[email protected] contacted me?
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[email protected]>
Subject: Returned mail: Data format error
Here's what they said:
" Dear user of mac.com,
Your account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail during the recent week.
Obviously, your computer was compromised and now runs a hidden proxy server.
We recommend that you follow the instructions in order to keep your computer safe.
Have a nice day,
The mac.com team."
down here was a 31.6KB mac.com.zip file
Is this legitimate? What should I do?
p.s. The reason I put this topic under > Applications is because it's got to do with the Mail app.
Subject: Returned mail: Data format error
Here's what they said:
" Dear user of mac.com,
Your account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail during the recent week.
Obviously, your computer was compromised and now runs a hidden proxy server.
We recommend that you follow the instructions in order to keep your computer safe.
Have a nice day,
The mac.com team."
down here was a 31.6KB mac.com.zip file
Is this legitimate? What should I do?
p.s. The reason I put this topic under > Applications is because it's got to do with the Mail app.
Comments
Mind posting the headers? Looks like a scam.
Did someone have the cheek to buy the mail address [email protected]?
What do you mean by "mind posting the headers"?
Here:
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from mac.com (smtpin43-en2 [10.13.9.111]) by ms53.mac.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.11 (built Mar 22 2006)) with ESMTP id <[email protected]> for <myaddress>; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:29:14 -0800 (PST)
Received: from mac.com (142-10-237-24.gci.net [24.237.10.142]) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin43/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kA78RFkH023354for <maddress>; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:27:36 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_EC7EBCE6.BFA10869"
X-Priority: 3
X-Msmail-Priority: Normal
Original-Recipient: rfc822;myaddress
Did someone have the cheek to buy the mail address [email protected]?
No, they merely pretend to own it. They didn't actually send it from that address.
And, yeah, judging from the headers, that's 99% certainly not an Apple e-mail. Just delete it.
No, they merely pretend to own it. They didn't actually send it from that address.
And, yeah, judging from the headers, that's 99% certainly not an Apple e-mail. Just delete it.
They're smart fuckers, cause if I remember correctly last week I recieved what appeard to be genuine email saying: "stop spamming us"
They probably went to the trouble of spamming people pretending that they were me, so I would be more likely to click on the attachment, and follow their stupid instructions.
I've since contacted .Mac, and gave them all the details, and the full headers etc. I should get a message back tomorrow Wed.
BUT luckily you have a mac so nothing can go wrong! Press delete and forget.