Virus

ammiels · 03-10-2004, 11:16 AM

an email I just got subj re your picture from priusnut04@y...
has a virus.Peace, ammiel

daniel · 03-10-2004, 06:38 PM

Virus emails these days generally have a spoofed "from" field. I also got a virus email with the subject line "Re: your picture."

It pays to keep your antivirus software up to date. But also never to open attachments unless you are positive about what they are, as a new virus might not be in the antivirus database yet, and could get by your antivirus software.

One such got past my ISP and my Norton AV once. Fortunately I didn't open it (never do) and only the next day read about it and recognized the spoof (claiming to be a bounced undeliverable message).

Beware attachments, even when they appear to come from someone you know!

03-10-2004, 11:16 AM	#1
ammiels Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: brewster, ny Posts: 121 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Virus an email I just got subj re your picture from priusnut04@y... has a virus.Peace, ammiel

03-10-2004, 06:38 PM	#2
daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 9,147 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Virus emails these days generally have a spoofed "from" field. I also got a virus email with the subject line "Re: your picture." It pays to keep your antivirus software up to date. But also never to open attachments unless you are positive about what they are, as a new virus might not be in the antivirus database yet, and could get by your antivirus software. One such got past my ISP and my Norton AV once. Fortunately I didn't open it (never do) and only the next day read about it and recognized the spoof (claiming to be a bounced undeliverable message). Beware attachments, even when they appear to come from someone you know! __________________ Daniel ---------------------- Primary car: Zap Xebra SD: 100% electric car. 1.9 cents per mile, using electrons generated from water power. (The Prius is my gas guzzler, used when I have to travel farther than 35 miles in a day.) "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." -- Emma Goldman "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think long and hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck

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