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by mouldr

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One of my co-workers is receiving email, supposedly from herself. She is definitely not sending it. So far it hasn't been malicious. Does anyone have any ideas on how to trace it? She receives her email in Netscape.

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by crazylegss

change her password to her email first of all...second of all use a proggy that will display the ip of the computer from which the message was sent...

by bc.miller3

I understand that the Klez worm will search an infected users Address Books/Contacts and mail out copies of itself to appear to be arriving from other people, which makes it harder to trace. Its possible that she is getting these emails from someone who's PC is infected and she is part of their Contacts List or in their Address Book.

by jfonz

One of my client PC's was receiving similliar e-mails. It turned out to be the Klez worm. Because of how it works, that computer may not be infected. I would still update the virus protection and do a full scan. This virus also looks for networkdrives to copy itself to, so if that computer is on a network, you might want to look at everyone. It's not a malicious worm, but it will be annoying if left alone.

by ceria

Hi..

One day I opened my mail box and I received a REPLY mail from someone that I didn't know.BUT, suprisingly, it seems that I've send him an e-mail and he replied back to me.The problem is, I never send him any e-mails.Do you think that my e-mail accounts had been hacked or something?

by jfonz

Here is how those worms work:
Someone receives the worm and unknowingly activates it. The worm then goes into that persons address book and selects two names, one will be the sender, and one will be the receiver. So you see, It may not be you sending those e-mails. However, you should still update your virus software and do a full scan.

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