hotmail theft

I am having bunch of returned mail at hotmail. I am not
sending these emails to begin with . I have changed my
password and am still getting these returned emails.
Someone has obviously stolen my id and password. I have
not given it to anyone so what is the best action to
take?

JR
Fri Feb 27 01:42:35 CST 2004

I'm not sure, but If someone infected virus who has your email address on his/her Computer, it is possible to you have bunch of
return email.
also if your PC infected by virus it is possible too.
1st check your PC with antivirus and anti-spyware programs.
2nd check returned email, If that is return by antivirus program.
then If your PC are clean, you have choice, ignore it (or filter those mails) or change email address.


"dbt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:030e01c3fd00$7f398810$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I am having bunch of returned mail at hotmail. I am not
> sending these emails to begin with . I have changed my
> password and am still getting these returned emails.
> Someone has obviously stolen my id and password. I have
> not given it to anyone so what is the best action to
> take?

N
Fri Feb 27 21:03:16 CST 2004

In article <030e01c3fd00$7f398810$a601280a@phx.gbl>,
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> I am having bunch of returned mail at hotmail. I am not
> sending these emails to begin with . I have changed my
> password and am still getting these returned emails.
> Someone has obviously stolen my id and password. I have
> not given it to anyone so what is the best action to
> take?

The number one cause of returns is virus infections; not on your computer,
but on the computers of people where your address is stored. You may not
even know the responsible party. If your sister sent an email to you, and to
one of her friends, putting both email addresses in the "To:", or the "CC:"
line, then her friend has your address. If she got infected, her computer
could be sending the email to you.

The number two cause of returns is a spammer forging your address in his
spam run. He does this because so many mail systems are refusing email with
made-up sender addresses; so he stole yours (without accessing your
account). In this case the returns should drop off to nearly nothing in a
couple of weeks; and be done in a couple of months. I know; it happened to
me last June. I got nearly 300 delivery failure messages.

About all you can do in either case is filter like mad and ride it out.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

George
Sat Feb 28 06:47:01 CST 2004

You can always check the headers of the e-mail and determine if your IP =
address is in any of the entries there. Likely not and if that's the =
case then you didn't send the original e-mail. This is a trick. Don't =
fall for it. Who ever said the Internet was an honest place, huh?

--=20
George Hester
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"dbt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
news:030e01c3fd00$7f398810$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I am having bunch of returned mail at hotmail. I am not=20
> sending these emails to begin with . I have changed my=20
> password and am still getting these returned emails.=20
> Someone has obviously stolen my id and password. I have=20
> not given it to anyone so what is the best action to=20
> take?

S
Sat Feb 28 06:56:52 CST 2004

Returned mails don't mean that the user name/password were stolen: it's very
easy to spoof source e-mail. Some of the recent viruses are actually
distributing themselves as non-delivery reports.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MVP, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eQUJ3jf$DHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
You can always check the headers of the e-mail and determine if your IP
address is in any of the entries there. Likely not and if that's the case
then you didn't send the original e-mail. This is a trick. Don't fall for
it. Who ever said the Internet was an honest place, huh?

--
George Hester
__________________________________
"dbt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:030e01c3fd00$7f398810$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I am having bunch of returned mail at hotmail. I am not
> sending these emails to begin with . I have changed my
> password and am still getting these returned emails.
> Someone has obviously stolen my id and password. I have
> not given it to anyone so what is the best action to
> take?