[ale] Were we hacked?

[ChangingLINKS.com]

Survey says . . . . good answer! 
That would explain the email I got mentioning I had sent someone the Klez 
virus. Thank you.

Drew

On Tuesday 05 November 2002 17:07, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 November 2002 05:48 pm, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > Yesterday, I started getting bounced emails that I did not send out. Can
> > you tell me if the origin of the email was my client/local machine or
> > remote server?
> > I am thinking that I may have gotten a "emailing virus" hacked into my
> > local machine, or that my server was hacked. I got several reports that
> > emails sent to me two weeks ago bounced (which may be related) for the
> > first time. I understand that there are also ways that someone could send
> > email via my server without hacking it - I just need to figure out what is
> > happening before I get blamed for it.
> >
> 
> Most likely the klez virus and you are probably NOT the one who was 
infected. 
> It hit somebody who had your e-mail address in their Outlook address book 
and 
> it started sending out e-mails that spoof your address as the originating 
> address.
> 
> 

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Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
Drew
http://www.ChangingLINKS.com

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