I think my domain might have been hijacked- what can I do?

MDUK

i have received about half a dozen out of office or undeliverable messages from people that i have never contacted. The attachement is a mail titled Dresden 1945 and a text file.

I am assuming that this is a virus (although my norton didn't pick it up) and that something or someined has been using my mail domain to spam using my address which is why its returned to me.

I googled Dresden 1945 but nothing suspicous came back, i wanted to check a virus board to see if it is something new.

Does this sound like this has happenned or is it the reverse and somebody is spamming using their names and i have just got on a number of spam mail lists?

What should i do?

solly_2

First google gave me this http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sober.p@mm.html

A few viruses show as return mail to trick you into opening them if you have not opened them you should be OK. Add the word dresden to your Isp spam list and you should be sorted.

BTW my google was Dresden 1945 email.

MDUK

Thanks Solly, i haven't opened them, they stood out like a sore thumb, i have carried out a full systems scan and nothing has been picked up. I was just surprised to get so many of them, 8 now, seemingly originating from different people at the same company, First Choice.

John_M_Business

Also, sometimes when Viruses read/harvest someone's address book, they take the email addresses and use them as the 'send from' email address - meaning that you get the bounces back even if you're not actually sending the viruses out.

This is a distinct possibility, so ignore the bounce-backs.

MDUK

Thanks for the advice