Yahoo Email Address is being spoofed to send spam...

After a lot of time spent checking for trojans/malware and checking return headers on emails, I realise that some russians are faking my address in sending out their spam.
My main worry is that this email address is linked to several sites and programs and I have been using it for about 10 years or so. I'm worried that if enough complaints are made, the service will be shut down under the abuse clause...
Is there anything I can do about this or do I simply have to ride it out.

After a lot of time spent checking for trojans/malware and checking return headers on emails, I realise that some russians are faking my address in sending out their spam.
My main worry is that this email address is linked to several sites and programs and I have been using it for about 10 years or so. I'm worried that if enough complaints are made, the service will be shut down under the abuse clause...
Is there anything I can do about this or do I simply have to ride it out.

Nothing like this has happened to me before, so it's hard to say. Do you know of which websites that you use that email on? If possible, ask them if you could re-register with those websites under a different email? Sorry if I can't figure out anything.

I know more about routers and computers than I do about email-spoofing. Best of luck to you, however. I hope you solve your problem!

If they're not sent from the yahoo severs, you won't have any problems.

It is easy to fake someone's email, but if you look closely at the original email you'll see what server sent that email.

I wouldn't worry about it.

If they're not sent from the yahoo severs, you won't have any problems.

It is easy to fake someone's email, but if you look closely at the original email you'll see what server sent that email.

I wouldn't worry about it.

In my reading on this issue, I have come across a couple of people who had their yahoo email accounts closed because of complaints about the spam supposedly being sent from their account. Thats my worry=(

In that case, I would say your should proactively contact Yahoo's customer support and explain the issue. If they care about it, they may take action against the spoofers, or may already be doing so -- because odds are, it's not just you, but more likely hundreds or thousands of Yahoo mail users. Also, this way you're not just waiting and hoping nothing happens, but trying to do something about it.

I don't think Yahoo would close your account without any proof. They should/would ask for the original email to be sent to yahoo as proof, when they send in the original emails they(yahoo) will see that the yahoo servers didn't send it and you'd be fine.

There're soooo many bots that searches the internet for email addresses. If your is being displayed somehwere, such as in the whois database, then you're good to recieve spams. It's very simple to have your email spoofed. Yahoo doesnt verify the validity of your account either (but it's irrelevant in this case). If they dont have access to your email account, then dont worry about it. The above mentioned cases where your friends account got closed is probably due to a trojan in their computer more than external spammers.