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Hello,
upon opening my Hotmail inbox, I received an email from "postmaster@hotmail.com". It is in English, so I cannot read it, but I noticed it mentioned the address "dylanjohn0614@hotmail.com" which is not mine, and I have never encountered it before. There are also 2 attachments: File 1 File 2 (To open: Right-click; Save link as).

In file 2, the email also mentions the address "admin@viagra.com". I had already received an email from this address even though I have never visited that site (I don’t want to see what's going on there given the name).

All the information seems strange to me, so is this a virus, just spam, or an alert from Hotmail?

Thank you very much for your responses and ideas

Configuration: Linux Firefox 3.0.1

Electricien 69 · Accepted Answer

Hello,
I read your messages. To tell you the truth, I received messages similar to yours a long time ago. By mistake, I opened a few of them. To my general surprise, a few days later, I received an email with my own email address sent to myself from the Viagra site.
I concluded that it injects a virus or a spy into my machine to retrieve my email address and password, then use them fraudulently to send messages to other people.
I contacted my internet service provider and nothing conclusive came of it.
I simply decided to change my password and since then, nothing.
I advise you not to open these kinds of emails from unknown sources, especially not the attachments.
However, if by mistake, you opened the attachments, change your email password immediately because you will have surprises like I did.
Have a good day.

homer S · Answer

In my opinion, you can delete it without opening the attachments (just in case!)

zenzile · Answer

In fact, this message indicates that the address dylanjohn0614@hotmail.com is no longer valid.

avion-f16 · Answer

I opened them ^^  I know I can delete it (thankfully :o) but I'm quite curious and I would like to know where it comes from, why, and by whom.  Thank you anyway.

zenzile · Answer

in fact this message indicates that the addresses are no longer valid

avion-f16 · Answer

What’s a bit strange is that my name is also Dylan (like in the address dylanjohn0614@hotmail.com).

zenzile · Answer

for more info
I know that we receive this message when we send an email to an address that is no longer valid, so you must have sent him an email; it might be one of your old addresses, check your sent messages

good luck and have a nice evening

avion-f16 · Answer

Yeah, probably. I probably sent an email to admin@viagra.com to tell them off (like I often do with spam).

Thanks everyone for your responses.
I'm marking it as resolved since it was just to get an idea of where it could come from.

Rizzen Virnn · Answer

I also received the same message with x-uai-7@hotmail.com

I don't think it's a virus since I'm 90% of the time on Linux.
I even have one that managed to get through Thunderbird's filters

As long as I was only receiving spam, I wasn't worried, but now that I see I'm "sending" emails from admin@viagra.com, I'm starting to get concerned.

Well, there's always the option of changing my address...

avion-f16 · Answer

You shouldn't dream that I'm going to change my email because of some **** admin from viagra.com!!!!

I'm also on Linux and that's why I opened the files (I just noticed that the links I provide only work when you're logged in with my address :s).

relivelo · Answer

I’m here to find a solution to this problem, but I think you are completely mistaken because I also receive 20 to 50 messages every day from postmaster@mail.hotmail.com. I always write to people whose addresses are in my contacts. That doesn’t mean that my recipients don’t receive my emails (as proof, they reply to me normally!)

So I think it’s because of MSN and all the crappy ads that we find every day on the internet. After a certain time without scanning our disks, they manage to find your email address to spam you...
Anyway, MSN has always been crap and it’s the best plan to trap or get trapped by people or to send them viruses!

I think I'm going to switch to a good anti-spam solution and take my patience with it!
So, A+ and I’ve never seen that Viagra stuff in my emails, so maybe it’s time to stop visiting porn sites too...

rafa · Answer

Hello, I have exactly the same problem. There are days when I receive 80 emails from the postmaster. Initially, I know it's meant to warn about an invalid address, but now the message is an ad for a website selling hi-fi equipment, etc... so annoying!! The issue is that I’m sending these to all my contacts and they're starting to seriously complain! But I don’t want to change my address and lose all my emails that I want to re-read whenever I want... HELP ME!!! Thank you!

avion-f16 · Answer

I understand about the emails you receive (as already mentioned, it's easy to send the same thing 80 times with a PHP script) but not about sending it to all your contacts. And once again, with that famous PHP script, they can impersonate you: Tell your contacts that it’s impersonation and that you’re not responsible for it. -- Without Windows, there would be no need for computer scientists :p

titi · Answer

Hello, I just sent an email to the tax conciliator, and right after I got a message that appeared (postmaster@hotmail.com). Will the message go through properly because it's very important? What can I do? Thank you for your help.

Bob · Answer

You are completely off base. Basically, friends who know about this told me that if you open this kind of message, your computer is done for x) It's ProRat, a hacking software that sends you this, so a guy waits for you to open the message to send you a fake trojan to take control of your computer and do absolutely everything he wants on your PC. To understand ProRat better, see Wikipedia ;)

avion-f16 · Answer

“If you open this kind of message, your PC is screwed”Your friends don't really know what they're talking about to come up with such nonsense. It becomes dangerous when you download and run the attached files.  Spams are only for advertising purposes, the intention is not to wreck the "future client's" computer, otherwise they won't be able to buy from their site...  “It's ProRat, a hacking software that sends you this”There are plenty of softwares, it’s not the only one. And you don’t have to go through a software: an automated script in PHP is enough. -- Your computer doesn’t do what you want... but what you tell it to do.

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Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
From: Postmaster@mail.hotmail.com
Sent: Sat. 20/03/10 11:22
To: Djthabize@live.fr

Attachments: 2 attachments | Download boasts the merits of the attachments (5.6 KB)
ATT00001 (0.3 KB), RE Activa ... mht (5.4 KB)

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Delivery to the following recipients has failed.

Noreply@allocine.fr

aminamoad · Answer

Hello, and I thought I was all alone in receiving these bullshit from the postmaster

it's junk sent to our email to ourselves and to all our contacts. The best solution, don't open them, block them, and report them as phishing attempts. That's what I'm going to do because I receive 100 messages from them in one minute. Good luck.

pinot · Answer

I've had this for about 3 months:  This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Unable to deliver message to the following recipients, due to being unable to connect successfully to the destination mail server. noreply@www.secebt.org   --Forwarded message attachment-- From: pino33@hotmail.com To: noreply@www.seccug.org Subject: hi ? Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:16:12 -0400          Hey?good news!  I ordered one black apple iphone 3gs 16gb from this website www>>>>>>buyjuy.com  E-mail: \buyjuy@188.com MSN: \buyjuy168@hotmailcom  one weeks ago, today I've got it . Amazing,beyond my imagination, it's genuine and as good as expected,but much cheaper. I'm pleased to share this good news with you! May all goes well for you.   I have no idea what this is and it seems that my contact list receives this email every time. Please HELP me I'm tired of bothering my contacts with this crap and I would like to keep my email address.  Thank you.

moi · Answer

Hello, I've been receiving messages from them for months, between 50 and 100 a day, and I can't get rid of them either. I've tried everything, but there's no solution other than changing my address!!!!!

1092 · Answer

I'm really fed up; every time I open my emails, I can receive 100 emails from postmaster@hotmail.com overnight. What can I do to stop receiving this email?

yoan · Answer

Hello,

I was also receiving tons of emails from postmaster@mail.hotmail.com.
I went into the Hotmail privacy settings and created a filter to send all messages with "Delivery Status Notification" in the subject line to the junk folder, which was the subject of all those emails.

There you go, now I still receive them but they go to the junk folder and it doesn't bother me anymore..

dorinacats · Answer

When I opened my inbox, I sent a message to a friend, and 2 minutes later, it sent me back exactly what I had written. That’s when I realized that this address is known by everyone because it’s the address of all msn. But the mystery is solved as to why it sends us back our messages. In fact, that’s what I didn’t understand, but it’s up to you to find out, and I’ll keep searching.

Hi and good luck with your research, everyone (and if you find something, you know where to talk to me) on the site of poster... obviously.

johndeere666 · Answer

Someone is using your box to send spam and not all are successful, hence the postmaster error.  Change your password and do not enter it on shady sites anymore.

vane · Answer

Hello everyone, I have the same issue as you, weird emails being sent to all my contacts without me asking for anything or even when the computer is off... My contacts are fed up and so am I!! I changed my password and modified the signature because a nonsensical message was drafted before each new message was sent. I read in your comments that I should download "msnfix" or some "anti-spam" software. I have a Mac OS X version 10.5.8, are these "programs" compatible with Mac or are there any equivalents? I have an antivirus "Kaspersky" but it seems to have detected nothing. I admit my lack of knowledge on this matter, so a little help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance :-)

decerebrus · Answer

Hello.
I've been having the same problem for some time; I'm receiving about 60 emails a day from postmaster@mail.hotmail.com (and not from postmaster@hotmail.com, as I've been reading since the beginning). Obviously, this kind of email is spam, and even though I mark it as junk, I keep receiving them. So if anyone has an effective solution, I’m all ears. And there's no need to tell me that postmaster@hotmail.com sends an email when the sending address of a previous email is incorrect; that's the basics of using an email account... Thank you in advance for your attempts at answers.

syboer · Answer

Excuse me everyone! Those who say they receive a bunch of "postmaster" messages are right. I also receive them and I know that I am infected!  So, those who offer useless suggestions (not really knowing what they're talking about)... please refrain and let someone who might have the real solution take the floor.  Thank you

juju666 · Answer

Hello everyone,  You are victims of spamming, as Electrician said, just change your password.  See you soon.

maria paula · Answer

I also received an email from postmaster@hotmail.com that had my friend's name, but every time I sent a message to my friend, I received a message from postmaster@hotmail.com. Why is he sending me messages?

yannick 31 · Answer

Hello everyone. I am also in the same situation as you. So, I think like everyone, I have an MSN messaging. Messages like:  Hey? good news! I ordered an Apple MacBook Pro MC226LL/A 17-Inch Laptop from this website www.universe-cosmos.com one week ago, today I've got it. Amazing, beyond my imagination, it's genuine and as good as expected, but much cheaper. I'm pleased to share this good news with you! May all go well for you.   Best regards.  are sent to all contacts.  Actually, I had found a solution not very long ago which consisted of going into the messaging options and checking the automatic reply message (quite simply!) This virus is infiltrated as a reply to all your contacts who write to you and even to those copied in CC or BCC in their emails. So you just need to find the option set to automatically reply to your messages in case of absence, for example. Except that I can’t find it anymore. ! It seems that MSN has changed again. It must be there, but I don't know where? If someone has the answer, please let me know. As for the message "postdelivery" under MSN, it means that the reply message was sent to an address that is no longer valid. What happens if you click on the link in the message??? Your inbox is infected, the message slips into the automatic replies and it all starts again with another person...

marina297 · Answer

Hello

I think that postmastermail@hotmail.fr is a kind of "automatic message" that you receive when one of your messages doesn't go through. I've had that happen several times, but now as soon as I receive an email from someone I don't know, I immediately mark it as a phishing attempt, and since then I haven't had any issues.

avion-f16 · Answer

I don't know if you've noticed the date of the topic! It might be time to stop bumping it up. -- Your computer doesn't do what you want ... but what you tell it to do.

laure · Answer

I also received this message; at first I was looking for a person's address to add them to my contacts, and instead I received one of their messages in English!

laure · Answer

To understand what the message says, do like me and go to "Google Translate." Apparently, this message indicates that it's an automated message and that it couldn't be delivered to the recipient, that is to say one of our contacts to whom we wanted to send a message.

juju666 · Answer

Hey!  I think it's time to stop bumping this topic, don't you think?  The solution has already been provided:   Change the password of your email account!  If the issue persists after this action, please scan your PC with ZHPDiag and post a new thread with your report in this section.  Thank you for your understanding.   -- Sincerely, Juju666

Postmaster@hotmail.com

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