what might nmpjgg32.exe be? I am ponder many thoughts, but will allow you to extinguish those, maybe. Thank you B

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-03

2004-06-04T05:46:51Z

I've not heard of any viruses that actually *change* passwords. My recommendation would be to have your provider reset your password and then change it again yourself.

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Comment from beth on 2004-06-03

2004-06-04T05:37:00Z

Hi
Is it possible that a virus of this sort that is being discussed could actually change my email account password? I have tried to change this on the actual web site and it refuses to let me log in. I am having the same problems with returned mail but I cannot seem to change my password.Until I can change this, I can't change my password on outlook.
Cheers in advance.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-05-21

2004-05-22T05:22:13Z

If you mean the type of email as described in the article here, yes that's certainly a possibilty. Has your friend identified which virus?

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Comment from romkenn on 2004-05-21

2004-05-22T05:15:40Z

A friend of mine claims she has gotten some virus from me and I know I did not send one. I have McAfee virus protection, I have checked my computer for spyware, it shows no spyware on the computer. Could the friend possibly have gotten E-mail from me that I did not send?

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-19

2004-04-19T15:59:01Z

olarene: did you read the article that these questions are about? It answers your question as best it can be answered.

http://ask-leo.com/archives/000065.html

Leo

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-19

2004-04-19T15:58:07Z

Glenn: 'likely', probably not any more, since most email administrators are now aware of this issue. However it is, unfortunately, still possible. Wrong. But possible.

Leo

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Comment from olarene on 2004-04-19

2004-04-19T14:54:26Z

i've read all these questions but didn't see any answers to them of what to do. i'm getting failed messages from people i never heard of. changed my password and it didn't do anything. if i changed my email address would this help as they are using mine now.

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Comment from Glenn on 2004-04-18

2004-04-18T19:00:22Z

Same thing is happening to me as Heide above - except I'm getting fewer - about ten failed delivery notices each day relating to invented names at my own domain, plus a few 'virus warning' replies from other companies. If a virus is spoofing my email address how likely do you think it is that providers might put a block on mail from our domain, which would mean that our legitimate business mail wouldn't get through? What would we do if this happens?

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-28

2004-03-29T02:35:40Z

Well, there is a small chance you are still infected with a virus ... not all scanners catch all viruses, and some viruses are good at hiding from the scanners. Try one of the other scanners (there are free on-line one's that I'd use for this purpose), and see if they report anything.

Also spyware may be suspect as well. Especially for the IE behaviour you described. Grab a copy of Spybot or Ad-Aware and run those scans as well.

(Links on my recommendations page: http://pugetsoundsoftware.com/recommend.html )

Best of luck,

Leo

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Comment from Luke on 2004-03-28

2004-03-29T02:23:05Z

I have been experiencing the problem with apparent unauthorized usage of my email (returned mail that I never sent). There are some other things that have occurred within the same time frame and I am wondering if they are related. By the way I have changed my email and computer passwords and the problems persist. The other things that happened are:
1. I was unable to change the internet options on IE6. An error message appeared saying that this was restricted and I should contact the system administrator (me!). This was corrected by going back a month with the system restore.
2. The other anomaly is that my Norton firewall keeps turning off and and the intrusion protections is also deactivated. The options in Norton are set so this should not happen. It does each time I reboot.
I run virus scans every few days and have never been "infected" according to Norton. I have had a few rejected emails and a few intrusion alerts.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-26

2004-03-26T16:52:35Z

It's a classic case of *exactly* what this article is all about. You've not been compromised, it's not your fault, and there's nothing you can really do. Tracking is almost impossible, and there's nowhere to report the level of information you do have. Sucks, I know. I'm in the same situation with a couple of domains. In my case my junk mail filter (Outlook 2003's built in) works really well at filtering out the junk. I've noticed that many of the "bounces" are actually to a handfull of bogus addresses @ my domain. If your emailer supports any kind of rules, you could simply auto-delete mail sent to those addresses you know are bogus.

And yes, it's illegal: there's a virus writer out there that deserves some serious jail time, in my opinion.

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Comment from Heide on 2004-03-26

2004-03-26T13:32:09Z

I own a domain ... and, in that domain I have it set to receive all email that's sent to ANYTHING @ mydomain.com. Well, this morning, I received 126 "returned mail" messages, and looking at the headers, I could see that they were sent "from" all sorts of different usernames @ mydomain.com. There was no rhyme or reason to the subject matter ... some were spam-related, others seemed to definitely be virus-related. I guess my question is ... Has my domain been compromised, or my email, or my computer? Or all of the above? I've turned off the feature on my website that forwards all email to me, no matter what the info before "@" is, but this will only make it so that I'm not bothered with the returned mail. It won't fix the problem, right? Is there anywhere that I can report all this abuse? I obviously want to delete all the messages, but want to make sure first that there isn't somewhere I can forward them. I mean, this IS illegal, isn't it?

Thanks for any advice ...

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-17

2004-03-17T23:56:58Z

I'm not a lawyer, but ... I don't believe that the company who's products are being sold is neccessarily liable ... it's the company that's doing the advertising campaign (typically a third party). That being said, there are definitely proposals to go after the businesses being advertised ... the problem is they can always claim "we had no idea, we hired these marketters over here".

Personally I'm not convinced we can sue our way out of this.

Leo

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Comment from Eric on 2004-03-17

2004-03-17T20:19:39Z

Hey all, found this page through google..

I too am recieving at least 60 failure notices daily regarding this USAHOMEMEDS.BIZ crap. Quite an operation they have going, makes you wonder how many messages actually go through.

While it's highly likely that the spammer is using compromised systems, USAHOMEMEDS.BIZ would have hired them, no? Does anyone know if they be held legally responsible under the anti-spam laws (I havent looked them up at all)?

Eric

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Comment from Christian on 2004-03-17

2004-03-17T11:32:39Z

I have exactly the same problem as John (JPL). The same website promotion (WWW.USAHOMEMEDS.BIZ). And every 5 minutes, i get an email telling me something about "Delivery Status Notification".

The header information (original IP etc.) is different in every mail. I think someone uses infected workstations for sending.

I hope this annoying spam ends soon....

Christian

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-15

2004-03-16T05:04:10Z

Unless you have hard data to show that it's being done intentionally, my opinion is that you're wasting your time. Fact is, as the article outlines, it's quite possible that it *is* unintentional. At best you might track down someone who's machine is infected with a virus. Whether or not they'll appreciate being informed is anyone's guess. Spammers do fake return addresses on purpose, but they tend to use invalid ones rather than real ones.

Good luck, whatever direction you take.

Leo

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Comment from john on 2004-03-15

2004-03-16T04:57:36Z

My situation is exactly above. But the bounced back email reveals a business that is being promoted. I did a whois search and found a name and phone number. I'm really tempted to call as i imagine that the person who is selling this crap is involved somehow. But i"m sure he'll just deny it.

The website is:
WWW.USAHOMEMEDS.BIZ

it's really pissing me off. I'm letting my domain hosting company look into it more first before I lose my cool.

Any thoughts?

JPL

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-10

2004-03-10T17:57:01Z

My advice: just stop looking at the account. Forget it exists. Yahoo will clean it up and remove it eventually.

Here's the deal: the problem isn't at your end, nor potentially even at Yahoo's. It's that your yahoo email address, for whatever reason, has been used by a third party who's infected with a virus, as outlined in the article above. There's nothing you or Yahoo can actually do.

So if you truly no longer need the Yahoo account ... just ignore it.

Leo

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Comment from matt on 2004-03-10

2004-03-10T15:40:44Z

I have a dormant yahoo account that I quit using two months ago, just last week I thought to check it and found failed delivery notices with mydoom attachments (sent to addresses I know nothing about). For the past two weeks I have tried contacting yahoo, changing passwords, but have been unable to do either, the problem is persisting. How can I close the account and find out the origination.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-08

2004-03-08T17:30:21Z

I'm not exactly sure what more light I can shed. Is there perhaps something specific I didn't address in the article that I can answer for you?

Leo

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Comment from Teresa on 2004-03-08

2004-03-08T14:37:21Z

I just had about 30 emails bounced back to me saying undeliverable that i never sent out. I dont know if there is any way i can take care of this. From what I understand (and read above) there isnt any. Can you shed anymore light on this situation? It would really be appreciated

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-05

2004-03-05T20:33:02Z

Well, there are two problems: 1) *all* the information in mail headers can be spoofed - meaning you're not guaranteed that you know who the actual person is. 2) Many mailers get it "wrong" ... meaning that legitimate email can often not pass the type of test you're talking about. Many mail servers have the ability to enable additional checking along those lines ... when I turned that on on my server I started losing about 2% of *legitimate* email.

If there's to be a real solution, IMO it needs to be with some fundamental protocol changes that will formally validate the sender. There are proposals out there, but wide scale adoption fo any is a way out, I think.

Leo

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Comment from Kobus on 2004-03-04

2004-03-05T07:50:03Z

Talking about information being available in the headers... What are the chances that mail gateways and virus scanners become intelligent enough to know when a "From:" field is spoofed? I mean - the information is there about who the *actual* person is who sent it. Why not extract that? This could have a siginifcant impact on viruses specifically.

Is tehre any specific reason why this is *not* done? I can't believe that nobody have thought about this before, so, there must be some reason for it not being like this...

Regards,

Kobus

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Comment from Greg on 2004-02-11

2004-02-11T20:03:32Z

The actual sender may be listed in the header information

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Comment from Wayne on 2004-01-29

2004-01-30T01:24:57Z

One other thing that was not pointed out is spammers. I received a bounced mail message that was spam. I didn't send the original message, but the bounced mail message came back to me because the spammer had used my email address as the return address.

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