Inbox Failure notice not mine

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by teelions, Apr 29, 2009.

  1. teelions

    teelions Private E-2

    I got a postmaster failure notice on an email I didn't send. My email address is "txxx.xxxxxs@yahoo.com" (there is no "ar" on my email address). I'm trying to figure out if my computer is infected and some Ruski is trying to use my account or was if this message was a just ploy for me to open. I ran through all the steps in the Malware_Cleaning_Guide. Everything proved negative, however I cannot adequately read the Hijack-This log (shall I it send it?). The message was:
    Received: from olga94.kraslan.ru ([93.90.248.175])
    (envelope-sender <terry.lyons@yahoo.com.ar>)
    by 70.86.54.50 with ESMTP
    for <service@accountsbay.com>; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:11 -0500
    Received-SPF: none(70.86.54.50: domain of terry.lyons@yahoo.com.ar designates 93.90.248.175 as permitted sender)
    client-ip=93.90.248.175; envelope-from=<txxx.xxxxs@yahoo.com.ar>; helo=olga94.kraslan.ru;
    Message-ID: <DKONXDWIWQUCJDUSFZIAJLV@hotmail.com>
    From: "浮體腳踏車改裝工廠" <Txxx.xxxxs@yahoo.com.ar>
    Reply-To: "浮體腳踏車改裝工廠" <Txxx.xxxxs@yahoo.com.ar>
    To: service@accountsbay.com
    Subject: 行動腳踏快餐車5/2發表會大方送出兩部,搶救失業大作戰
    Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:20:06 +0300
    X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
    boundary="--8458401696775675"
    X-Priority: 3
    X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
     
    Last edited by a moderator: May 2, 2009
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Very very likely just a phising event to try and get you to bite and return or query the email, then the spammer have a live account, I get a few of these each week and just delete.
     
  3. teelions

    teelions Private E-2

    So I did click to open. But...that doesn't really do anything if it's just a phishing scheme though they do now have a live one on the books. Right?
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Not necessarily. Just delete email like this in the future even though it looks like a return email. You know what you have sent and if it is really not from you then just delete it and ignore it.

    By the way I edited out your email from your first message. Putting your live email account in a public forum is actually a bad thing to do since spammers will find it and get you. ;)
     

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