Re: OT - Norton AntiVirus message

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Sun Aug 25 2002 - 17:02:19 EDT


Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com> wrote:

: At 08:52 PM 8/25/02 +0000, you wrote:
:> Dollars to donuts, this is what happened:
:>
:> Someone out there has the Klez worm, and also has your e-mail address
:>as well as "Linda Wetherall"'s address stored somewhere on their
:>computer. Could be in their address book, or just in a saved message
:>on their system somewhere. The worm sent itself to "Linda Wetherall"
:>and spoofed the from address to be from you. The e-mail system that
:>handles "Linda Wetherall"'s e-mail detected the virus and bounced the
:>message to what it thought was the sender... you. Jon

: Thanks!!! For a moment, I thought that maybe I had contracted
: VD or something :-) Not good at my age :-)

   Heh! Not to worry, I am pretty sure drag racers don't contract
VD - they get VHT...

  (...and the crowd groans...) ;-)

-- 

-Jon-

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