I got a email with the Sender having the same name as MY EMAIL.
I clicked delete,but the PC froze and made the click on the Email.(which was spam for watches)
I dont know how this happened or what ,but I am scared to use my Email since this has never happened before. No Email Virus,trojan or worm alert popped up,but still scared :sick::cwy:
im not sure…but i dont think clicking the email does anything...unless u click the w/e link or opening the file from the email...
depends what email she has doesnt it?
if its an email program that resides on the comp like outlook just opening the mail is dangerous. haveing a webbased email like hotmail means you need to open and dl the attached files.
The way the mail protocol works, there's no sanity check on addresses.
A mail server conversation basically goes like this.
Server: "Hello, I'm mail.sample.org"
Client: "Hello. I'm jyabura.example.com"
Server: "Okay, go on."
Client: "I have mail for user@sample.org"
Server: "Okay"
Client: "The mail is from so-and-so@kumadori.demonstration.com"
Server: "What do I care? I'm just passing it to user's mailbox! You can say whatever you want!"
You can send a mail with whatever "from" you want. Legitimate mail clients generally put a useful value in, but if you're a spambot, you may want to use something else. It's also sometimes useful to forge a "from" address, for example, if you're a website form-processing script, you might want the recipient to be able to reply directly to the email address supplied in the form.
As for security issues, you might also try another mail programme like Thunderbird; less popularity means less people trying to game exploits for it.
I use Yahoo Mail.
