On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:44:08 -0700, Bill Pitz <dakota@billpitz.com> wrote:
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> Wayne Allewelt wrote:
> > It seems that yesterday I received emails from two people on the DML
> > that use AOL, and my antivirus software said that the attachments were
> > infected.
> >
> > Tim Althoff and Nixon Santiago, you guys might want to check your
> > computers. It might be that someone has jacked your email accounts, who
> > knows. I just wanted to let you guys know.
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> Almost all of the common viruses that distribute themselves via e-mail
> forge the return address with one they randomly choose from the infected
> system's address book. As a result, it's possible that anyone on the
> list has the virus and their computer just happened to choose those
> addresses to forge.
They don't even have to be on the list, they just had to make contact
with the list at some time in the past and still have evidence of it
on their computer.
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