And this is what we call 'spoofing'; when your e-address is hijacked and used by hackers to (try to) infect other computers.
Kevin: for privacy's sake, put all those recipients in the BCC: line, not the TO: line. (I don't really want the contents of your address book, but spammers do). BobbyJim ----- Original Message ----- From: kevin weilacher To: [email protected] ; Amanda Coughlin ; Barb Mann ; Barb Mann ; Bill Albertson ; Bill Martin ; Bob and Sue Mattis ; Brenda Weber ; Calvin Ellis ; Carol - Massillon OH Mirocke ; Carol Mirocke ; colleen taylor ; Dave F ; Den 5 ; Donna Kennedy ; Ed Pennell ; Ed Pennell ; Erich Weilacher ; Erich Weilacher ; Greg Laudermilt ; Greg Sapp ; Gunny ; Howard Maag ; Jeanetta Roby ; Julie Harhay ; Kevin ; Kevin Slabach ; Kyle Busch ; Linda & Jim Henson ; Lizzie Weilacher ; Lora TM ; Marge ; Marie Spellman ; Mary Krier ; Mary Rossett ; Melissa Gersna ; melissa howell ; Mike Baker ; Mike Baker ; Mike Maag ; Mike Sedlock ; Mom and Kath ; Norma ; Pam Wolfe ; Peggy Korn ; Rich ; Rita Asbury ; Rob Stammler ; Roy King ; Scott Clayton ; Scott Lindsey ; Shannon Allison ; Shannon Allison ; Terry Losawyer ; TMIC ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; Vick Maculaitis ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:57 Subject: [TMIC] Concerning a weird email you may have gotten from me.... I'm sorry....At first I thought my email got spammed so I sent a report to Yahoo. I just got a response back. It turns out that it wasn't me, some other computer that has my email in it was apparently the culprit. It got ahold of my email address from that and then migrated all through my contact list. Here is a paraphrased response from Yahoo... "----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Yahoo! Mail <[email protected]> To: kevin weilacher <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, March 6, 2010 6:16:45 AM Subject: Re: Yahoo mail jacked up (KMM105397853V74198L0KM) Hello Kevin, Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care. Before I go into addressing your concern, I'd like to first apologize for the delay in my responding to your inquiry. We are committed to answering your questions as quickly and accurately as possible. However, we are currently receiving unusually high volumes which caused the delayed response. It appears you may have received a message due to a worm virus. This does not mean that your computer has been infected with the virus, but more than likely a computer that contains your email address within its address book has. These particular viruses spread by sending users an email from a seemingly reliable source asking them to open an attachment containing the virus. Once a user contracts the virus, it then spreads itself by sending out new infected messages using contacts from within their address book." So, Yahoo seems to have gotten it taken care of and we shouldn't have any more problems from this. I hope everyone just deleted the email that came from me. Kevin
