Weird E-mails

[HamadaLFC8]

Alright now for around 3 days I've been getting a lot of postmaster deliver fails (that the e-mail entered was incorrect) now I never sent these e-mails and they all have attachments.

Does that mean my e-mail got hacked by some bot ? I haven't opened any weird looking e-mails as I'm very cautious with that so is there any other way this could've happened? and how do I get rid of it ?

Thanks guys!

[Jokersvirus]

It seems you gotten a worm virus. My suggestion run a scan and change your passwords and what not

[LiNuX]

what email provider? If you get the header, you can find out where the emails are coming from and perhaps block them.

I've seen emails like that and usually they have attachments because the attachment contains error messages and further information on why the email failed. But if you don't know what server it's coming from, I would advise you not open them because it could be a trick. I know this because I've managed plenty of email servers and I manage one for GF right now.

Also this doesn't mean you have a virus or something, but someone else could be using your email address to send spam. Could be that they got into your email account OR they're just using a script that puts your email address on the "from" section of the email. It's annoying and common for spammers to do.

[HamadaLFC8]

what email provider?.

I use hotmail :3

[LiNuX]

hm..not sure how to get the email header for hotmail - Haven't used their service in a while, I suppose you could contact them and see if they can help you figure it out.

[HamadaLFC8]

Yeah I think they already noticed it, now whenever I enter my e-mail they give me this puzzle thingy ( writing words which are written) so I guess this will fix it, since bots can't do it.

[Charlotte]

It's actually a site that giving you some noob offer?
Then, it's a noob company that send offer through random email address.

[LiNuX]

Yeah I think they already noticed it, now whenever I enter my e-mail they give me this puzzle thingy ( writing words which are written) so I guess this will fix it, since bots can't do it.

don't be so sure. Bots are smarter nowadays and now they actually have people remotely answering these stuff which is clever and cheap since it's mostly done by people in third world countries. Which is worth it for spammers.

[HamadaLFC8]

don't be so sure. Bots are smarter nowadays and now they actually have people remotely answering these stuff which is clever and cheap since it's mostly done by people in third world countries. Which is worth it for spammers.

So you think it would be best to change my password?

Btw thanks a lot for the help!

[LiNuX]

oh definitely change your password if you haven't already. I just assumed you already changed it.