Re: COMP: Virus -Bogus billmaryott@home.com
- Subject: Re: COMP: Virus -Bogus billmaryott@home.com
- From: a*
- Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 21:23:21 -0000
This morning when I logged on I had a message from
jijones@ix.net(?). The subject line was "see sexy japanese lasses". I
did a double take real quickly, deleted the message and then
permanently deleted it. The last thing I need is a virus or a sexy
japanese lass. Can't handle either one. ;>)
We know John to be an upright citizen. ;>)
Al Bullock
In iris-talk@y..., John I Jones <jijones@u...> wrote:
> I think that we all need some clarification on this issue.
>
> This particular virus "constructs" email messages using real
addresses
> as "from" addresses. they aren't really from the sender as listed. I
> happen to know Bill Maryott and just talked to him. He confirms
that he
> did not send the message and has current a virus scanner.
>
> Any message that looks strange should be scanned. *Everyone* should
have
> a virus scanner.
>
> John
>
> cathycampi@a... wrote:
> >
> > Just received a direct email from "billmaryott@home com" Message
said
> >
> > announcing a new website BUT attached was a zip file not an URL
so I
> > deleted
> > it. I decicided to check it out and went back,Downloaded and
checked
> > the zip
> > file. It definitely contains a virus so DONT OPEN IT.
> >
> > If it wasn't such a serious thing I would be tempted to tease Bill
> > about my
> > not ordering this year...
> >
> > Cathleen Campi
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> | to indicate the edge of the known world.
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