Email related Tech Support Plz!!! - ZEFRANK.COM

Coffee · 01-27-2005, 04:38 PM

I checked my email this morning and my usual 35-40 Spam emails increased suddenly to 427...yikes!!! Most of these new spams were "message failure, your email could not be delivered" type emails...supposedly sent using one of our Big Bang Band adresses...our merchandise email addy.
Our site seems to be up and running...so it didn't get hacked, I assume.
We use Paypal for online credit card processing...Did Paypal get hacked?

Any clue or suggestions from those of you more technically inclined?

Thanks.
Cof.

melissa · 01-27-2005, 04:39 PM

It was the devil, Coffee!

Coffee · 01-27-2005, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by melissa

It was the devil, Coffee!

Naaa...I don't think so...the devil doesn't fark around with athiests.

melissa · 01-27-2005, 04:41 PM

But the devil does mess around with spam emails!!

Frieda · 01-27-2005, 04:42 PM

new bagle worm

the worm steals email addresses from infected computers. someone out there has an infected pc and your email address somewhere. you get the delivery failure messages. yep, it sucks!

Coffee · 01-27-2005, 05:01 PM

uggghhh...So some lame-ass attachment clicker that bought our CD is now ****ing up my computer????

Cripes.

Frieda · 01-27-2005, 05:02 PM

could be anyone..

make sure you're safe!

here some other stuff for all you mac users out there:
mac security updates

trisherina · 01-27-2005, 05:41 PM

This is only somewhat related, but I have been trialing a new spyware killer and like it so much that I might actually buy it.

It's called Webroot Spy Seeker, and it finally found the crap that was hiding out after my daughter downloaded a screen saver to my PC ages ago, and I couldn't do ANYTHING to get rid of popups. I am enormously grateful. I just hope they do a good job with updating their databases.

surflugen · 01-27-2005, 06:59 PM

Ya know a cool feature of my Verizon account is that I can check my email through the net and on that site there are these buttons to block sender (which would not work in the case of a masquerading email created by that evil ass worm) and block domain which is what you really want. There are some email help programs such as Spam fire which I hear is good but I am too cheap to buy it and try it out.
http://www.matterform.com/?page=spamfire/

Coffee · 01-27-2005, 09:25 PM

Funky Tuba directed me to Mailwasher...it is free ware or you can subscribe for extra features.

It lets me preview emails before they reach my real email box. In Mailwasher I can bounce delete/add to blacklist/add domain to blacklist...blacklisted items are set to auto bounce and delete.

Nevertheless...427 emails this morning took quite a long time to download, preview and sort through the program's automatic filters...and I still had to manually check to see that legit mail didn't get blacklisted by the auto blacklist filters (happens often actually) as well as add new stuff to my manual blacklists.

jeesh.

*semi-resists impulse to fruitlessly bitch, moan, and whine about hackers and virus creators*

01-27-2005, 04:38 PM	#1
Coffee Cheeses Save Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Floating Posts: 9,204	Email related Tech Support Plz!!! I checked my email this morning and my usual 35-40 Spam emails increased suddenly to 427...yikes!!! Most of these new spams were "message failure, your email could not be delivered" type emails...supposedly sent using one of our Big Bang Band adresses...our merchandise email addy. Our site seems to be up and running...so it didn't get hacked, I assume. We use Paypal for online credit card processing...Did Paypal get hacked? Any clue or suggestions from those of you more technically inclined? Thanks. Cof.

01-27-2005, 04:39 PM	#2
melissa monkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: on the go Posts: 3,657	It was the devil, Coffee! __________________ "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."

01-27-2005, 04:41 PM	#4
melissa monkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: on the go Posts: 3,657	But the devil does mess around with spam emails!! __________________ "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."

01-27-2005, 04:42 PM	#5
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,503	new bagle worm the worm steals email addresses from infected computers. someone out there has an infected pc and your email address somewhere. you get the delivery failure messages. yep, it sucks! __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

01-27-2005, 05:02 PM	#7
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,503	could be anyone.. make sure you're safe! here some other stuff for all you mac users out there: mac security updates __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

01-27-2005, 05:01 PM	#6
Coffee Cheeses Save Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Floating Posts: 9,204	uggghhh...So some lame-ass attachment clicker that bought our CD is now ****ing up my computer???? Cripes.

01-27-2005, 05:41 PM	#8
trisherina meretricious dilettante Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,068	This is only somewhat related, but I have been trialing a new spyware killer and like it so much that I might actually buy it. It's called Webroot Spy Seeker, and it finally found the crap that was hiding out after my daughter downloaded a screen saver to my PC ages ago, and I couldn't do ANYTHING to get rid of popups. I am enormously grateful. I just hope they do a good job with updating their databases. __________________ Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. -- Annie Dillard

01-27-2005, 06:59 PM	#9
surflugen getting Donuts Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,091	Ya know a cool feature of my Verizon account is that I can check my email through the net and on that site there are these buttons to block sender (which would not work in the case of a masquerading email created by that evil ass worm) and block domain which is what you really want. There are some email help programs such as Spam fire which I hear is good but I am too cheap to buy it and try it out. http://www.matterform.com/?page=spamfire/

01-27-2005, 09:25 PM	#10
Coffee Cheeses Save Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Floating Posts: 9,204	Funky Tuba directed me to Mailwasher...it is free ware or you can subscribe for extra features. It lets me preview emails before they reach my real email box. In Mailwasher I can bounce delete/add to blacklist/add domain to blacklist...blacklisted items are set to auto bounce and delete. Nevertheless...427 emails this morning took quite a long time to download, preview and sort through the program's automatic filters...and I still had to manually check to see that legit mail didn't get blacklisted by the auto blacklist filters (happens often actually) as well as add new stuff to my manual blacklists. jeesh. semi-resists impulse to fruitlessly bitch, moan, and whine about hackers and virus creators

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