Niborius on 30/4/2015 at 20:03
Hi guys, just lately I've been getting a lot of Spam mail, most of them which are coming from me apparently (They are under my name and e-mail). However, I don't think spam e-mails are being sent to others as I haven't heard from anyone that they've been getting any.
Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks in advance!
Renzatic on 30/4/2015 at 21:56
If you're using Gmail or something similar, I believe there are ways you can look up the origin IP of an email. If it's coming from somewhere other than your IP, someone is running a really stupid spambot using your account. Changing your password should fix that right up. If it's coming from your IP, well...consider making Malwarebytes your friend.
zombe on 30/4/2015 at 23:17
Since it is trivial to spoof where the email is coming from then my guess is that it pretends to come from you precisely because of higher chance of getting through your spam filters - which it seems to have managed quite well.
... what you can do about it depends on your email reader and most importantly on whoever serves your emails.
Niborius on 1/5/2015 at 07:50
Thank you guys,
I forgot to mention that Outlook is my e-mail provider.
I tried to reset my password but or some reason I cannot receive text messages from Microsoft, and if I use the function where they send me a security code by phone call, it works but I still can't change my password.
So I tried to look up from what IP address the e-mails are coming from and I was able to find that out.
I believe I successfully blocked the IP address now, so I'll keep you posted if I still get any spam.
Thanks!
Edit: I got my text message eventually and changed my password just in case.
