quick spam! (virus?)

[snooper]

i opened a new account a few days ago, within minutes, i was getting (bounce) emails to the only 2 emails i opened on that domain, from all kinds of [email protected] - that dont even exist.

ie, i opened [email protected] and [email protected] and they were both getting kind of bounce emails to/from [email protected] , [email protected] etc…

what can be done about this?

i already have a catch-all setup (to delete) and spam is set to agressive.

cheers

PS: here’s a copy of the message -----------------------

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail.m****here.biz.
I’m afraid I wasn’t able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I’ve given up. Sorry it didn’t work out.

<anna@***.org>:
204.14.107.174 failed after I sent the message.
Remote host said: 552 sorry, the virused mail is detected (#5.6.0)

— Enclosed are the original headers of the message.

[Scotty_32]

not sure if IS the same as wot i got

but i got bounce back virus’s

sent from [email protected]

to (like yours) random name @mydomain.com

the emails that was sent was sent as if it was connected to my site saying things like:

@Email

Dear [b][i]*mydomain*[/i][/b] Member,

We have temporarily suspended your email account serg@[b][i]*mydomain*.[/i][/b]com.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An innability to accurately verify your selected option of subscription due to an internal error within our processors.
See the details to reactivate your [b][i]*mydomain*[/i][/b] account.

Sincerely,The [b][i]*mydomain*[/i][/b] Support Team






+++ Attachment: No Virus (Clean)
+++ [b][i]*mydomain*[/i][/b] Antivirus - www.[b] [i]*mydomain*[/i][/b].com

thing is, you cant really stop it, as its a bounce back, so unless you set a filter to delete emails containing wot ever the emails always have you cant really do anything bout it

its quote worrying that the emails say its had a virus scan FROM my website http://support.jodoshared.com/images/smilies/old/frown.gif

luckly for me, nobody who has an account with my site has an email address, and even luckier - am the only one with email addresses with my site

[Stephen]

Sounds like some of the virii/worms that are running around so much today, computers that are SMTP zombies with fake reply-to/from addresses.

[snooper]

indeed, but how does it work so fast??? it was within minutes of me setting up the new emails - on the new account!!
makes me think the zombie thing is on JH… ?(

[Stephen]

No, more likely the domain, was it newly registered, or had it been around for along time and just moved?

[snooper]

brand new domain - registered about an hour or 2 before opening the account ?(

[SubSpace]

There are websites around that list newly registered domain names. Possibly some spam software harvests those domain names and uses them to send spam to?