So I get this email today in my junk folder:
Dear user aardvarkgod@allakhazam.com, administration of allakhazam.com would like to inform you
We have found that your email account has been used to send a huge amount of junk email during this week.
Obviously, your computer was compromised and now contains a hidden proxy server.
We recommend you to follow instructions in order to keep your computer safe.
Best wishes,
allakhazam.com user support team.
It was sent from trizzoro@allakhazam.com and contained an attachment (allakhazam.com.zip) that my mail service removed automatically due to a virus. Just a head's up there for you guys.
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It's called spoofing. This is when an email is sent out using a fake address. Read up on it; you'll find out you've probably committed an oops or two that leaves your PC vulnerable.
I'm not saying that you're infected or that the email is true. It isn't. But it's also not really from Alla's.
I'm not saying that you're infected or that the email is true. It isn't. But it's also not really from Alla's.
I appreciate the comment, but I do know what 'spoofing' is and I'm aware that it's not from Alla's (the poor grammar gave it away). I'm posting this for others out there who may not realize what is going on.
See, the odd thing I don't get is...If it was fake or what-not, why was it sent by a real alla user email account?.. Trizzoro is a real user with trizzoro@allakhazam.com as his email address.......This is quite odd.
Email spoofing, the way bajillions of email virii are spread. People for some crazy reason don't think email addresses can be faked.
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