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RickP Posts: 684 Joined: 11/13/2004 From: Kent, U.K. Status: offline	virus or hacker - help! - 6/8/2005 14:23:52 Hi A weird thing is happening to me... I'm quite used to emails with suspect attachments (possible viruses) but today I have received several apparently from my own domain name! e.g. - at "myowndomainname.com" I have only formulated one email address - "rick@myowndomainname.com" - today I have received emails (with suspect zip attachments) from webmaster@myowndomainname.com service@myowndomainname.com admin@myowndomainname.com etc. the email properties says they are from these addresses and the IP address (sent from) is my own! I am about to do a virus scan but am just wondering if anyone knows of anything like this happening and if it is most likely a virus, an attempt by someone to send me a virus and masking the addresses or if someone may have actually hacked my hosting account and set up these names temporarily ??? Any help, advice welcome Thanks Rick _____________________________ Regards, Rick On-The-Web-Now!


BobbyDouglas Posts: 5469 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	RE: virus or hacker - help! - 6/8/2005 15:08:31 It doesn't take a hacker to send an e-mail that looks like the address is from your domain. It does however take one to send e-mail using your mailserver. But if all you notice it is an e-mail from yourself, usually they are just spoofing the address, which is really simple to do. _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge (in reply to RickP)


bobby Posts: 11394 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: virus or hacker - help! - 6/8/2005 16:12:25 I get those all the time... I doubt highly that you've been hacked. It's far more likely that a SPAMbot somewhere is spoofing based on likely default accounts for your domain. _____________________________ If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


RickP Posts: 684 Joined: 11/13/2004 From: Kent, U.K. Status: offline	RE: virus or hacker - help! - 6/9/2005 8:28:37 Thanks How do I check if it has come from my own mailserver? _____________________________ Regards, Rick On-The-Web-Now! (in reply to bobby)

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