I should have been more clear in my initial post...I'm sorry.
>Actually, Greg probably isn't infected.
>Please folks, let's stop naming names. In all but the rarest cases, the
>people who appear to be sending copies of this virus in fact are *not*.
>So there's no reason to drag "it came from this person!" into the mix.
I meant to say that the virus copies one of the addresses from the
infected computer's address book into the "From" field to keep us
guessing where it came from. This time it was kind enough to put Greg's
address in the "From" field.
Someone on the list may have the virus and probably doesn't know it.
I'm sorry Greg...didn't mean to point fingers!
Kevin
andy levy wrote:
>
> Kevin S. wrote:
>
>> Over the past week I have received handfuls of virus messages from
>> unknown addresses. The virus is the Sobif.F variant that sends itself
>> out to the addresses in your book and copies one of those addresses
>> into the "From" line to keep us guessing where it came from.
>>
>> I finally recognized one of those "From" addresses as a DML user. It
>> was kind enough to put Greg's e-mail address: intensedak39@aol.com in
>> the from line...sorry Greg.
>>
>> Someone on the list probably has it and doesn't know it...
>>
>>
>> I use AVG anti-virus, which is available free to home users and can be
>> found at www.grisoft.com
>>
>> You can find more information on any virus and disinfection
>> instructions at the F-Secure website: www.f-secure.com The specific
>> info for the Sobig.F virus is at this site:
>> http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig_f.shtml
>
>
> Actually, Greg probably isn't infected. Someone who is infected, who
> may not even be on the list anymore, has both Greg's address and the
> list's address somewhere on their computer.
>
> Please folks, let's stop naming names. In all but the rarest cases, the
> people who appear to be sending copies of this virus in fact are *not*.
> So there's no reason to drag "it came from this person!" into the mix.
--
Kevin Sellstrom, W6KTB E-Mail:ksellstr@softcom.net
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