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Name: suecfc
Date: August 14, 2002 at 07:29:08 Pacific
Subject: emails being returned to me that i havn
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my inbox is getting filled with returned emails to various msn addresses, i havnt sent them, im getting hundreds..i am with aol and have changed my password several times now and its happeneing again, nobody uses my p.c and nobody knows my passwords.i have run a virus check and trojan and they r ok,
can anyone help
thanks
sue


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Response Number 1
Name: Jennifer
Date: August 14, 2002 at 07:41:01 Pacific
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It's probably the Klez virus. One thing that Klez does is pull an e-mail address from an infected computer or website, and then sends e-mail from that infected computer, making it look like it actually came from the e-mail found in the address book of the infected computer.

A person with your e-mail in his/her address book probably is infected with the Klez virus and doesn't know it.

You're getting the e-mails for failed delivery because the addresses being sent to don't exist.

Don't worry about it. Just make sure that your anti-virus is up-to-date. You can also filter your e-mail so that e-mails from those particular addresses go into your trash.


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Response Number 2
Name: hmm
Date: August 14, 2002 at 11:27:25 Pacific
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it's a virus that's circulating that is attempting to use social engineering to get people to run it on their computers. You're probably saying to yourself, "i didn't send this. i wonder what this attachment is" and when you check it out, you get infected yourself and you start doing it to other people.

so basically the e-mail is worded like that so you will be curious enough to open it


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Response Number 3
Name: Ron Watts
Date: August 14, 2002 at 18:08:25 Pacific
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Yea I got those before.They where always infected with the Klez


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Response Number 4
Name: XENA
Date: August 18, 2002 at 00:09:52 Pacific
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Don't know why this helps, but read somewhere, u need to add this address to your email address book.


AAA!000

Don't know why maybe someone else can explain why.

Thanks.


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