Infected! FWIW

[Rick Kent]

FWIW, these email viruses almost always spoof the real sender's email
address, so the "From" email address is most likely NOT where the infected
email originated. These viruses harvest email addresses from address books
and old emails on infected machines and then pick a random one from that
list to plug into the "From" line.
So be careful when attaching blame for the origination point for "wormy"
emails.  ;-)
Can't say enough about having a good CURRENT antivirus app that scans POP
email.

Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at nuc.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: Infected!


>
>
> Thomas C. Weedon wrote:
>
> >The following individuals have been infected by the latest virus;
> >
> >F. Collinson
> >D. Ramsey
> >R. Vanputtee
> >
> >If any of our list members can contact these people, please tell them to
clean their computers with the latest Anti-Virus software. As some may have
noticed, the "bug" got in their computers and is sending infected e-mails
> >out to everyone in their address book.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Not so.  I have a Macintosh G-4 computer, which is immune to the latest
> worm virus.  I have also received false worm virus e-mails from many
> individuals, who did not send them.   BTW, interesting spelling of my
> name.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
>
>
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