Block e-mail windows 7

[Vet_Man]

I am receiving e-mail from an address in my address book. He said he is not sending it and I get it at least once a day. He is a cop so both of us do not know where it is coming from. How do I stop it? I will block all of his mail if nessary. But do not know how. Thanks

[Camp__Forrest__]

hershey wrote:
Ask your cop friend to change his password on his email provider.

I concur. I work in the IT department of a university. Our younger users constantly pick up stuff on their computers. As soon as our system detects the burst of messages indicating an attack, we force a password change which stops it immediately. Even if it doesn't work, it fast and free to do and works most of the time.

[1492]

Vet Man wrote:
I am receiving e-mail from an address in my address book. He said he is not sending it and I get it at least once a day. He is a cop so both of us do not know where it is coming from.

Has he or someone in his department checked the email headers? Don't reply, but forward a sample email back to him. That generally keeps headers intact.

[atreis]

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If it appears to be coming from your cop friend (compare headers with one that's known valid - not everything need be identical, but the origin and receiving systems should be similar) then that person's computer is probably infected with malware and needs to clean (or wipe and reload) their computer. This happens to my parents roughly every six months - they can't seem to keep from clicking on things they shouldn't click on.

It it's coming from somewhere else, see if it jives with someone you or your friend both know, then have whoever it is clean their computer.

If it's somewhere else entirely, then your cop friend's email address is being spoofed and there's really not much you can do, assuming you still want to receive valid email from that person. The simplest in that case is for either you or your cop friend to get a new email address. Then you can stop using or block the old one.

BTW - being a cop does not make your friend any less prone to infection. There's even a chance it could cause your friend to be targeted, depending on the type of cop.

[paulm999]

First thing todo is, in your email program, right click on the message, click Properties, click Details. This gives you the detailed email header. This will show you it's origin and routing and will help determine the corrective action required. Google how to read email header details.

[camperpaul]

It is quite easy to 'spoof' an email address.

Sometimes the spammers are handed a list of addresses when someone sends a message to multiple addresses or forwards a message that has been forwarded many times and contains a lot email addresses.

You can prevent a lot of this by sending all group messages using 'bcc'.

[dieharder]

There is a possibility someone else you both know has a virus on their computer. If you get infected with a virus like this, it will take someone else off your contact list and send emails to everyone else on your contact list looking like it's from them, not you. We've had some of them come into the workplace here a while back. Made it fun to figure out whose computer is actually infected.

[Mountain_Mama]

hershey wrote:
Ask your cop friend to change his password on his email provider.

[hershey]

Ask your cop friend to change his password on his email provider.

[camperforlife]

Someone has hacked his address book and is sending out mass emails in his name. Depending on what email program you are using you should be able to block him. Highlight his message and right click, it should give you options of blocking messages from his address.

[The_Texan]

Right click on the email, go to JUNK MAIL then click on ADD sender to blocked senders list....