Re: Sending hundreds of emails by itself

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From: Steve Nielsen (steve_nielsen_at__blahX3_lincoln.k12.or.us)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:15:42 -0800

In addition to the other replies, you may merely be a victim of someone
else's computer who has your email address that is infected with a mass
mailing worm or virus. Many of them spoof addresses from address lists
on the infected computer to make the messages they send out appear to
have originated from somewhere else.

Steve

Bob wrote:

> When I connect to the internet my computer sends hundreds of emails.
> I know this because I start getting back messages right away saying
> that most of them cannot be delivered. I have run Norton and
> MacCafey and there software said that I don't have a virus. I even
> did a manual search for most of the names. Does anyone have any
> ideas. aceindallas@prodigy.net.

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