Davidc316
10-13-2003, 09:16 PM
Hi,
I've got an absolute stiinker of a virus hitting my email system right now. I wonder if anyone here can help.
The symptoms of the virus that I receive an email about every 3-5 seconds. The other night I received over 1,800 emails in just a few hours! Sure enough, when these attacks come on they absolutely clog my server up with TONNES of junk (I had over 30MB of junk email last time I checked). And... the worst part is... when the attacks happen, then after a short while, my site gets taken offline because it has gone over the bandwidth limit.
My site has already been offline two or three times this week.
My webhosts have been good enough to reset the bandwidth for my site on every occassion, but the problem is not being solved.
As far as the emails go, I can tell you that about 40% of them are junk mail (adverts for Viagra and such like). The other 60% of emails that I'm getting are "Mail Returned" errors. So, it's as if someone is sending out billions of emails from my email address!!!
I have tried changing my passwords, and for a while the attacks ended. But, tonight I logged on to my email to check that everything was still ok and the instant I logged on, my empty in-box suddenly started suddenly filling up again. It's as if the act of me signing on was somehow the trigger for the attack to happen.
The only other information that's probably worth mentioning is that the virus is probably NOT on my actual computer.
I say this because of three reasons...
*Firstly, I've ran some virus scans and (apparently) I'm clean.
*Secondly, none of my other email addresses have been affected.
*Thirdly, when I check my email I do NOT use Outlook (or similar software). Instead, I check my email by using an online control panel (Hotmail style).
I'm sorry for all the info and the big long post, but this is killing me and I'm DESPERATE for some help.
Since starting this post I have received over 50 emails!!!!!
Help me Obi Wan Kenobi- you're my only hope!
I've got an absolute stiinker of a virus hitting my email system right now. I wonder if anyone here can help.
The symptoms of the virus that I receive an email about every 3-5 seconds. The other night I received over 1,800 emails in just a few hours! Sure enough, when these attacks come on they absolutely clog my server up with TONNES of junk (I had over 30MB of junk email last time I checked). And... the worst part is... when the attacks happen, then after a short while, my site gets taken offline because it has gone over the bandwidth limit.
My site has already been offline two or three times this week.
My webhosts have been good enough to reset the bandwidth for my site on every occassion, but the problem is not being solved.
As far as the emails go, I can tell you that about 40% of them are junk mail (adverts for Viagra and such like). The other 60% of emails that I'm getting are "Mail Returned" errors. So, it's as if someone is sending out billions of emails from my email address!!!
I have tried changing my passwords, and for a while the attacks ended. But, tonight I logged on to my email to check that everything was still ok and the instant I logged on, my empty in-box suddenly started suddenly filling up again. It's as if the act of me signing on was somehow the trigger for the attack to happen.
The only other information that's probably worth mentioning is that the virus is probably NOT on my actual computer.
I say this because of three reasons...
*Firstly, I've ran some virus scans and (apparently) I'm clean.
*Secondly, none of my other email addresses have been affected.
*Thirdly, when I check my email I do NOT use Outlook (or similar software). Instead, I check my email by using an online control panel (Hotmail style).
I'm sorry for all the info and the big long post, but this is killing me and I'm DESPERATE for some help.
Since starting this post I have received over 50 emails!!!!!
Help me Obi Wan Kenobi- you're my only hope!