why do I get fake returned email notices?

[Sylrog99]

I'm using Office2003 & Outlook, I also use mailwasher but every day I'm
getting 5/6 fake mailer-daemon returned mail notices. They are somehow
by-passing mailwasher. Do I have a worm?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I'm using Office2003 & Outlook, I also use mailwasher but every day
I'm getting 5/6 fake mailer-daemon returned mail notices. They are
somehow by-passing mailwasher. Do I have a worm?

Unlikely. Do you have good antivirus software running?
No antispam product can catch everything. You might see if you can bump your
mailwasher settings up a bit, but you'll risk more false positives.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm using Office2003 & Outlook, I also use mailwasher but every day
I'm getting 5/6 fake mailer-daemon returned mail notices. They are
somehow by-passing mailwasher. Do I have a worm?

How do you know they're fake? Sounds to me like someone has hijacked your
mail address and is using it in their SPAM. You get the NDRs.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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How do you know they're fake? Sounds to me like someone has hijacked
your mail address and is using it in their SPAM. You get the NDRs.

I need more coffee. I second Brian's comments.

 

[Sylrog99]

Thanks for your replies. I have Defender, Adaware & Spybot, plus AVG. They
haven't found anything untoward. If I do have a worm like Kletz i.e. How can
I get rid of it ? I did do a scan through Housecall as well incidentally.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

It is not you, it is someone else who has your email address in the contacts
folder who is infected, but you get the NDRs since the mail is spoofed to
come from your address. You can do nothing.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Sylrog99 asked:

| Thanks for your replies. I have Defender, Adaware & Spybot, plus AVG.
| They haven't found anything untoward. If I do have a worm like Kletz
| i.e. How can I get rid of it ? I did do a scan through Housecall as
| well incidentally.
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| "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
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|| In || Sylrog99 <[email protected]> typed:
||| I'm using Office2003 & Outlook, I also use mailwasher but every day
||| I'm getting 5/6 fake mailer-daemon returned mail notices. They are
||| somehow by-passing mailwasher. Do I have a worm?
||
|| Unlikely. Do you have good antivirus software running?
|| No antispam product can catch everything. You might see if you can
|| bump your mailwasher settings up a bit, but you'll risk more false
|| positives.