[DMCForum] Re: Is somebody screwing around?

["Mike Walsh" <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Viruses are the new way to spam. Programs, sometimes called spyware, 
infect someone's machine and use that machine to send out thousands 
of spam email using a built in email client. I am pretty sure the 
spammer can send out the message, a list of "victims" and the return 
address to these infected machines.

One email fileter (of 3) I have in place catches about 2500 of these 
emails every day (YES, EVERY DAY!) I also get about 100 returned 
emails each day with one of my email addresses as the sender.

In the past couple of months I have noticed that viruses are being 
spread the same way, using the spammers list of millions of email 
address.

You can blame the spammers, but I place the blame on these idiots who 
have infected machines beaconing out this garbage. There is no excuse 
for not running antivirus and anti-spyware software. How hard is it 
for an ISP to start asking questions if one IP address is sending out 
thousands of emails an hour?

- Mike

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxx> wrote:
> > A few weeks ago a major spammer faked my e-mail as sender,
> > and my mail box was filled with hundreds of bounced spams.
> 
> This has happened to me in the past - not major spammers, but 
viruses
> randomly spoofing my return address. 
> 
> > collect e-mail addresses from Yahoo Groups and counterfeit
> > the sender's address to spoof others on the list to read the
> > spam to figure out what is going on.  If they spam an
> > unsubscribe address with your e-mail address appearing as
> > the sender then Yahoo sends you an unsubscribe confirmation.
> 
> I suppose that makes sense. Good to hear; I assumed somebody was
> trying to get rid of me. ;)
> 
> -Ryan

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