Virus Question from a Reader

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Jay F Guin

A reader emailed me to let me know that he is getting spam that suggests it’s from me and Al Maxey. I suspect the virus is not really from my computer, as I run the latest version of the Norton Security Suite and don’t have this particular reader in my email Contacts. But to make sure, I thought I’d ask if anyone else is getting spam or virus messages suggesting they came from me?

About Jay F Guin

My name is Jay Guin, and I’m a retired elder. I wrote The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace about 18 years ago. I’ve spoken at the Pepperdine, Lipscomb, ACU, Harding, and Tulsa lectureships and at ElderLink. My wife’s name is Denise, and I have four sons, Chris, Jonathan, Tyler, and Philip. I have two grandchildren. And I practice law.
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6 Responses to Virus Question from a Reader

  1. Royce Ogle says:
    September 16, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    Not me. I get your blogs and comments as I requested and I get Al’s Reflections but that’s it.

    Royce

  2. James says:
    September 17, 2011 at 8:11 am

    None here from either source.

    (using both Win & Mac, if that helps)

  3. Kevin says:
    September 17, 2011 at 8:29 am

    Both good for me.

  4. X-Ray says:
    September 17, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    If it appears to be coming from your e-mail address, then it could have been forged. (Regular e-mail wasn’t designed with security and proper credentials in mind.)

  5. Emmett says:
    September 17, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    Hackers routinely flood our local isp with spam using email addresses local to their server. Their spam filter catches 99.9% of them. But I see their sent from address when I empty the filter. Often my own address is both the sender and recipient…This happens at the isp level, my pc never sees it.

  6. Alan says:
    September 19, 2011 at 8:57 am

    When others receive spam email appearing to come your email address, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your computer or email account was hacked. The hacker could have obtained your email address from someone with whom you have exchanged email.

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