Email spam from my own email address!?!?!?

willthorn1955 · 11-23-2008, 10:20 AM

I'm sure this is a very common problem, but I am spending more and more time deleting the deluge of spam that arrives daily on my home pc, running MS Outlook 2002 (10.2627.2625).

Some of it comes from/to versions of my email address, with the part before the "@" different (e.g. "dtkciu", "petgord34truew" & "quoy").

I do try to filter these out with rules but it just keeps on coming and valuable emails get mixed into the rules I've created.

That's only some of it though. Plenty arrive addressed "subscriber" plus a number of others.

Is there anything, someone can suggest to help me rid my PC of these obvious virus delivered problems??

Any help would be much appreciated.

Will

**TheBruce1** · 11-24-2008, 07:32 AM

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joangolfing · 11-25-2008, 04:16 AM

Will, I have the same problem with spam from my own email address. I don't understand why theBruce1 thought it was malware or a virus causing this. Could it be solved within our email providers filter?

willthorn1955 · 11-28-2008, 12:35 PM

Hi, good to know I'm not the only one, what have you tried to stop it?
I have Norton Internet Security running, which I thought would help identify the problem, but it's scans have had no impact!!

joangolfing · 11-28-2008, 01:37 PM

Will, I have entered my own email address into my internet providers separate spam filter so I don't get them directly any more with my regular emails. However, if I send a copy of something to myself which I occasionly want to do, I just go into that online site and check a box for receiving my own emails. Other than that I haven't figured out how to solve the problem.

dyuhas · 12-01-2008, 11:51 AM

There's probably nothing you can do about it. See http://ask-leo.com/someones_sending_...stop_them.html.

Dave

kittle · 12-05-2008, 04:20 PM

Something I found a while back that works well - "bounce"

not all email programs have this feature, but I use a web based email from my ISP and in the rules setup there is "delete message" and "bounce".
So instead of just accepting all the spam thats sent to my emailbox, the rule will bounce back the unwanted stuff. Granted this causes some legit emails to be returned as undeliverable, but I found the benifits well worth the small hassle of having to maintain my own "whitelist" for people who send me email.

I had the same problem as wilthorn did a while back, but boucing everything back made a world of difference.

joangolfing · 12-05-2008, 04:40 PM

I looked for "bounce" on my Thunderbird emailer but didn't see that option. I did however, go back into my DSL providers spam site (Postini) and took my email address (as a sender) off of my approved list. I haven't had anything get through that yet today.

11-23-2008, 10:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
willthorn1955 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bucks, UK Posts: 3 OS: XP	Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? I'm sure this is a very common problem, but I am spending more and more time deleting the deluge of spam that arrives daily on my home pc, running MS Outlook 2002 (10.2627.2625). Some of it comes from/to versions of my email address, with the part before the "@" different (e.g. "dtkciu", "petgord34truew" & "quoy"). I do try to filter these out with rules but it just keeps on coming and valuable emails get mixed into the rules I've created. That's only some of it though. Plenty arrive addressed "subscriber" plus a number of others. Is there anything, someone can suggest to help me rid my PC of these obvious virus delivered problems?? Any help would be much appreciated. Will

11-24-2008, 07:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
TheBruce1 Moderator, Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dùn Èideann,Scotland. Posts: 4,412 OS: XP	Re: Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? Hello and welcome to TSF Please follow the instruction outlined in our sticky entitled http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...oval-help.html If you have trouble with one of the steps, simply move on to the next one, and make note of it in your reply. Do not post your logs in this thread, instead start a new one in our Hijackthis Help Forum. __________________ Member of ASAP since 2007 Member of UNITE since 2008 Notice to BT customers BT-Phorm spyware to go live before the end of 2009- for more information please visit No DPI website for more information. Phorm, previously known as 121Media were responsible for the Apropos rootkit, see Here for more information on said rootkit. If we have helped you in anyway,please consider Donating Last edited by TheBruce1; 11-24-2008 at 07:37 AM.

11-25-2008, 04:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
joangolfing Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 228 OS: WinXP	Re: Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? Will, I have the same problem with spam from my own email address. I don't understand why theBruce1 thought it was malware or a virus causing this. Could it be solved within our email providers filter?

11-28-2008, 12:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
willthorn1955 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bucks, UK Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? Hi, good to know I'm not the only one, what have you tried to stop it? I have Norton Internet Security running, which I thought would help identify the problem, but it's scans have had no impact!!

11-28-2008, 01:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
joangolfing Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 228 OS: WinXP	Re: Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? Will, I have entered my own email address into my internet providers separate spam filter so I don't get them directly any more with my regular emails. However, if I send a copy of something to myself which I occasionly want to do, I just go into that online site and check a box for receiving my own emails. Other than that I haven't figured out how to solve the problem.

12-01-2008, 11:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
dyuhas Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP3	Re: Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? There's probably nothing you can do about it. See http://ask-leo.com/someones_sending_...stop_them.html. Dave

12-05-2008, 04:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
kittle Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 43 OS: XP x64/SBS 2003/Vista x64 My System	Re: Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? Something I found a while back that works well - "bounce" not all email programs have this feature, but I use a web based email from my ISP and in the rules setup there is "delete message" and "bounce". So instead of just accepting all the spam thats sent to my emailbox, the rule will bounce back the unwanted stuff. Granted this causes some legit emails to be returned as undeliverable, but I found the benifits well worth the small hassle of having to maintain my own "whitelist" for people who send me email. I had the same problem as wilthorn did a while back, but boucing everything back made a world of difference.

12-05-2008, 04:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
joangolfing Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 228 OS: WinXP	Re: Email spam from my own email address!?!?!? I looked for "bounce" on my Thunderbird emailer but didn't see that option. I did however, go back into my DSL providers spam site (Postini) and took my email address (as a sender) off of my approved list. I haven't had anything get through that yet today.