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From: dadiOH on 9 Feb 2010 08:06 PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: > Why do I keep getting adverts in my mailbox every week for stores & > businesses I've never heard of, that are hundreds of miles away from > my home and that I wouldn't patronize anyway? You're missing his point... 1. He gets an email from a known source 2. He then gets SPAM with the *same subject* as the first - the one from the known source. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: dadiOH on 9 Feb 2010 08:10 HeyBub wrote: > I get an email. Almost instantly another email "arrives" with the same > subject but containing the following text: > > --- begin quote > Hello > > How are you doing recently? <snip> Is there a pattern vis a vis the first email and the second? For example, the SPAM always follows legit mail from a specific person or IP... -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: HeyBub on 9 Feb 2010 11:26 Alex Clark wrote: > HeyBub, > > Apparently everyone else replying to you is either too lazy to read > your message, or simply doesn't understand what you're saying, so > maybe I can offer a few pointers. > > Have you actually tried installing antivirus (MBAM, AVG) and running > a full scan of your system? What email client are you using? If > it's Outlook (not Express) have you tried checking to see what > plugins you have loaded? It sounds as though it may be some kind of > malware that's installed itself as a plugin and is thus duplicating > the incoming emails. > If you are using Outlook, you could try using Outlook Express to > receive emails to see if the same behaviour is duplicated there. When > configuring your account options, tell it to leave a copy of the > messages on the server so that you don't end up with half your emails > in one app and the other half in the other. > > If the same thing happens in OE, then the malware is either operating > at an OS level or possibly (but highly unlikely) some sort of hack > has occurred on your ISP. > > Hope that helps, > Alex Clark > > Thanks. The system has been scanned by three different AV tools. I'm using Outlook (not express). I've checked the add-ins and see nothing remotely suspicious. I'll try the Outlook Express trick. Thanks.
From: HeyBub on 9 Feb 2010 11:29 dadiOH wrote: > HeyBub wrote: >> I get an email. Almost instantly another email "arrives" with the >> same subject but containing the following text: >> >> --- begin quote >> Hello >> >> How are you doing recently? > > <snip> > > Is there a pattern vis a vis the first email and the second? For > example, the SPAM always follows legit mail from a specific person or > IP... No. The message always follows a legit email, but the original sender seems to be irrelevant. I'm reluctant to call it "spam" because I'm pretty sure it was not actually SENT by a spammer. I think it's being generated internally to my computer and stuffed in my in-box.
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 9 Feb 2010 11:37
It's not from a known source, it's from what looks to be a known source. This is called spoofing. dadiOH wrote: > PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> Why do I keep getting adverts in my mailbox every week for stores & >> businesses I've never heard of, that are hundreds of miles away from >> my home and that I wouldn't patronize anyway? > > You're missing his point... > > 1. He gets an email from a known source > > 2. He then gets SPAM with the *same subject* as the first - the one from > the > known source. |