Re: Re:SPAM message, I did not send!

Sally,
 
It doesn't need your computer to be infected at all. A worm may have collected your email address off of an aquaintances list of stored emails. Or if you have ever forwarded a joke to some friends, and they forwarded it to some friends etc., then somewhere along the line a spammer may have collected all the email addresses off that message.
 
Heck! I've even rec'd spammed messages from myself - lol. (Of course I didn't trust myself and deleted it without reading it!)
 
The safest course of action is to NEVER open ANY file from anyone - even someone you know and trust - unless they actually attach a personal SIGNED message to you telling you what they have sent you. Otherwise don't touch it.
 
The same goes for links to unknown websites.  You get an email that just says "check this out" or similar - DON'T. Many of these websites have ulterior motives - maybe collecting emails, maybe putting spyware on your computer. It's not worth it.
 
Debby
----- Original Message -----
From: s*@optonline.net
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:51 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re:SPAM message, I did not send!

I just wanted everyone to know that I did not send the SPAM messasge. I have
no idea how it was sent with my address on it.
I receive the digest form of iris-photos and would never open any ".exe"
attachments. I look at the photos at http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos.
I did some research and found Symantec lists the attachment with the
W32.Netsky virus.
I always keep my Norton anti-virus updated and run it regularly.
Sally

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