Spoofed email.

Rick Stirling

I've gotten some emails returned to me that I didn't send, so it looks like someone is spoofing my email address. I've noticed that they have tried to send a virus to a bunch of folk at Digital Extremes (hey, it wasn't me!).

Any ideas on what to do? There is no malicious software on my computer (I'm using a mac).

Actually, is there anyone at DE that could try and get a copy of the email so that I can try to get the head information?

oXYnary

The funniest ones are those they spoof to you in your own email address.

pogonip

who works at DE ? strangefate ? Maybe PM him ?

CMB

I think hawkprey does too.

pogonip

I think he works at Epic no ?

adam

hawkprey works at Epic.
StrangeFate and Gwot both work for DE.

Rick Stirling

Sometimes I've been spoofed using stuff like [email="webmaster@rsart"]webmaster@rsart[/email] or [email="admin@rsart"]admin@rsart[/email], addresses that don't exist. The DE one was in my name, but the message content was written by a 4 year old.

hey its me, my old address dont work at time. i dont know why?!
in the last days ive got some mails. i' think thaz your mails but im not sure!

plz read and check ...

INSERT A VIRUS HERE
cyaaaaaaa


Ahem.

TechSmith

These type of viri have thier own SMTP engine. Probably your email address is in someone address book, on an infected machine. The virus will take all addresses it finds and put those names in the from and to field. It's caused mass confusion for the end users at Indiana University (my old job).

Rick, about being safe because you have a Mac isn't completely true. It's mainly a case of how to spread your malware the fastest. If a majority is running operating system A, Then propagation of a virus will be more succesfull if written for A.

A proof of concept virus was created last year for the Mac. One program used the exploit. Most virus writers ignored it.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39164062,00.htm

You are safe for now, but remember to keep everything up to date. You never know what's lurking on the other side of the firewall.

jzero

This kind of spoofing has happened to me, and I get my e-mail on one of the most malware-proof machines around, an OS9 Macintosh (don't ask...). It really has nothing to do with your OS, just whether somone is using your e-mail address remotely.

I recently changed ISPs and did NOT have my old addresses forwarded. Whew.

/jzero