Exactly right Jon. One of my friend's computer was infected and I kept
getting messages that my message to someone I didn't know contained a virus
and was quarantined. I did however get the entire header so I could tell
whose computer was actually sending the infected message.
Ray
http://www.dragtruk.com/ENTRIES/20KM1FD2KWBP.html
> Bob,
> 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.
>
> I get a bunch of these bounces; running several popular web sites
> has put my various e-mail addresses out there on a lot of PCs. Since
> you are fairly certain you don't have the virus, I wouldn't worry
> about it. Unfortunately, Norton's misdirected message is fairly
> useless because the autoresponder doesn't include the full headers
> of the infected e-mail, which is the only way to determine who it
> really came from. So, the only thing you can do is put it in the
> trash. If it becomes a problem, the administrators at the site
> running the Norton program might be able to track down the source,
> depending on their logging practices and willingness to cooperate,
> but its probably more trouble than its worth.
> --
>
> -Jon-
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