Rogue Emails 2

[Mike012321]

For the last few days I have been receiving emails that have titles like INet mail service (none),MS Mail Storage ,MS Inet Message Storage, all of which are either 144k or 156k.It is a hotmail account and is now almost completely useless because it gets filled up so quickly

I had thought this might have come about through having the W32.Swen.A@mm virus(?) but a Symantec tool couldn't find it.Is there another virus that might have caused this?

Having read other posts here, it looks as if email problem is difficult/impossible to solve,irrespective of virus (or whatever) that caused it?

Would be grateful for any advice etc.Thanks.

Mike

 

[Mike012321]

Forgot to say that OS is WIN XP.Thanks

Mike

 

[wbg34]

The e-mails definately sound like swen.a and as long as you haven't opened any of them then you shouldn't be infected.
faq760-3862 Has a list of free online virus scanners that you can use to make sure.
The e-mails mean that someone that knows your e-mail address and has it in their address book is infected. The virus changes the from address do it is difficult to trace back to who is really infected.

 

[Mike012321]

wbg34,thanks very much for the info.

Regarding swen.a,where exactly does it look for email addresses-in the address book of Outlook Express?

Thanks

Mike

 

[enkie]

The swen.a worm searches for email addresses from .EML, .WAB, .DBX, and .MBX files in the infected system. You can refer to:

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_SWEN.A&VSect=T

for more details.

 

[Mike012321]

Thanks enkie.Very helpful.